Any Pastor That Collects Tithes in Zimbabwe, Nigeria, Kenya, South Africa is a Thief

Date: 02-06-2016 9:56 am (8 years ago) | Author: Bayo Nelson
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As far as many pastors are concerned, the most important scripture of all is not to be found in the word of Jesus.  Neither is it even in the New Testament.  That scripture says: “‘Bring all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house, and try me now in this,’ says the LORD of hosts, ‘If I will not open for you the windows of heaven and pour out for you such blessing that there will not be room enough to receive it.’” (Malachi 3:10).
This scripture is drummed repeatedly into Christians on Sundays.  However, the only time Jesus mentioned tithing in scripture, he pointed out that it was not a weighty matter of the law. (Matthew 23:23).  Hebrews says people only receive tithes “according to the law.” (Hebrews 7:5).  It then insists tithing (and everything else under the law) has been annulled: “The former regulation is set aside because it was weak and useless.” (Hebrews 7:18-19).  Nevertheless, mercenary pastors continue to insist on the payment of tithes.

Latter-day Pharisees
Jesus rebuked the Pharisees for keeping part instead of the whole law. (Matthew 23:23). That is what tithe-collecting pastors do today.  If we insist our congregants must pay tithes, we must also insist that they keep the rest of the law.  James says: “Whoever shall keep the whole law, and yet stumble in one point, he is guilty of all.” (James 2:10).  Therefore, if we insist on tithing, we should also refrain from eating pork.  We should stone adulterers, execute homosegxwals, kill Sabbath violators and restore blood-sacrifices.
Tithe-collecting pastors counter this by maintaining the payment of tithes pre-dated the law.  Here Abraham is cited as the cardinal example of someone who paid tithes before the promulgation of the Law of Moses, as did Jacob, his grandson.  However, such arguments are disingenuous.
Before the law, tithing was at best an example but not a commandment.  Moreover, pastors fail to mention that Abraham only tithed once in his lifetime.  When he did, he did not even tithe his own money: he tithed the spoils of war.  He gave ten percent of the plunder he took when he rescued Lot to Melchisedec, king of Salem.  But then he did not even keep the rest but returned it (all ninety percent) to the king of Sodom.
For his part, Jacob also tithed only once.  He did this in a “let’s make a deal” arrangement he offered to God: “Jacob made a vow, saying, ‘If God will be with me, and keep me in this way that I am going, and give me bread to eat and clothing to put on, so that I come back to my father’s house in peace, then the LORD shall be my God.  And this stone which I have set as a pillar shall be God’s house, and of all that you give me I will surely give a tenth to you.’” (Genesis 28:20-22).  This kind of deal about accepting God only under certain self-serving conditions should certainly not be a term of reference for any serious believer.

Lies upon lies
The first lie pastors tell Christians is what some have referred to as “the eleventh commandment:” “Thou shalt pay thy tithes to thy local church.”  But the bible says no such thing.  The storehouse of Malachi was not a church.  It was a place where food was kept.
Pastors hide from church-members the fact that money was not acceptable as tithe.  The tithe was a tenth of the seed and fruit of the land and of the animals which ate of the land. (Leviticus 27:30-32).  That is why God says: “Bring all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be FOOD in my house.” (Malachi 3:10).  He does not say “that there may be MONEY in my house.”  The food was used to feed the Levites, the poor, widows, orphans and strangers.
Pastors also conveniently fail to teach the biblical tithe.  The principles of tithing were not laid down by Malachi.  They were laid down by Moses.  The study of Moses’ guidelines quickly reveals that the biblical tithe has no application whatsoever to Christians and is mischievously violated by tithe-collecting pastors today.
According to the Law of Moses, the tithe was divided into three allocations.  The first year, it was given to the Levite.  The second year, it was given to widows, orphans and the poor.  The third year, it was eaten in the company of the faithful before the Lord as thanksgiving for his faithfulness. (Deuteronomy 14:22-28).  In the seventh year, there was no planting and no reaping and therefore no tithing.
So the next time your pastor asks you to pay tithe, ask him about the seventh-year reprieve.  Also ask him if you can give your tithe to the orphanage, or bring it as food items to be eaten in church.  Believe me; he will not agree with you because it is your money he is after.

