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Boanerges said:
Because I hang with Pilgrim on this do you mind showing how that the tithe is still supported under the New Covenant and while your at it just exactly how much are we to "tithe"? 10%, 20%, 30%? Also is the tithe to go to the same programs as it was used under the Old Covenant? If so why? If not why?

Inquiring minds want to know.

As mentioned, tithing as been discussed and debated many times before on The Highway. Here is my brief reply. The word 'tithe' means tenth, so that is why 10%. Of course, God owns 100% and we are just stewards of what He has given us. Some of the main talking points in tithing is tithing first came on the scene with Abraham - Melchizedek. That was during the Promise, not in the law of Moses as most opponents go back to in the OT. Jesus in Matthew 23 agreed that tithing is a good thing to do. He didn't abrogate it. And to a lesser degree when Paul spoke of helping those who minister to us. I do not recall the location.

As to your last question regarding what programs. Since we are no longer living in a Theomony, we are not to replicate the usages as in OT programs. But we can take some principles away from it, and I say that our entire tithes should go to the local body which we belong. Plus, if anyway possible, we should give above our tithe to the local church or other ministries/missionaries.

But, I can see both sides of the issue as making valid points - I just lean toward the tithing side.

John Chaney

"having been firmly rooted and now being built up in Him and established in your faith . . ." Colossians 2:7