THE QUESTION IS?

Question, Is Tithing Obsolete Church? In ONE as ONE!!! God knew that the only way to provide Salvation and blessing to man was to provide it as a free gift. Man was incapable of contributing anything. Jesus provided all that was required, his own shed blood. Salvation is by grace and it includes every benefit purchased by the blood of Jesus at the cross. If prosperity or any other covenant blessing depended on the tithe, then the tithe would be purchasing it, not the blood of Jesus. The New Covenant is a blood covenant not a tithe covenant. Faith is the connection, but it is faith in the shed blood of Jesus, not faith in tithing. Making tithing a requirement to maintain the covenant is just as wrong as making it a requirement to enter the covenant. The New Covenant has a higher financial commitment than the tithe, but it's based on a completely different paradigm. Tithing is never mentioned as an instruction to New Covenant believers—not as a law, a principle, or a voluntary practice. The Apostles exhorted Believers to give financially, but it had nothing to do with tithing. When they instructed believers to assist the poor, the widows, and the fatherless and to support the ministers of the gospel, they never quoted Scriptures about tithing. Paul wrote more on the subject of financial giving than the other writers of New Testament epistles. When he instructed Believers about their obligations to give financially he quoted Old Testament scriptures to support his teaching, but not the ones about tithing. There is no basis to say the New Testament church considered tithing to be the pattern for financial stewardship. There is no scriptural evidence to say the apostles considered tithing to be an eternal principle for all ages or the key to financial blessing for Christ Believers. In 1 Corinthians 9, Paul presents an extensive teaching on why ministers of the gospel have a right to be supported financially and why the body of Christ is obligated to do so. He appeals to several theological arguments to prove what he is teaching. This would be the perfect opportunity for him to quote a verse on tithing as the scriptural authority for what he is saying but he doesn't. In 1 Corinthians 9:7 he begins his instruction by appealing to common sense. Who goes a warfare any time at his own charges? who plant a vineyard, and eat not of the fruit thereof? or who feeds a flock, and eat not of the milk of the flock? In verse nine he refers to the Law of Moses which says: “Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he treads out the corn.” (Deut. 25:4) In verse thirteen of 1 Corinthians 9, Paul refers to the Old Testament principle that those who serve in the temple and at the altar are ordained to partake of those things that are brought as sacrifices and offerings. In verse fourteen he quotes the words of Jesus: Even so hath the Lord ordained that they which preach the gospel should live of the gospel. This is a reference to what Jesus told the disciples when he sent them out. (Matt. 10:10, “for the workman is worthy of his meat,” and Luke 10:7, “for the laborers is worthy of his hire.”) In 1 Timothy 5, Paul teaches Believers to support the ministers of the gospel. He again quotes Deuteronomy 25:4 and the words of Jesus but he says nothing about tithing. Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honor, especially they who labors in the word and doctrine. For the scripture said, Thou shalt not muzzle the ox that treadles out the corn. And, The laborers is worthy of his reward. (1 Tim. 5:17–18) Jesus also said many things on the subject of giving that were not based on tithing. A thorough study of all the New Testament exhortations that apply to financial giving reveals a different perspective than what is often preached today. Jesus himself is the highest example of the motivation and purpose of all giving. He gave because he loved and he gave to bless. The church does not need tithing to finance the work of God on earth. New Covenant giving is based on a better process. The born-again Christ Believer is one with Christ and owned by Him. His new nature is to live for Christ with all of his heart, mind, soul, strength, and money. The following list includes some of the Scriptural exhortations and perspectives related to giving in the New Testament. These can be applied to financial giving in the church today. Many of these are often overlooked because of the preoccupation with using the Old Covenant principle of tithing to motivate people. In God's covenant with Abraham, tithing was not included. God guaranteed that covenant without any requirement of tithing. Tithing is not part of the New Covenant either. It is based on the blood of Jesus alone. WIN_FREE MINISTRIES SERVING YOU AND THE NATIONS Apostle James Winfree Sr,