I’ve even read comments that there three tithes.
Not every year. One is to save up for Jubilee year celebration, I think.
But depending on which TV channel you hear preaching on, you might hear that 10% is for you to keep, and 90% needed for Lear Jet maintenance.
The word "tithe/tithing" is mentioned only twice in the New Testament, and only when Jesus is rebuking the religious leaders for their hypocrisy. It's mentioned 12 times in the Old Testament.
One webpage that I just looked at went so far as to say this:
"We can conclude from reviewing the New Testament scriptures that although there is support for the sharing of material wealth with the ministry, there is no conclusive proof in the New Testament to support the inclusion of the Old Covenant tithing principle in Christian teaching."
Is Tithing required by the New Testament?
I know this type of thinking has gotten me into trouble with my own church, but I pretty much share the same viewpoint. So I'm going to go out on a limb and say that we under no obligation or law to give a certain amount of money to the Church.
Now let me add a clarifying though here. While the Scriptures do not teach that the tithe is incumbent upon New Testament believers, it does teach that Christians are to be generous, sacrificial, expectant and cheerful givers. Giving is done under love, not under the auspice of the Law. We are not commanded to give a set amount, but to be willing to give as God gives us the ability to do so.
I’m wondering why Christians would rely on the law of Moses to determine what amount they give.
10% off the top?
Or after taxes, or after expenses?
Consider that we pay income tax, that was kind of like the OT tithe.
And the Church relies on tax exemption. Givers keep track for deductions. Not good to place trust in US govt.
Note —
Acts 15:29
That ye abstain from meats offered to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication: from which if ye keep yourselves, ye shall do well. Fare ye well.
No tithe here.
When super mega churches have their own bizjet one tends to wonder about .....
The New Covenant resolves this question. We can no longer give 10%, 20%, or even 50% and say the rest is mine to do with as I please. Everything belongs to God and should be spent/invested/saved/given as though it is His. “Give to Caesar that which is Caesar’s, and give to God that which is God’s.” And it is all God’s!
Makes everything much simpler.
“Each one must do just as he has purposed in his heart, not grudgingly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.”-2 Corinthians 9:7
I don’t give to organizations that drive better cars and live in better houses better than I do. I never thought Jesus said to build churches that cost so damned much there is nothing left to give to the needy.
Tithing is for suckers who obey their guilt complex.
I'm thinking that when the Bible was written, taxes were much lower.
The Bible tells us to call no man “Rabbi.” (Matthew 23:8)
The tithe was to maintain the levitical priesthood whose duty was to perform carnal ordinances. That’s over.
“He takes away the first in order to establish the second. By this will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.” (Hebrews 10:9b,10)