Tithing in the Church Age is not Biblical

How many of you have heard all your lives about the widow who gave her last coin as an example of how we should all look at giving.

The story is actually a condemnation of the Pharisees who suckered her into giving all she had when she was poor and would have nothing left.

The widow was trying to buy her way into the kingdom with her last two cents.

Jesus Christ was not praising the widow he was condemning the Pharisees for intimidating her into giving all she had.

In God's word, the old and new testament alike tells the people of God to take care of their widows not take from them.

Tithes were for the poor, the fatherless, and the widows. So why would the Pharisees be allowing her to give her money when they should have been giving her money.

Widows should not be giving their money they should be receiving. from others. Of course, widows who have enough and love the Lord will want to give but no one should expect giving from widows who barely have enough to eat.

Jesus Christ was chastising the Pharisees, it really wasn't about praising the widow for what she did it was more about chastising the Pharisees for taking from her at all.

Does this remind us of the modern-day Pharisees who sinfully beg and intimidate people to give money while parading about the stage in costly attire?

There is no scriptural model of passing a money plate for people to put in their money. There is no such thing as a tithe in the new testament assembly. Each person is to give as they are led by God and they are not to let others know how much they give. The leaders of the church are not to boast about how much money came in.

One more practice in the modern church that flies in the face of the word of God. When I realized this about tithes I no longer worried about whether or not someone else thought I was giving enough, I gave as led by the Holy Spirit and didn't speak of it to others. And, I had no business knowing or caring about how much anyone else gave.

If any church leader comes to your home to chastise you for your giving, my suggestion is to stop giving to them at all, not one more penny goes to a church that is so greedy and controlling that the leaders would defy the word of God because of their greed.

Just saying!!!!