From: niccto@aol.com   
      
   On Saturday, August 19, 2023 at 4:34:59 PM UTC-7, No One Special wrote:   
   > Recently, I was told in no uncertain terms that I am guilty of witchcraft.    
   >    
   > Why?    
   >    
   > Because my posts on Social Media platforms “could cause some to stop   
   tithing their monetary income to their local church”.    
   >    
   > The fact is, I am not the one guilty of witchcraft at all. Rather, it is the   
   Pastors that teach that God’s tithe is money,… they are the ones that are   
   guilty of witchcraft.    
   >    
   > They have bewitched many in their congregations into believing that God   
   requires monetary tithes when there is no such requirement written anywhere in   
   the pages of God’s Holy Word.    
   >    
   > There are three reasons why many today believe that God requires tithes of   
   their monetary income:    
   >    
   > 1. Lack of proper study of God’s Holy Word.    
   > 2. Lack of understanding of what God said His holy tithe is.    
   > 3. Lack of sound doctrine from the pulpits in the religious institution they   
   attend    
   >    
   > The only commands that God has given in His word concerning His holy tithe   
   are:    
   >    
   > 1. They are to be agricultural. Leviticus 27:30,32    
   > 2. They are to be observed in the land of Canaan. Deuteronomy 12:5-6,10-11    
   > 3. They are to be given to Levites, widows, orphans, and foreigners in the   
   land of Canaan in the third year in a seven-year cycle. Numbers 18:24-26;   
   Deuteronomy 14:27:29; 26:12    
   > 4. The man with the tithe is also supposed to eat a tithe with his family.   
   Deuteronomy 14:22-26    
   > 5. If a man is not a Levite, he is not to take his tithe to the House of   
   God. Numbers 18:21-23; Nehemiah 10:37-38    
   > 6. If a man is not a Levite, that tither is to give his tithe to a Levite.   
   Nehemiah 10:37-38    
   > 7. A descendant of Aaron MUST BE PRESENT at the time that the tithe is   
   given. Nehemiah 10:37-38    
   >    
   > The above-referenced verses reveal that:    
   >    
   > a) If you are tithing money instead of agriculture, you are not obeying the   
   word of God.    
   > b) If you are tithing in any geographical location other than the land of   
   Canaan, (Israel) you are not obeying the word of God.    
   > c) If you are not giving your tithe to Levites, widows, orphans and   
   foreigners in the land of Canaan (Israel) the third year in a seven-year   
   cycle, you are not obeying the word of God.    
   > d) If you are not eating a tithe with your family, you are not obeying the   
   word of God.    
   > e) If you are not a Levite, but take your tithe to the House of God, you are   
   not obeying the word of God.    
   > f) If you are not taking your tithe to a farming community in the Promised   
   Land, you are not obeying the word of God.    
   > g) If you are giving your tithe with no descendant of Aaron present, you are   
   not obeying the word of God.    
   >    
   > Pastors would do well to turn from their false doctrine of a monetary tithe   
   requirement and to begin preaching and teaching the truth as it is written in   
   the word of God..   
      
   My favorite spell to cast is "I'm rubber and you are glue. Whatever you say   
   bounces off of me and sticks to you."   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)