Tithing…Is it a command?

[good samaritan]

That is pretty much how I teach it. I do teach tithing from old testatment, but I simply teach it as a suggested place to start that can sometimes help us trust God into greater giving. I do realize that if people never catch hold of giving and living by faith they will miss out on many of the awesome things God could do in their lives.
Originalist posted how his pastor reprimanded him for not paying his tithes in his time of hardship and that to me seems horrible to do to someone. I have heard too many testimonies to think that people should let their situations make them ball up in a corner and quit, but I would never tell someone to give something sacrificially unless I had a specific word from God for them. I believe we can continue to give during hardships even tithe (if that is your conviction), but I will not tell them to because it is their faith that is important. If they give just to save face or please a man they are just depriving their family.


In a nutshell tithing is a good place to start but it is not some legal binding requirement you must do to be a part of the church. "I agree" with the arguments against the requirement of tithing, "but" if you are not careful your argument can sound like you are communicating giving sparingly. Giving is not a matter of law, but a matter of the heart.