Welcome to the Tithe Deception.


This blog is meant to help Christians that believe they don't have to pay for Salvation but are confused by the cash-tithe deception. It's ludicrous to assume that a man will ask his fiancée for 10% of her income. In the same way Jesus (The Bridegroom) has NEVER asked His Church (The Bride) for a cash-tithe. There is nothing we can do to merit God's love and yet He still loves us. Such a love is incomprehensible. The thought of it is humbling and all we can do is surrender without any plea.

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Tuesday, February 20, 2007

Misuse of Parables


A biblical parable is a short story used to illustrate a spiritual truth. Ministers use biblical references concerning stewardship to claim that the interpretation of the Bible means that Christians should give money to the church or they will become bad stewards instead. Ministers quote these scriptures while affirming a cash tithe, using them as further evidence of their argument. The Bible speaks of stewardship in multiple places; however, most ministers get the idea of stewardship from two of Jesus’ parables. These are the Parable of the Shrewd Manager (Luke 16:1-14) and the Parable of the Talents (Matthew 25:14-30).
The Parable of the Shrewd Manager is for managers. In other words, Jesus was talking to the spiritual leaders of His time. This parable has nothing to do with the lay members of the church. However, if this parable would be applied to lay members’ lives, then no one should ask them for money, because giving money is not the same as managing money. This parable does not say “give;” it says “manage,” and it ends by telling the spiritual managers of that time that “you cannot serve both God and money” in Luke 16:13b. We learn in Luke 16:14 that the spiritual managers in question did not like it. “The Pharisees, who loved money, heard all this and were sneering at Jesus.”
The Parable of the Talents is mainly meant for those in charge of the church, whom are represented as those who have multiple talents. However, this parable is also for lay members, whom are represented as those who have one talent. Matthew 25:14 reads, “For the kingdom of heaven is as a man traveling into a far country, who called his own servants, and delivered unto them his goods.” Jesus is the man that traveled to a far country, which is Heaven, and He called His servants, which are us Christians, and gave us all spiritual gifts that we must put to work.
During the Bible era, a denarius was equal to a day’s wage and a talent was equal to a lifetime’s wages. Jesus did not give us a monetary talent, but He did give us all at least one spiritual talent, although most of us have many spiritual talents. When Jesus returns, He will ask us to give an account of what we did with our spiritual talent(s) that He gave us, and this has absolutely nothing to do with money.
Another one of Jesus’ Parables that is being used to obtain money is the Parable of the Sower in Matthew 13:1-9. The appalling aspect of this practice is that this passage of scripture does not mention money, not even metaphorically. In fact, the word “money” in any shape or form (talents, gold, etc.) does not appear in this Parable!
The idea about sowing a seed of money is unbiblical! Later, Jesus makes it clear in Mathew 13:19 that the seeds which He refers to are the heard message of His Kingdom. These parables are not about how much money we give to the church. Rather, they are saying that as God’s stewards, we manage a spiritual property known as the Kingdom of Heaven and use our spiritual talents to sow the seeds, or message, of the Gospel in anticipation of the harvest.

2 comments:

Freewillgiver said...

Thank you for honesty. You are brave and insightful.

Freewillgiver said...

Thank you please spread the word that tithing cash is not for Christians today and there might someday be an end to the false practice4 You are one body and one spirit, just as God also called you in one hope.