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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Friday, November 10, 2017

Jesus is our Tithe


The video for this post is available at the URL: https://youtu.be/x6kOJsLuhBE

Hello, I’m the Rev. Amós Ortiz, and this study is called Jesus is our Tithe.

Today we’ll learn that although there is no Scripture Verse that specifically reads “Jesus is our tithe,” the Bible does teach that Jesus is our tithe. This concept isn’t new to us; for example, the word Trinity is not in the Bible, yet we know that the Bible does teach us about the Holy Trinity.

Our study reading is found in Deuteronomy 12:11. Here God is giving the Israelites instructions concerning the yearly sacrifices and He instructs them with these words: “you are to bring everything I command you: your burnt offerings and sacrifices, your tithes and special gifts.” In accordance with our study reading, this verse teaches us that God asked men to present themselves before Him and, as we read, to “bring everything I command you,” which included the tithe as a necessary part of the yearly sacrifice needed for forgiveness.

We know that Jesus also presented Himself before the Lord. In John 20:17a we read “Jesus said, Do not hold on to me, for I have not yet returned to the Father.” So we must ask ourselves, “Would the Almighty have required less of His own Son Jesus than He did of us men? Would Jesus, after making the ultimate sacrifice and knowing that the fate of all humanity was riding on this, present Himself before the Father without bringing His tithe? Would He disobey His Father’s Law?”

If Jesus had presented himself to the Father without bringing the tithe, His Sacrifice, which was for everybody (including you and me), would have been incomplete and therefore, by law, unacceptable to God. By this we know that Jesus paid our tithe, because Jesus paid the full price of our redemption. As Christians, when we say “I must tithe to the Lord,” we are actually stating that the sacrifice of Jesus is incomplete. What’s more, a cash-tithe stomps upon the Body and Blood of Christ, because a cash-tithe implies that our money is an acceptable substitute for the Body and Blood of Christ. I’ll explain this…

Malachi 3:10a reads “Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house.” The word “food” in Malachi 3:10 should never be used to refer to money, because food and money are two very different things! The Holy Spirit made no mistake in His inspiration of the Word; food is food, not money!

In Deuteronomy 14:23 God instructs His People to “Eat the tithe … [while] in the presence of the LORD.” So, the tithe was edible. Can you imagine the believers in Malachi 3:10 going to eat money in the presence of the Lord? No…the tithe is food!

Jesus is food too. He called Himself the Bread of Life. In John 6:53, Jesus said “I tell you the truth, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you.”

Just as when the Israelites ate their tithe while in the presence the Lord, when we have our communion, we are eating our tithe, which is the Body and Blood of Christ, in the presence of the Lord. By this we know that the Bible does teach that Jesus is indeed our tithe. The tithe was another typology of our Lord Jesus. This same lesson is found in the Passover. The Passover Sacrifice was eaten by the recipients of God’s forgiveness. Unfortunately, our cash-tithe is now casting a shadow over the true life giving tithe: Jesus.

However, Malachi 3:10 is clear: “That there may be food in my house…” God is a Spirit, and today, right now, we are His house! 2nd Timothy 1:14b reads “the Holy Spirit who lives in us.” So, just like the house mentioned in Malachi 3:10 needed food, so does God’s new house need food, and we feed it Jesus; He is our Manna that descended from Heaven. You see, Israel’s journey to the Promised Land was a foreshadowing of our own journey to Heaven. While they wandered in the desert, they ate Manna and did not tithe! Now it’s our turn to eat Manna.

Once they arrived in the Land of Milk & Honey, the Israelites worshipped and tithed in the place that God had chosen for them, but the place that God has chosen for us is in Heaven. This is why Jesus told the Samaritan woman that the time had now come for us to worship, not so much in this place or that place, but to worship God in Spirit and in Truth.

When we worship God in Spirit, it doesn’t matter how much money there is or isn’t, because the Spirit does not need of a building with pews or instruments or big screen TVs. You can be in somebody’s living room and be worshiping in Spirit, because God’s Spirit is within us, not outside of us. For matters of convenience we do have a church building, but in reality, we don’t have to go to a specific building or place to worship our God in Spirit.

And if we are to worship God in Truth, then we should never refer to the word “food” in Malachi 3:10 as being “money,” because that’s just a lie. God never said “bring the whole tithe that there may be money in my house.” The house mentioned in Malachi 3:10 did not have need for money. There was already plenty of money in the Lord’s house. Even the walls were overlaid with pure gold.

Jesus said in Matthew 5:17, “Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them.” Jesus fulfilled the tithe law when He presented His own flesh and blood as our tithe to the Father. Therefore, the demands of the tithe law have now been fulfilled. It has been completed; it is finished.

Like the disciples of John the Baptist, many Christians have difficulty understanding these things. This is why Jesus explained to the disciples of John the Baptist that an old wineskin, which represents the Old Covenant of the Law, cannot be filled with new wine, which represents the New Covenant of Grace, because if we mix the old covenant of the Law with the new covenant of Grace, both blessings will be lost.

