Don’t Belong to a Church You Can’t Trust With Your Tithe

A key reason for the confusion of many in regard to tithing is that they discern how Christians are not under the ceremonial law of Moses- while simultaneously failing to recognize that tithing is rather part of God’s eternal moral law. This is proven by clear examples of tithing in the Book of Genesis (when, like it is now, people were bound to God’s eternal moral Law but not to the ceremonial law given to Israel). The obligatory tithe to be given to God as a practical recognition that He has a right to all preceded the tithe system imposed upon Israel as a nation through Moses. This is obviously easy to prove since tithing has its foundation in Genesis (especially concerning the account of Abraham’s interaction with Melchizedek in Genesis chapter 14).

It is especially significant that Abraham paid tithes to Melchizedek. Melchizedek was a priest who foreshadows Jesus’ High Priesthood rather than the Levitical Priesthood which was tied together with the ceremonial law specifically given for Israel in the Law of Moses.

Psalm 110:4 says concerning the Messiah: “The Lord hath sworn, and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek.”

Jesus’ High Priesthood is of the order of Melchizedek. This priesthood is greater than, and supersedes, the Levitical Priesthood which was installed for Israel when it was under the ceremonial law. This priesthood not only received tithes, but the Levitical Priesthood even figuratively paid tithes to it when Abraham paid tithes to Melchizedek (as Hebrews chapter 7 proves).

As there were storehouses for tithes and freewill offerings in Israel that were supposed to be for the expenses related to public worship and for the support of the poor and needy, a Christian church is likewise to take tithes and freewill offerings of its members for the same basic purposes.
This leads to another big issue.

Many pastors who preach tithing are wolves who are in ministry for their own gain. They might even place great emphasis on the tithe for their church while neglecting personal giving to the poor and other obvious Biblical issues in the moral realm which are related to money. They may not even rebuke their members for being idolaters who live for money and pleasure- as long as they get their tithe from them.

In many cases, it is the pastors who are saying that Christians need not even be subject to the eternal moral law of God who are also commanding their church members to tithe. This is inconsistent and blatantly hypocritical. They don’t believe Christians are obligated to keep the moral nor the ceremonial law of God- yet they are harping upon the necessity of tithing.

If a church is committed to false doctrine or is not living consistent with the right doctrine which it preaches, you shouldn’t be there- let alone giving your tithe there. Those who have good reason not to trust their church with their money shouldn’t be part of it anyways. You should rather be out of there and taking your tithe elsewhere.