@renoomokri Dear Joseph, Thank you for your comment. Please try to read to understand, and not to respond. Can you show me where I told you not to pay tithes? I don’t collect them, and I have been an ordained pastor since January 2012. I said not paying tithes will not cause any negative punishment to you. Tithes are an AGRICULTURAL tax placed on the children of Israel because the Levites were not given any land in the promised land. We see this in Joshua 13:33: “But to the tribe of Levi, Moses had given no inheritance; the LORD, the God of Israel, is their inheritance, as he promised them.” God instructed Joshua not to apportion land to the Levites. God asked the other tribes to bring a tithe of their AGRICULTURAL harvest to the House of God, so Levites could eat and Temple sacrifices. That is why Malachi 3:10 uses the term “That there may be food in My house”. But you may ask, what about Abraham? Abraham tithed ONCE. And he only tithed from military plunder. We see this in Hebrews 7:4: “Just think how great he was: Even the patriarch Abraham gave him a tenth of the plunder!” The disciples never collected tithes. They took free will offerings-Acts 2:44-45. The only time tithes were allowed to be monetised, is where the tither lived too far away from the Temple, in which case, such a person was to sell their tithes, and consume the proceeds by using it to buy wine: “if that place is too distant and you have been blessed by the LORD your God and cannot carry your tithe (because the place where the LORD will choose to put his Name is so far away), then exchange your tithe for silver, and take the silver with you and go to the place the LORD your God will choose. Use the silver to buy whatever you like: cattle, sheep, wine or other fermented drink,”-Deu 14:26. If a pastor justifies tithing using the Old Testament, ask him or her why they do not also justify polygamy since the Old Testament allows it in 2 Samuel 12:8, or other extreme forms of punishment for sexual offences-Leviticus 20:13? Pay l tithes if you choose. However, do not pay your tithes because you are afraid of curses befalling you. Thank you and may God bless you. #RenosNuggets https://www.instagram.com/p/CW6dKYNM0o8VjExEFNnQOPww7yImVYjR9AkifM0/?utm_medium=tumblr