Dear friends, Jesus paid it all and today we are saved, not by paying a percentage of our income to a church, but by faith, by God’s Grace. I invite you to learn the significance of Jesus as our tithe and if you haven’t yet, I invite you to make a decision for Christ as your personal Savior. And remember, it’s free, because God loves you, not your money.

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Thank you for listening and God bless you.

Friday, May 12, 2017

Tithe Testimony


Tithe Testimony

The video for this post is available at: https://youtu.be/xc2Oqszb4V8

Hello, I’m the Rev. Ortiz and this is the study: Tithe Testimony.

Some viewers have commented about how God has met their financial needs when they tithed their income. Their testimonies also include the financial struggles they endured whenever they failed to tithe. They end by asking me “How can you explain the blessings I’ve received through tithing?”

I want to start by thanking everyone that has expressed concerns over my lessons on non-tithing. Your input is very valuable to me. If it wasn’t for your comments, I would never have prepared studies like this one. In appreciation, I want to give you a tithe testimony of my own; but before I do, I’ll answer your question. So, let’s go over why cash-tithing appears to work at times.

Simply stated, the Bible says “Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.” This Scripture is not limited to a percentage of income, so when you give, regardless of the measure, God’s promise goes into effect. So, what might appear to be tithe related is really the fulfillment of Jesus’ promise in Luke 6:38.

In addition to this, I must mention that most cash-tithing does not end well. The fact that some folks are testifying about how they miraculously managed to pay their bills after tithing indicates that income tithing is a burden, because if it wasn’t a burden no one would testify about it. No one testifies about common every day occurrences. People testify after they have struggled with an illness, or a marital problem, or, as in the case of the cash-tithe, after they’ve suffered through financial burdens.

Money-loving ministers know that cash-tithing is a burden (1st Thessalonians 2:9), so they tell us that we must pay 10% of our income, and then have faith that God will supply our needs, but that’s the equivalent of jumping off a cliff and expecting God to come to our rescue. Jesus said “Do not put the Lord your God to the test.” (Matthew 4:7) If we have the money to pay our bills in our hands, then it’s not a matter of faith, because God has already provided for our needs. We cannot give it to a money-loving minister and then expect God to give us more money. That’s not how faith works.

To all the tithe burdened folks out there, God says in 2nd Corinthians 9:7, “let each one give as he purposes in his heart, not […] of necessity.” (NKJV) You’re helping no one when instead of paying your bills, you increase the needs of the church by giving 10% of your income to the wrong person. God’s Word is clear on this: “Let no debt remain outstanding.” (Romans 13:8a)

That aside, here’s my tithe testimony…

I was raised in the South Bronx. I’m the son of immigrant parents. My father was a factory worker, my mother was a stay at home mom with ten children, and I was a middle child. Even though we relied on welfare to supplement our father’s meager income, there were days in which our meals consisted of oatmeal because that’s all we could afford. Back when I was a little boy, some considered the South Bronx to be the poorest place in America. I got my first job at the tender age of 8, and by age 16, I was living on my own. This is the burden part of my testimony. I was raised in poverty.

Let’s fast forward to today. Now I’m not about to tell you how old I am, but I will say that I am well over 50 years old. And not just do I not tithe, but for years I have taught thousands of Christians around the world that they don’t need to tithe. Let’s put this into perspective. Money-loving ministers are saying that if we don’t pay our tithes, we will be “cursed with a curse.” And here I am, boldly teaching millions of Christians that they don’t need to tithe, and that I don’t tithe. Therefore, if what money-loving ministers are saying is true, then out of all the people in the world, I should be the one with the greatest curse. If the “cursed with a curse” is applicable to Christians and their income, I should be bankrupt.

And yet God has supplied all my needs. I owe nothing to anyone. My wife and children want for nothing. We’re going on two decades now of being a one salary family. We have never received any kind of support from friends or relatives. We have no mommy or daddy to run to in times of need. We don’t use credit. Our bills are paid on time. We have never received a past due notice. All of our needs are well covered, and we have funds to spare. We’re counting our blessings. “My cup runneth over!” (Psalm 23:5)

So now I ask, how can we explain my financial blessings in light of my actions against cash-tithing? My financial success proves that the cash-tithe is a scam created by money-loving ministers to exploit God’s children.

Unlike money-loving ministers, I have nothing to gain or lose by telling you the truth. They, on the other hand, want to hide the truth from you because they want your money. But I’ve been preaching the Gospel of my Lord Jesus Christ free of charge since I was 15 years old.

Up to date, millions of minds have been poisoned with the cash-tithe lie. “The kingdom of heaven has been subjected to violence, and violent people have been raiding it.” (Matthew 11:12b) Money-loving ministers love your money, not you. That’s why they get all upset when I upload videos that expose their scams. “Therefore, come out from them and be separate, says the Lord.” (2nd Corinthians 6:17a)

Take a step of faith. Dare yourself to trust in God’s written Word, and the Word of truth will set you free. If God’s Spirit has touched your heart through this testimony, please share it with others, so that they too can be set free.

Thank you for listening. Until next time, God bless you.