My two cents worth: I have been in poverty while tithing and in finacial abundance while not tithing. I think people are making connections that cannot be proven. Who is to say that God will not bless the non tither? In fact according to Rom.8:32, all things that come from God are freely given. The typical preaching on the tithe offers a motivation for it, which is that God will bless the person financially if he does and will with hold financial blessing from they who refuse. The scripture does not concur. We are under grace. Tithe teachers use all kinds of pressure and inuendo to motivate people to give into the offering.
The primary difference between the two covenants is not so much in what we are to do or not, but WHY we are to do it or not. This is where many fall off the grace wagon. I knew a grace belieiving pastor who was told by his piers in ministry that if he did not preach the tithe, his church would fail financially. This reveals something about their own motives for preaching it. Of course, he ignored thier warnings and of course, his church prospered anyway. Go figure!
The primary difference between the two covenants is not so much in what we are to do or not, but WHY we are to do it or not. This is where many fall off the grace wagon. I knew a grace belieiving pastor who was told by his piers in ministry that if he did not preach the tithe, his church would fail financially. This reveals something about their own motives for preaching it. Of course, he ignored thier warnings and of course, his church prospered anyway. Go figure!