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   TWELVE REASONS WHY THERE IS NO "UNIVERSAL TITHING PRINCIPLE" CONTINUED INTO   
   THE NEW TESTAMENT   
      
   1. Not one of the Apostles of Jesus Christ were ever recorded as tithing   
   themselves to anyone, teaching anyone to tithe, receiving a tithe,   
   reprimanding churches or individual Christians for not tithing, or wrote any   
   guidelines for New Testament tithing.    
   These Apostles taught no one to tithe anything to anyone at anytime; Peter;   
   James; John; Andrew; Philip; Matthew; Thomas; James, the son of Alpheus;   
   Bartholomew; Judas Thaddeus; Simon Zelotes or Paul. Tithing teachers seem to   
   believe that they know more    
   than the Apostles did and can add their own doctrines of tithing to the   
   teachings of the Apostles.   
      
   2. The New Testament contains no guidelines as to who a tithe is to be given   
   to. The assumption that a "tithe" must be given to a church or ministry are   
   nothing more than the traditions of men making void the Word of God, and are   
   not found in New    
   Testament scripture. There are no statements in the New Testament that a tithe   
   of any kind is to be given to a church, other type of ministry, or to any   
   Apostle, Prophet, Evangelist, Pastor, or Teacher. There are no guidelines for   
   tithing found anywhere    
   in the New Covenant.   
      
   3. God's tithe was given to the Levites, not to any Apostle, Prophet,   
   Evangelist, Pastor, or Teacher. God has never taken the tithe from the Levites   
   and given the tithe to anyone else. Numbers 18:21 clearly states "And, behold,   
   I have given the children    
   of Levi all the tenth in Israel for an inheritance, for their service which   
   they serve, even the service of the tabernacle of the congregation." That has   
   never been repealed, changed or altered in any manner at all.   
      
   4. Abraham tithed to Melchisedec, not to any New Testament Apostle, Prophet,   
   Evangelist, Pastor, or Teacher. The Bible contains no instructions, not to Jew   
   or Gentile, not to anyone under the New Testament (of which a Christian is   
   under) to tithe because,   
    or as, Abraham did to Melchisedec. Being the seed of Abraham, which a   
   Christian is, does not conclude that a Christian must tithe as Abraham did.   
   Abraham circumcised 300 in his household; should we do as Abraham did in   
   circumcision, why only in tithing?    
   Abraham's tithe to Melchisedec succeeded in proving the superiority of the   
   priesthood of the Order of Melchisedec, which is established after the power   
   of endless life, over the priesthood of the Levites, which was established   
   after the law of carnal    
   commandment. It does not have to be further proven again with any New   
   Testament Christian tithing to Melchisedec or to anyone else.   
      
   Referring to Melchisedec, Hebrews 7:16 states "Who is made, not after the law   
   of a carnal commandment, but after the power of an endless life." Abraham's   
   tithe was given pursuant to the law of the land, not the Law of God. He gave   
   ten percent of the    
   spoils of war to Melchisedec (God's tithe does not come from war), not the   
   tithe of the increase of the land provided by God. Furthermore; Abraham gave a   
   little less than 90%, after his tithe to Melchisedec, to a pagan king, the   
   King of Sodom; if a    
   Christian is to "tithe as Abraham;" should the New Testament tither give the   
   remaining 90% to pagans after tithing? Abraham did; why not the New Testament   
   Christian to do the same if Abraham is to be our "example of tithing?"   
      
   5. There is no scripture that indicates that God has transferred the tithing   
   requirement under the Law of Moses for Israel to Grace under the New Testament   
   to Christians.   
      
   6. The first Church Council, held in Jerusalem in 50AD, did not conclude or   
   instruct that anyone had to tithe anything, and did not refer to any form of   
   "New Testament tithing." Additionally; Hebrews 7:8 instructs no New Testament   
   Christian to tithe, and    
   Hebrews 7:18 clearly puts an end to, and cancels tithing for anyone under the   
   New Testament, Jew or Gentile. The council concluded; "Forasmuch as we have   
   heard, that certain which went out from us have troubled you with words,   
   subverting your souls,    
   saying, Ye must be circumcised, and keep the law: to whom we gave NO such   
   commandment:" - Acts 15:24 ...NOT ONE WORD ABOUT TITHING. If there existed a   
   "tithing principle" extended into the New Testament for Christians, the first   
   church council new    
   nothing about it and expressed no guidelines or instructions for any such   
   "principle."   
      
   7. If tithing was required and taught in the New Testament for Christians, it   
   would have to be clearly detailed and outlined in the terms and conditions of   
   the New Testament like all promises and commands of the New Testament are.   
   Tithing instructions    
   would be clearly included in the New Testament, there are NO SUCH INSTRUCTIONS   
   TO BE FOUND. No such terms, conditions or details are outlined anywhere in the   
   New Testament. Tithing was never, is not now, and will never be part of the   
   New Testament. The    
   New Testament KNOWS NOTHING OF ANY COMMAND FOR A BELIEVER TO TITHE.   
      
   8. In Hebrews Chapter Seven tithing is mentioned 7 times, verses number; 2, 4,   
   5, 6, 8, 9 and 9 again, focusing CLEARLY ON TITHING, and while proving the   
   superiority of Christ's priesthood, ALSO places tithing (along with the rest   
   of the law of Moses) in    
   a position of INFERIORITY and declares ALL THREE ARE WEAK, ALL THREE ARE   
   UNPROFITABLE, AND ALL THREE ARE DISANNULLED (i.e.; ENDED, CANCELED,   
   DISCONTINUED)...INCLUDING TITHING. "For there is verily a disannulling of the   
   commandment going before for the    
   weakness and unprofitableness thereof." - Hebrews 7:18   
      
   9. There are three tithes in the Old Testament established and commanded by   
   God, they are;   
      
   >> THE FIRST TITHE - Leviticus 27:30-33 defines this tithe as a tenth of crops   
   and animals in herds and flocks. Numbers 18 and Nehemiah 10:37-38 gives the   
   ordinances, or instructions, for this tithe, and commands this tithe be taken   
   by the Levites.   
   > Purpose of this tithe: to support the Levitical Priesthood, Temple and   
   Temple workers.   
      
   >> SECOND TITHE - Deuteronomy 14:22-27: aka; The Festival Tithe - a tenth of   
   crops, plus add to that the firstborn animals, and take to the yearly feasts.   
   > Purpose of this tithe: that thou mayest learn to fear the LORD thy God always   
      
      
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