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22 Tithin’ Lies Git Their Licks
At one old country school any kids who “cut up” in class would get avisit from the Board of Education. They would be taken out to the “hallway” by the teacher who swung it. You could “git two licks” fortalkin’ in class or five for chewin’ gum. “Goofin’ off” in class (fallingasleep at your desk) got you ten licks. Smokin’ was downrightscandalous. If a kid got caught, the teacher could “wear him out” with his holey paddle.Some sins are a heckuva lot worse than smokin’. Nowadays,bullying is just about the worst sin being committed in schools or inthe workplace. Bullying is even being done from church pulpits!Deceitful doctrines are a bonus to some, a bully to others. Anyunscriptural tradition used to pry money out of God’s people is likethe bully on the bus who beats up weaker kids if they don’t forkover their lunch money. One preacher says his dad would take arazor strap and wear him out in the woodshed if he got disrespectfultoward his elders. This particular preacher humiliates non-tithersfrom his power pulpit. He’ll instruct his flock to wave their tithehigh in the air for all to see, contrary to Jesus’ plain instruction:
 
Matt.6:2: Therefore when thou doest thine alms, do not sound atrumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and inthe streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you,They have their reward.* * *Showing off your donation in church isa boost to your ego, but that’s ALL the reward you can expect!3 But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thyright hand doeth:4 That thine alms may be IN SECRET: and thy Father which seeth insecret himself shall reward thee openly.* * *How can you “pay yourtithe” in secret, in full view of 5,000 other prying eyes?The poor pew-warmer who comes to the big mega-church (wheredoes THIS word exist in the Bible?) with just his bus money is madeto feel like cheap pond scum who doesn’t SHOW his gratitude for allChrist has done for him! He just ducks down in his pew, praying forthe end of the “offertory service”.Scaring money out of folks with religious lies is slightly worse thansmoking or sassing your mama, so bad doctrine should git a fewlicks, too, straight out of the Bible. I’m sure there are as manytithin’ lies as Carter’s got peanuts, but we’ll just “wear out” 22 of the worst.LIE NO.1:YOU’LL BE CURSED WITH A CURSE IF YOU DON’T TITHEYOUR WAGES.The TRUTH: The death of Christ ushered in a new, and far better,covenant, making the Old Covenant obsolete (Col.2:20-22;Heb.8:13). Christians are not under the Law (Gal.5:18). If you “covenant with God” to keep tithing, or any part of the Law of Moses, you make yourself a debtor to do the whole Law (Galatians5:3). Instead of bringing a blessing, tithing could make you fall fromthe grace of God (Gal.5:4). That means you cease to rely solely onChrist’s Sacrifice of Himself to remain justified before a Holy God.Tithing is service to the Law, not the Risen Lord. Far from bringing ablessing from God, tithing brings you back under the
curse of theLaw
spoken of in Galatians 3:13.Hebrews 10:38: Now the just shall live by faith: but if any mandraw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him.VERSE 39: But we are not of them who draw back unto perdition;but of them that believe to the saving of the soul.Galatians 3:10: For as many as are under the works of the Law are
under the curse
: for it is written, Cursed is every one thatcontinueth not in ALL things which are written in the book of theLaw to do them (This includes such ordinances as circumcision,animal sacrifices, keeping the Sabbath, covering every container in
 
your house as a religious rule (Numbers 19:15)!LIE NO.2: KEEPING THE TITHING LAW IS AN ACT OF FAITH.The TRUTH: Jesus called tithing a MATTER OF THE LAW(Matt.23:23). Galatians 3:12 says: But the Law is NOT OF FAITH:But, the man that doeth them (ordinances of Mosaic Law) shall livein them. In II Corinthians 3:7 and 9, Paul refers to the letter of theLaw as being the “ministration of death” and the “ministration of condemnation.” Serving under the Law leads to the bondage of fear,not the freedom of faith (Gal.5:1; Rom.8:15).LIE NO.3: GOD COMMANDS ALL BELIEVERS EVERYWHERE TOTITHE.The TRUTH: Tithing was given as an ordinance to ISRAEL only!Leviticus 27:30-33 deals explicitly with the TITHE OF THE LAND(edible products only). Verse 34, which is the final verse of Leviticus, the Book of the Law, reads:These are the commandments, which the LORD commanded MosesFOR THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL in Mount Sinai.LIE NO.4: SINCE CHRISTIANS ARE SPIRITUAL ISRAEL, CHRISTIANSMUST TITHE TO US, THE SPIRITAL LEVITES.The TRUTH: Next time your preacher uses that line on you, ask himif he’d accept spiritual dollars. We are commanded to offer upSPIRITUAL SACRIFICES ONLY, and we do that as Christ’s RoyalPriesthood (I Pet.2:5,9). Most members of the Tribe of Levi werenot altar priests. Only sons of Aaron qualified for the Mosaicpriesthood (Ex.28:1; Heb.5:4). The Levites served the priests(Numbers 18:6). THE LEVITES TITHED TO THE PRIESTS(Num.18:25-32). OLD COVENANT PRIESTS DID NOT TITHE. Tithersdeny their own priesthood in Christ Jesus.LIE NO.5: ALL ISRAELITES HAD TO TITHE ON THEIR WAGES.The TRUTH: Money was NOT a tithable commodity. Only FOOD wasever tithed under the Law of Moses. Tithes were payable ONLY byowners of farms and ranches. Tithes were NOT taken from thewages of fruit pickers, fishermen, potters, weavers, etc.Leviticus 27:30: And all the tithe OF THE LAND, whether the seedOF THE LAND, or of the fruit of the tree, is the Lord’s: it is holy untothe Lord.LIE NO. 6: TIHES MUST BE PAID EVERY SINGLE SUNDAY.The TRUTH: Tithing was done only at harvest time, when the cropsripened. No tithe was paid during the Sabbatical (seventh) year,because no crops were grown, and the land was allowed to rest(Lev.25:4). How many preachers give poor people a break fromtithing TO THEM every seventh year?
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