But now the righteousness of God apart from the law is revealed, being witnessed by the law and the prophets, even the righteousness of God, through faith in jesus christ to all and in all.

Romans 7 : 6

But now we have been delivered from the law, having died to what we were held by, so that we should serve in the newness of the spirit and not in the oldness of the letter.

Galatians 2 : 16

Knowng that a man is not justified by the works of the law but by faith in jesus christ , even we have believed in Christ Jesus that we may be justified by faith in Christ and not by the works of the law : for by the works of the law no flesh shall be justified.

Redeemed

John and Pietie wont be happy with that answer, they want you UNDER LAW.

I think John is confusing the 10 comandments which we obey with the other commandents of the old laws…ie ceremonial handwashing..not eating pork..being circumsised..ritual practices..etc there are hundreds which we are not under any more because Christ has set us free from the bondage of the law..but we are under the moral law..the 10 comandments…and all Jesus’s teachings and the wisdom of God shows us all truth if we humbly seek it.

Thou shalt truly tithe all the increase of thy seed, that the field bringeth forth year by year. And thou shalt eat before the Lord thy God, in the place which he shall choose to place his name there, the tithe of thy corn, of thy wine, and of thine oil, and the firstlings of thy herds and of thy flocks; that thou mayest learn to fear the Lord thy God always. And if the way be too long for thee, so that thou art not able to carry it; or if the place be too far from thee, which the Lord thy God shall choose to set his name there, when the Lord thy God hath blessed thee: Then shalt thou turn it into money, and bind up the money in thine hand, and shalt go unto the place which the Lord thy God shall choose: And thou shalt bestow that money for whatsoever thy soul lusteth after, for oxen, or for sheep, or for wine, or for strong drink, or for whatsoever thy soul desireth: and thou shalt eat there before the Lord thy God, and thou shalt rejoice, thou, and thine household, And the Levite that is within thy gates; thou shalt not forsake him; for he hath no part nor inheritance with thee. At the end of three years thou shalt bring forth all the tithe of thine increase the same year, and shalt lay it up within thy gates: And the Levite, (because he hath no part nor inheritance with thee,) and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, which are within thy gates, shall come, and shall eat and be satisfied; that the Lord thy God may bless thee in all the work of thine hand which thou doest.
Deuteronomy 14:22-29 KJV

Clearly to been seen here that there is a difference between TITHE AND MONEY… it clearly describes what the tithe is and that money is not part of it. And meditate on the rest of it aswell, i bet not one tithing preacher has ever told anyone about these verses….

Another thing to think about…

Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage. Behold, I Paul say unto you, that if ye be circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing. For I testify again to every man that is circumcised, that he is a debtor to do the whole law. Christ is become of no effect unto you, whosoever of you are justified by the law; ye are fallen from grace.
Galatians 5:1-4 KJV

Lets replace the word circumcised with tithing. Tithing was part of the sacrificial laws. The laws we as the church are not under.
And anyone that wants to argue that it was before the law, ok fine. So was circumcision and the sabbath day and making altars and sacrificing animals. Abraham did all those things, so if you want to tithe but not do those things, then your heart has been revealed. You want to tithe because you want a 100 fold or some blessing in return. All those other things you will say: but we are not under the law??? Ow ye hypocrites!!!

God bless and hope this helps someone.

As you can guess, our conversation did not last much longer than that, she hung up after I had said these things.

Deborah, why don’t people love Jesus more than their petty temporal pleasures? It is childish to hang on to baby blankets and pacifiers when we can be friends and spouse to the one who created it all.

Dear MissDebra

You said: is your pastor a Levite?”

Oh goodness I never even thought of saying that lol. Good one.

Its the same as when people are caught up in plan old con-artists schemes. When you try tell them they are being conned they don’t want to believe it because 1) They don’t want to believe they are wrong, 2) They don’t want to believe they are being conned and 3) ROI – Return on Investment aka greed. If you study about white collar criminals and the tactics they use to steal peoples money you will notice it’s exactly the same psychology; be it a false christian minister or a plain old white collar fraudster. The psychopath (who is satanic) knows what to say (e.g., quote bible scripture) and how to say it (play on your emotions, and say it over and over and over again) to get you to give everything.