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The
Tithe..
Do
they insist that you are stealing from God and He
will not bless you if you are not a faithful
'Tither'?
If
a preacher spends precious time convincing you
that you must leave 10% or more of your earnings
in his collection plate or God will not bless you
and receive you into the Kingdom... GET OUT OF
THERE!
The
'tithe' is not
mentioned in the New Testament. The 'tithe' was
required and taught in the Old Testament.
It
is good for us to give and help the needy. It is
wonderful to support ministers and programs that
reach out and preach the gospel. I believe this
is what Jesus wants us to do! But do not tolerate
a preacher or doctrine that spews his/her lies
about a false doctrine to make themselves rich!
LISTEN...
I
am NOT telling you not to tithe, as a matter of
fact, God may place it upon your heart to give
more than a 'tithe'.... A 'tithe' means 1/10th.
The Lord may want you to give more! Depending on
your ability and with what you are blessed.
I
am saying that this is not scriptural to carry it
to the lengths I have seen. It is, in my opinion,
a way to 'grow' the church and provide larger
salaries for the preacher and his programs. Build
larger churches, spend more money on themselves
and their programs. How much goes to the widows,
orphans and the misfortunate, I don't know. The
'tithe' was never supposed to make the preacher
rich!
Remember:
The tithe was for the widows, orphans and the
needy! Not for preachers to buy airplanes and
multi-million dollar homes!
I
heard John Hagee, a famous, popular TV Preacher
one Sunday morning... He said, "on the
interstate, a small car passed him, it was in bad
shape and smoking." He went on to say that
there was a bumper sticker that read, "GOD
IS MY PROVIDER" or something close to that.
This rich, TV Preacher went on to say that
"if that's all that person's God could
provide, he didn't want anything to do with his
God." That is a paraphrase and may not be
exact but you get the idea!
I never listened to him again with any
confidence. I only listen now to see what kind of
'trash doctrine' he is preaching. By the way, his
congregation applauded him when he made that
horrible statement! This same preacher condones
killing and war with no reservations! I get SICK
of hearing this preacher preach his false
doctrine as he spews his hatred for anybody and
everybody that his president Bush dislikes!
Whisper... Hagee - get out of the pulpit!
You are a horrible excuse for a preacher. GIT!
Be
charitable and help all you can. Let it come from
the heart and the Holy Spirit, not from a
money-motivated, rich TV Preacher or ANY
preacher! Especially, DO NOT GIVE ONLY IN HOPE OF
A LARGER RETURN! The rich TV Preachers use that
con to separate you from your money! It's good to
support your church but it is also good to help
needy people directly! Do you have a friend or
family member in trouble? Help
them first then support the
church and their programs.
You
can help people directly, you don't have to give
it to the church (or any organization) and let
them distribute it or build bigger structures or
increase salaries! You can help people directly.
Try it! It really gives you as lot of joy to see
the less fortunate being helped. AND.... Yes,
that is to be considered as good or a better
method of tithing... in the doctrine of Jesus.
During
my lifetime, I have been up, I have been down.
I've experienced both sides of the 'charity'
issue. I can promise you this... Giving and
receiving are both mind expanding, humbling and
rewarding for both parties. The person on the
receiving end can see God at work and the person
on the giving side can enjoy a reward that is not
only honored by Jesus but an immediate joy in
knowing that you have helped one of God's
creatures, whether it be a human being or an
unfortunate animal.
Give,
yes, give but don't buy into the con men in the
pulpit. There are many honorable men-of-God who
represent truth but there are some pretty evil
devils lying to you too. You be the judge.
Hope
this message helps in some way.
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