Paying tithes, first fruit, and offering in church simply because you want financial breakthrough is purely commerce and a tool for manipulation in the hands of those who know the truth.- Reno Omokri


Paying tithes, first fruit, and offering in church simply because you want financial breakthrough is purely commerce, not religion or faith. It is a disservice to God. And a tool for manipulation in the hands of those who know the truth. 


Peter and James, the heads of the early Ekklesia, set only four rules for Gentiles who turned to God. They can be found in Acts 15:19. 


Stop arguing blindly. You are arguing your church doctrines and not Scripture. Get your head out of your pastors' armpits and stick your nose into the holy Scriptures. Tithes were an agricultural tax imposed by God on the eleven tribes that got land in the Promised Land and payable only to the Levites because they were not allowed to own land or work. 


"I give to the Levites all the tithes in Israel as their inheritance in return for the work they do while serving at the tent of meeting."-Numbers 18:21. 


Let me ask you a question. The Levites were forbidden from having property. We see this in Deuteronomy 18:1.


"The Levitical priests—indeed, the whole tribe of Levi—are to have no allotment or inheritance with Israel. They shall live on the food offerings presented to the LORD, for that is their inheritance."


Does your pastor have property? If yes, then what is the basis of paying tithes to them? And do not tell me you pay it to God. God never asked you to pay Him tithes. You are NOT a Hebrew. You are a Gentile believer.


Even Yeshua Hamasiach (Jesus Christ, Nabi Isa) did not collect tithes because He was not a Levite. On Earth, He was a Jewish Rabbi of the tribe of Judah. Neither did His disciples ask for or receive tithes. 


Paul, who brought this faith to you and I, Gentiles, said:


"You yourselves know that these hands of mine have supplied my own needs and the needs of my companions."-Acts 20:34. 


There are precisely 613 Laws of Moses. These men have craftily selected only the laws that benefit them financially. Why are they now keeping the 610 other laws? Yes, they and their mind-controlled people will come here and use logic and philosophy to counter my Scriptural assertions. Because they are "teaching for doctrines the commandments of men."-Matthew 15:9. 


They cite Abraham to manipulate your mind that tithing preceded the law. Please fact-check the paragraph below. 


Abraham did not tithe his income or his farm harvest. Abraham tithed ONCE. And he only tithed from military plunder, also called spoils of war, and we see this in Hebrews 7:4:


“Just think how great he was: Even the patriarch Abraham gave him a tenth of the plunder!”


The only thing expected from Gentile believers was freewill offerings. We see this in 2 Corinthians 9:7:


"Each of you should give what you have decided in your heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver."


They will come here and tell you that "The Letter killeth". That is Scriptural illiteracy of the highest level. When Paul wrote "The Letter Killeth", he was not talking about the words in what we now call the New Testament. He was referring to the 613 Mosaic Laws, and that is clear when you read that verse in translations other than the King James Version, which was translated from Latin (not the original Koine Greek) in 1611. 


If you read that verse in the Amplified Version, it says:


"For the letter [of the Law] kills [by revealing sin and demanding obedience], but the Spirit gives life."-2 Corinthians 3:6. 


Do you see that it was the very same Law they are using to justify tithes and first fruit that Paul was referring to? 


Paul could not even have been referring to the New Testament. It is impossible. Why? Because the Book of Acts was written before some of the Gospels. Please fact-check me. These guys are banking on the fact that you do not study. And as long as you do not study, they will keep banking your money in their accounts. 


When you need money, they ask you to pay them tithes and first fruits. That is why they are rich. I do not collect tithes or first fruits. And I have never been accused of theft in my time in government. Do I look poor to you? 


God blesses work, investments, and dedication. That is why Japan, a nation that is 98% non-Christian, is more honest, prosperous and disciplined than ANY Christian nation on Earth. 


I feel constrained to intervene because this obsession with money in Christianity is now an embarrassment. You go to a mosque, and you never hear one word about money. They talk about character development. You go to these unregulated churches, and they talk about money more than about God. Am I lying? 


Credit: Reno Omokri 

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