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Yes I absolutly tithe!

“What sorrow awaits you teachers of religious law and you Pharisees. Hypocrites! For you are careful to tithe even the tiniest income from your herb gardens, g but you ignore the more important aspects of the law— justice, mercy, and faith. You should tithe, yes, but do not neglect the more important things.

This is what I read in New Testament. Jesus spoke in Matthew 23:23

This was before He instituted His New Covenant, and this was before His redeeming death on the cross. And besides that, the old covenant (the Law of Moses) was between God and the ancient Israelites, and no one else.

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There is definitely value in reading and studying the Old Testament, but as Christians we’re under the new covenant. For us the Old Testament is fulfilled. Jesus said we are to be cheerful givers.

Exactly right!

Both true , yet I still practice tithing and giving because I have found that it works in my life. Following the practice spoken of in Malachi , saying test me and see. I have never been able to out give God. I also have had some pretty lean times in my life yet I am still here and have been truly Blessed finacially and all other ways. I have not starved to death yet, or been without shelter or basic needs.

I might would suggest you read the book of Malachi carefully to see who he was chastising.

As to tithing, you might read closely to see what was subject to tithing. I'll give you a hint, it wasn't wages.

The purpose of tithing was the support of the Levite priesthood and the administration of the Jewish nation. The Levites did not get an inheritance.

We happily tithe and have for decades, it’s quite the honor.

That has nothing to do with it, and if you actually knew anything, you'd know that. If you believe in Jesus, then you also must believe in the Old Testament. No other way around it.

I drop a decent amount of money in. But my motives are selfish. I simply want the Church to remain viable,....not many LCMS Lutherans around here. This is Baptist country. I inadvertently discovered that my nature makes me an LCMS Lutheran.

I'm sure that my Methodist ancestors are spinning in their graves,....well,...some of them, anyway.

Those commandments are straight outta the Old Testament ~ the very one that you assert you “must believe in.”

Is believing in (putting your trust and confidence in) the Old Testament a requirement for ‘your’ salvation…?

Quear preachers is a abomination

Believing in Jesus is a requirement, and He said that He did not come to change the laws, but to fulfill the prophecy.......the prophecy that is found in the Old Testament. You cannot believe in one, and not the other, that's not the way it works.

I absolutely believe every word of the Old Testament. You answered the question though Jesus fulfilled the prophecy, the Old Testament is complete. Christians are under the new covenant.

No, He said He didn’t come to “abolish” the Law of Moses (as in to ‘destroy’ it), but to “fulfill it.” And fulfill it He did. And now that old covenant (the Law of Moses)…which was only applicable to the ancient Israelites to begin with…is retired. It has been retired in favor of Jesus’ New Covenant, a better covenant ~ which is applicable to anyone who wants to take part in it. Jesus quoted from the Jewish scriptures to show that He is the fulfillment of Old Testament prophecies and promises, and ‘the Law’ itself. Jesus’ followers are not under the old covenant (the Law of Moses). At all.

Bingo!

Mormons.........ready, set, go!

Hasn't been a good religion bashing thread in at least three weeks.

I ride that train too. Don't currently attend a facility.

Lots of folks like to twist Jesus' words. He very clearly said he did not come to destroy the law and the prophets but to fulfill. And he further said not one iota of the law would pass away until heaven and earth pass away.

Then someone will trot out the 600+ laws of Moses. Well now, I can't burn a bull on my altar because I don't have an altar even if it creates a sweet aroma to the Lord. And the laws pertaining to kings I don't follow or the ones pertaining to Levite Priests. And of course I'm in no position to order the stoning of prostitutes or homos. But I do follow the dietary laws pretty well and I don't crap in the yard close to the house. And I obey the sabbath within reason (Jesus discussed that).

Whatever someone that came along after Jesus wants to claim that Jesus really meant I don't pay much attention to especially if he got his commission as an apostle in a secret meeting on a road out in the desert unlike all the other apostles who were called publicly.

It doesn't make sense that Jesus forgot to tell his whole story while he was here. Jesus endorsed the law and while he accepted Gentiles and Samaritans he did NOT excuse them from the law and the prophets. He did not end the Jewish covenant. You cannot twist Jesus words to make that case.

No matter how much you want to believe otherwise, he did not.

exactly