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#It confirms that all that Abraham paid tithes on was his plunder from the war; | #It confirms that all that Abraham paid tithes on was his plunder from the war; | ||
#This verse states that the '''tithe is collected by the priests'''. Doesn't 1 Peter 2:9 state that '''we are part of a "royal priesthood"'''? | #This verse states that the '''tithe is collected by the priests'''. Doesn't 1 Peter 2:9 state that '''we are part of a "royal priesthood"'''? Weren't the priests the only ones that didn't have to tithe? | ||
#Hebrews goes on to state that: | #Hebrews goes on to state that: | ||
:''For on the one hand, '''a former commandment is set aside''' because of its weakness and uselessness (for the law made nothing perfect); but on the other hand, fa better hope is introduced, through which we draw near to God.<ref>The Holy Bible: English Standard Version (Wheaton: Standard Bible Society, 2001), Heb 7:18–19.</ref> | :''For on the one hand, '''a former commandment is set aside''' because of its weakness and uselessness (for the law made nothing perfect); but on the other hand, fa better hope is introduced, through which we draw near to God.<ref>The Holy Bible: English Standard Version (Wheaton: Standard Bible Society, 2001), Heb 7:18–19.</ref> | ||
So just tell your pastor that you're going to go out and fight some people and he can have ten percent of anything that you take from the people that you beat up. NOT! | So just tell your pastor that you're going to go out and fight some people and he can have ten percent of anything that you take from the people that you beat up. '''NOT!''' | ||
=Should the tithe go to the ministry?= | =Should the tithe go to the ministry?= | ||