Inapplicability of tithes
Tithing was only applicable to Jews and to the land of Israel.  When large populations of Jews lived in Babylon, Ammon, Moab, Egypt, and Syria, these lands became tithe-able lands.  However, tithes were not acceptable from strictly Gentile lands.  So you need to ask your pastor how come he is collecting tithes in Nigeria.
Servants or slaves who worked on the land did not tithe because the land did not belong to them.  Since only agricultural and animal resources were included, a fisherman gave no tithe of his fisheries.  Neither did a miner or a carpenter pay tithes, nor anyone from the various professional occupations.  So if you are not a farmer or a keeper of livestock, tell your 419 pastor tithing is biblically inapplicable to you.
Moreover, the only people authorised to receive tithes were the Levites. (Hebrews 7:5).  So if your Pastor is a “tithe-collector,” ask him if he happens to be a Jew.  Remind him that, even though a Jew, Jesus could not receive the tithe because he was not from the tribe of Levi but from that of Judah.
The trick, of course, is for pastors today to claim we are “Levites.”  If your pastor is one such dissembler, ask him if he lives as a Levite.  Remind him that Levites had no land and did not have private property.  Ask him also how he knows he is from the tribe of Levi, which happens to be one of the lost tribes of Israel.  Point out to him that even Jewish rabbis don’t claim to be Levites today because all Jewish genealogical records were lost with the destruction of the Temple in AD 70, ensuring that it is no longer possible to ascertain the true identity of Levites.
Therefore, if Jews no longer tithe because the Levites are a lost tribe, how can Christian pastors collect tithes when we are not even Jewish, how much more Levites?  If Jewish rabbis, whose terms of reference remain the Old Testament no longer collect tithes, then pastors who insist Christians are under a New Testament have no business doing so.
The conclusion then is inescapable. Every pastor who collects tithes is nothing but “a thief and a robber.” (John 10:1).


Posted: at 2-06-2016 09:56 AM (8 years ago) | Addicted Hero
- albionalex at 2-06-2016 10:00 AM (8 years ago)
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Ok ooh. Noted..
Posted: at 2-06-2016 10:00 AM (8 years ago) | Upcoming
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- CHRISETTE at 2-06-2016 10:09 AM (8 years ago)
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Nice fact
Posted: at 2-06-2016 10:09 AM (8 years ago) | Hero
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- gogoman at 2-06-2016 10:11 AM (8 years ago)
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say that again and let those boys for redeem lay dem hands on you
Posted: at 2-06-2016 10:11 AM (8 years ago) | Grande Master
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- leodavinci at 2-06-2016 10:33 AM (8 years ago)
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Okay noted
Posted: at 2-06-2016 10:33 AM (8 years ago) | Upcoming
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- zeigbo at 2-06-2016 10:36 AM (8 years ago)
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Huh?

Posted: at 2-06-2016 10:36 AM (8 years ago) | Addicted Hero
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- dareper at 2-06-2016 11:53 AM (8 years ago)
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Tell them. They are all thieves
Posted: at 2-06-2016 11:53 AM (8 years ago) | Hero
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- Pdhamie at 2-06-2016 12:24 PM (8 years ago)
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Quote from: mr gogo on  2-06-2016 10:11 AM
say that again and let those boys for redeem lay dem hands on you

Oga,is this about Redeem ?,
Posted: at 2-06-2016 12:24 PM (8 years ago) | Newbie
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- leodavinci at 2-06-2016 12:44 PM (8 years ago)
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You right
Posted: at 2-06-2016 12:44 PM (8 years ago) | Upcoming
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- kison at 2-06-2016 01:48 PM (8 years ago)
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OH CHURCH, OH CHURCH, OH CHURCH….NEXT TIME BE careful, be very very careful, CAREFULLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL………………………………
Posted: at 2-06-2016 01:48 PM (8 years ago) | Hero
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- morgan1 at 2-06-2016 02:06 PM (8 years ago)
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 Huh?
Posted: at 2-06-2016 02:06 PM (8 years ago) | Hero
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- edarling at 2-06-2016 02:21 PM (8 years ago)
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I DON TALKAM SAY NA THIEF NA HIM ALL OF THEM BE.
Posted: at 2-06-2016 02:21 PM (8 years ago) | Newbie
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- onums at 2-06-2016 03:31 PM (8 years ago)
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so you took your time to draft all these and what do you gain? if your too stingy to pay your tithe its best you keep shut else find another religion
Posted: at 2-06-2016 03:31 PM (8 years ago) | Newbie
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- dickieponga at 2-06-2016 07:23 PM (8 years ago)
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Very interesting and very true.
But how do we ask for our money back..?
Posted: at 2-06-2016 07:23 PM (8 years ago) | Hero
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- jiteburu at 3-06-2016 06:15 AM (8 years ago)
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Quote from: john onuminya on  2-06-2016 03:31 PM
so you took your time to draft all these and what do you gain? if your too stingy to pay your tithe its best you keep shut else find another religion
sharap he just told us da simply truth.

Posted: at 3-06-2016 06:15 AM (8 years ago) | Newbie
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- kabukabu at 6-06-2016 05:31 PM (8 years ago)
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Don't know what to say for now
Posted: at 6-06-2016 05:31 PM (8 years ago) | Gistmaniac
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- kachasi at 7-06-2016 12:25 PM (8 years ago)
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I DONT GET YOU PEOPLE
Posted: at 7-06-2016 12:25 PM (8 years ago) | Gistmaniac
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- scottchris at 12-06-2016 11:34 AM (8 years ago)
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True talk

Posted: at 12-06-2016 11:34 AM (8 years ago) | Gistmaniac
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- Vectorcy at 15-06-2016 09:42 AM (8 years ago)
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life is really hard for some people.
Posted: at 15-06-2016 09:42 AM (8 years ago) | Hero
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- kison at 30-06-2016 04:49 PM (8 years ago)
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JUST CONTINUE TO BE CAREFULLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL……………………………….
Posted: at 30-06-2016 04:49 PM (8 years ago) | Hero
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