H. Richard
Well-Known Member
Not everyone in the OT was a farmer and there were plenty of times people gave money.
I imagine the are crooked preachers who "demand" a tenth of your income, but probably most who talk about tithes simply ask for it and preach about it.
So if we aren't farmers are we not supposed to give?
Actually there is.
Matthew 23:23 KJV
Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.
Jesus said they ought to pay tithes, but they left some things undone. Jesus had no problem with tithing.
The NT concept of giving is to give as your heart says. The widow and most of the folks in Acts 4 gave all they had.
Giving a tithe was under the Law of Moses to support the Temple. Today the children of God do not have a physical Temple If a person says we are to give a tithe aren't they preaching Law?
I support giving but not by law.