tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2189327215170683542.post4192306274855230510..comments2023-08-25T01:25:04.976-07:00Comments on Blog of the Good Shepherd: Sermon: The Truth about TithingMatt Kennedyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10975005135486296368noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2189327215170683542.post-13091570079156770832009-03-06T01:44:00.000-08:002009-03-06T01:44:00.000-08:00There is no basis in the text you cite to make tha...There is no basis in the text you cite to make that assertion. That Paul has not personally taken money from a congregation does not at all mean that they have not tithed. It just means that Paul has not personally taken any portion from the tithe...even though, as he tells the Corinthians in 1 Cor 9, he has the right to do that (so even if this text did refer to tithes, which it doesn't, 1 Cor 9 would indicate that Paul was the exception to the established NT rule).Matt Kennedyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10975005135486296368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2189327215170683542.post-59173886040063170472009-03-06T01:08:00.000-08:002009-03-06T01:08:00.000-08:00In Acts 20: 33 and 3433I have not coveted anyone's...In Acts 20: 33 and 34<BR/>33I have not coveted anyone's silver or gold or clothing. 34You yourselves know that these hands of mine have supplied my own needs and the needs of my companions.<BR/><BR/>Paul did not collect tithes from the believers and neither did any of the apostles so y do churchs today do it....?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2189327215170683542.post-62103325195374193892009-02-09T19:54:00.000-08:002009-02-09T19:54:00.000-08:00dear brothank you for your time...i have seen wher...dear bro<BR/>thank you for your time...<BR/>i have seen where pastors gets paid higher than most of the members ...<BR/>anyway did Jesus mention anything about tithing?<BR/>did Jesus tithe or any of his disciples tithe? <BR/>was tithing mentioned in the new testament?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2189327215170683542.post-19517786446173666202009-02-09T05:04:00.000-08:002009-02-09T05:04:00.000-08:00Hi friend, thanks for the comment...of course I di...Hi friend, thanks for the comment...of course I disagree. The tithe was not always given in coin. It was given in coin when the produce in question could not be transported to the temple. But the reason that coin was not the most common way to tithe is that produce was used for barter--ancient economies ran largely on the barter sytem...so giving a lamb as a tithe was equivalent to giving a sum of money. <BR/><BR/>Since we no longer use the barter system and generally buy and sell using coinage money, not goats and lambs and cows, is used for the tithe...<BR/><BR/>You are right to note that the Apostles shared everything in common...for a time and then after Acts 5 that practice ceased. <BR/><BR/>The command to tithe given in the OT is never limited or counted as fulfilled in the New. There is no hint that it has ever been revoked. So I would ask on what basis or authority do you suggest that we are no longer bound by it?<BR/><BR/>I agree that pastors ought to be paid enough to make a living...but surely you do not believe the tithe is only used to pay pastors?<BR/>The tithe is to be used to build up the body in many ways.Matt Kennedyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10975005135486296368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2189327215170683542.post-32625794001872323122009-02-09T00:37:00.000-08:002009-02-09T00:37:00.000-08:00dear bro... tithes does not exist anymore... u see...dear bro... tithes does not exist anymore... u see in acts... they shared everything to who needs... no paying the apostles hugh salaries but meeting their basic survival needs ... even in the old testament... money existed but money was not given at all... (so we should be giving fruits and poultry for tithes if you want to practise it)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com