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GoD's WorK - God's Puzzle Solved

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Financing <strong>God's</strong> Work107is absolutely no other reference to support the notion of givingtithes to the preaching ministry in The New Testament.Law Of TithingOnce God gave The Law to Moses, He also gave the conditionsfor tithing. Without these overall conditions having been establishedfor ancient Israel, no tithes were given - or received. Also,one must realize that in The New Testament period, no one wasrequired to give tithes to anyone in the ministry. Why? Becauseno tithing system had been set into place - as in Old Testamenttimes. In short, The New Testament never introduced a tithingsystem to replace the tithes given to The Temple Priesthood.There is another aspect that must be considered. James declaredthat if anyone were to offend by breaking just one part of TheLaw, then they would become guilty of breaking all of The Law(James 2:10). This instruction is significant. In other words, ifyou decide to tithe, then you must tithe by keeping all the requiredconditions for tithing. This is The Old Testament system. Thereis no system revealed in The New Testament.In Matthew 23:2-3, Christ said, the scribes and Pharisees sit inMoses’ seat: All therefore, they bid you to do and observe, do;but not as they (the scribes and Pharisees) do. That is what Jamessaid. You had to keep the whole law and not miss one point.Christ said in Matthew 23:23, one must only tithe to The Levites.Remember, The Pharisees sat in Moses’ seat.The Pharisees would tithe and fast, but they didn’t keep the weightiermatters - faith, mercy and justice. If you keep part of TheLaw, you must keep every single bit. Jesus said you must tithe toThe Levites only, not to ministers, believe it or not!

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