History of Tithes in the Church

[good samaritan]

Originally Posted by votivesoul

Only because there are laws in the OT that command us not to worship idols, beginning in Exodus 20, in the Ten Commandments.

Otherwise, where there is no law, sin is not imputed (Romans 4:15, Romans 5:13).

Essentially, the reason you believe the Holy Spirit would convict you, and correctly so, I might add, is because the Holy Spirit forbad the worshipping of idols at Sinai (Exodus 20:1-6).

Makes one wonder what other laws the Holy Spirit might convict a person of, from out of the Ten Commandments?

Idolatry was a sin before Sinai. If you know the one and only true God, it would be lunacy to worship another. I never needed any written commandments to be convicted of idolatry.