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#The New Testament requires tithing so Christians are required to tithe; and | #The New Testament requires tithing so Christians are required to tithe; and | ||
#The tithe should go to the ministry as they are the equivalent of the Levitical priesthood. | #The tithe should go to the ministry as they are the equivalent of the Levitical priesthood. | ||
=Are Christian under the law?= | |||
When you take commandments from the Old Testament and try to apply them to the church today, you are in complete disobedience to Paul's instruction in Galatians 3: | |||
:''For all who rely on doing the works of the law are '''under a curse''', because it is written, “Cursed is everyone who does not keep on doing everything written in the book of the law.” Now it is clear no one is justified before God by the law, because the righteous one will live by faith. But the law is not based on faith, but the one who does the works of the law will live by them. '''Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law''' by becoming a curse for us (because it is written, “Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree”) in order that in Christ Jesus the blessing of Abraham would come to the Gentiles, so that we could receive the promise of the Spirit by faith.<ref>Biblical Studies Press, The NET Bible First Edition; Bible. English. NET Bible.; The NET Bible (Biblical Studies Press, 2006), Ga 3:10–14.</ref> | |||
If you believe that you must tithe because you are commanded to do so in the Old Testament, then you place yourself under the entire law and you are under a curse. In fact, if you look to observe the law, you alienate yourself from Christ: | |||
You who are trying to be declared righteous by the law have been '''alienated from Christ'''; you have fallen away from grace!<ref>Biblical Studies Press, The NET Bible First Edition; Bible. English. NET Bible.; The NET Bible (Biblical Studies Press, 2006), Ga 5:4.</ref> | |||
=Was the tithe ten percent?= | =Was the tithe ten percent?= | ||