Tithing…Is it a command?

[Esphes45]

Originally Posted by Lafon

At the end of all the contentious debate during the council at Jerusalem (c. AD51) regarding the question of whether circumcision (an element of the Law) was necessary for salvation (as some of the Jewish converts had come down to the predominantly Gentile church at Antioch and taught), please note the words of James in rendering the final decision about the matter:

"FOR IT SEEMED GOOD TO THE HOLY GHOST, and to us, to lay upon you no greater burden than these necessary things;

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." (Acts 15:28-29, KJV)

Does any, besides myself, find it rather strange that from among all of the former ordinances of the Law which the Gentiles were being commanded to obey, "IT SEEMED GOOD TO THE HOLY GHOST," as well as everyone in attendance at that council, that "tithing," which was also an ordinance of the Law, was not included among the list of "don'ts"?

Seeing the Holy Ghost deemed ONLY these four elements of the former covenant to remain continuous, and be obeyed by the Gentile saints, then should one today be condemned for questioning the legitimacy of "tithing" (let's not forget, this letter outlining these 4 "do nots" were being sent to Gentiles, not to Jewish converts) as so many of our Oneness Apostolic Pentecostal preachers are broadcasting as if it were an integral part of the covenant of grace?

Powerful.

Where are all the pro-tithers?

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