GOOD NEWS! YOU CAN GIVE FREELY FROM YOUR HEARTS. THREE TIMES THE HOLY SPIRIT SHOWED ME THIS AND I DO NOT GO BACK NOW TO THE LEGALISTIC WAY. IF PREACHERS SAY YOU HAVE TO TITHE, THEN IT IS LEGALISTIC. THEY ARE EITHER PLAYING ON YOUR IGNORANCE OR THEY ARE ACTUALLY IGNORANT. SOME PREACHERS ARE WAKING UP IN THIS AREA.
IF YOU ARE A CHRISTIAN, YOU SHOULD READ MY PAGE TRUTH ABOUT TITHES. THAT WILL SETTLE YOUR MIND ON GIVING – WHAT IS TRULY NEW TESTAMENT AND WHAT IS NOT. YOU WILL BE RELEASED INTO GIVING WITH PEACE AND JOY INSTEAD OF PRESSURED INTO TITHES AND OFFERINGS THAT WERE ORDAINED FOR ISRAEL, NOT BELIEVERS.
”Would it make me stingy if I did’nt tithe?” No, it should’nt. If it does, I think we may have to look at the reason why we were tithing. For me, I rejoiced that I can give more than I could previously – I enjoyed the exercise and scripture does encourage Cheerful Giving. I saw it as a privilege and looked for ways to give because I felt free.
There is also this__ if you are used some way by The Lord, it frees your finances in that area, like myself with several websites to run.
You can do these things more comfortably – instead of cramped maybe – not forgetting to Give to the Poor in some way because that is the emphasis on New Testament Giving. No, it should not make you thrifty. If it does, there’s something wrong.
There is nothing righteous about tithes that justifies you or me – that is Jewish Law given to Israel – and being free from it should not make you lazy. It should free your heart more. Let’s Rejoice!
Scriptures say what you give should not cause you sorrow, discomfort or hardship. So that makes the preacher out of line when he/she says to “give till it hurts”. Yes, it does hurt people financially or spiritually – so that is definitely not God’s Order. So often, it is evil and covetous! Be Careful. They should not take God’s Name in vain – they do so every time they misquote scriptures!
New Testament scriptures state that we should not give reluctantly (with regret) or compulsion (shopping lists with God, that’s coveting). One version says “not grudgingly”, unyet many preachers do make such impositions.
We should not be pressured in any way. The apostles did not do that. We can only Give Joyfully when we give with our hearts (what we decide) not painfully, that is actually an unscriptural practice. ANY preacher who does that is actually out of line – they are covetous or ignorant.
And they are quenching your Desire to Give. That is wrong, it really is.
Scripture is very clear about this, Peter said “watching over them – not because you must, but because you are willing, as God desires you to be; not pursuing dishonest gain, but eager to serve”. ESV says “not for shameful gain” unyet most Televangelists know no shame – their riches perish with them, and they will.
Peter goes on to say, “neither Lording it over them (us) but being examples” (with Christlike nature).
He took his counsel directly from Jesus, that’s what The Lord said.
I really feel that Christians should read the scriptures independently of what they have been taught with respect for the Holy Spirit. If we do this, we will not be taken advantage of in any way.
Paul says to give what you want to give, not what the preacher wants…..just remember not to be stingy in giving, that God delights in Cheerful Givers. When we give generously (of our own choosing)
The Lord blesses that.
Read 1 Pe 5:2,3 and 2 Co 9:6,7
Did the Early Christians Tithe? Read the PAGE and see for yourself!
In this Day and Age, we should ALL Read the following Verse and Take Care.
“There are both idle talkers and deceivers…whose mouths must be stopped, who subvert whole households, teaching things which they ought not, for the sake of dishonest gain.” – Titus 1:10-11
I WOULD LIKE TO WISH YOU JOY IN YOUR GIVING – LOVE, JOY and PEACE! AND THOSE YOU GIVE TO. I HAVE FOUND SO MUCH JOY IN MY GIVING SINCE 2010 I COMMENCED A WEBSITE CALLED HAPPY WAYS TO GIVE IN 2016 SOME OF MY TESTIMONIES ARE THERE. GOD BLESS!
On Happy Ways To Give, you will see so many ways you can have JOY in your giving.
