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OMGDuck Test

Are TithesIncome Taxes?


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OMG Duck TestOh my God (OMG) are tithes

income taxes? If it walks like a

duck, quacks like a duck and

swims like a duck, then its a

duck. It does not matter if you

name it a hen or chicken. The

duck test defines the real name

of a thing, animal or person same

as a recipe defines the name of

the food you are preparing.

Are Tithes Income Taxes?Put tithes to the Duck Test and see:

1. Does tithe look like income tax?2. Does tithe feel like income tax?3. Does tithe sound like income tax?

Tithing is Gods oldest system to levy

income taxes. It is ten percent (10%) of

a persons gross earning. Tithes are off

the top not bottom. Tithes were taxes

collected by the Leviticus priesthood for

administration and supervision of theIsraelite nation. Christian ministers have

adopted Gods system of tithing to levy

10 % income taxes on their fellowship.


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My PastorMost saints view pastors as Gods

shepherds to watch over his flock.

Very few saints view his or herpastor as a tax collector. Their

gimmick is to embarrass saints

who dont pay tithes by asking the

congregation to hold up his or her

tithes. Jesus said do not your alms

to be seen of men (Mat6:1). This

means whatever we give is private

between us and God not man.

Tax RefundIRS Publication 526 Charitable

Contributions has defined taxable

and non-taxable donations that

qualify for deductions. A church is

a 501c3 nonprofit charity. IRS hasmandated each nonprofit charity

file its 990 with Guidestar.org.

Higher PowerIn foreign countries the clerics serve

as the higher power to levy and/or

collect Gods taxes. The United

States is a Republic. Congress servesas our higher power to levy taxation

(Rm13:1). IRSs 501c3 status has not

empowered any church legal right to

collect income taxes as revenue to file

on its 990 Annual Report to IRS.


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Income Tax RevenueWhen a church has collected tithes

to generate income tax revenue,

then it has exceeded its 501c3 taxexemption status and is liable to

IRS for revocation. Ask your senior

pastor to answer, By what legal

authority does your church have to

collect income taxes for God?

First Amendment

Separation of Church & State isto protect freedom of religious

assembly in the United States

and prohibit Congress from

passing laws to empower any

religion legal authority to levy

taxes. Congress has sole power

to levy taxes. No church in the

United States has legal authorityto collect income taxes for God.

ClarificationMy name is Stanley Green. Let me

clarify my position. I do not oppose any

church collect charitable contributions.

Rather, I oppose any church collect

income taxes under 501c3 tax status. It

violates Separation of Church & State

and commits fraud by deducting tithes

from IRS Schedule-A 1040 Return.


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Grace to You :: Unleashing God's Truth, One Verse at a Time

Does God require me to give a tithe of all I earn?

Scripture: Leviticus 27:30-33; Deuteronomy 14:22-29; Exodus 25:2; 1 Chronicles 29:9

Code: QA144

Does God require me to give a tithe of all I earn?

Two kinds of giving are taught consistently throughout Scripture: giving to the government (always

compulsory), and giving to God (always voluntary).

The issue has been greatly confused, however, by some who misunderstand the nature of the Old

Testament tithes. Tithes were not primarily gifts to God, but taxes for funding the national budget in

Israel.

Because Israel was a theocracy, the Levitical priests acted as the civil government. So the Levite's

tithe (Leviticus 27:30-33) was a precursor to today's income tax, as was a second annual tithe

required by God to fund a national festival (Deuteronomy 14:22-29). Smaller taxes were also imposed

on the people by the law (Leviticus 19:9-10; Exodus 23:10-11). So the total giving required of the

Israelites was not 10 percent, but well over 20 percent. All that money was used to operate the

nation.

All giving apart from that required to run the government was purely voluntary (cf. Exodus 25:2; 1

Chronicles 29:9). Each person gave whatever was in his heart to give; no percentage or amount wasspecified.

New Testament believers are never commanded to tithe. Matthew 22:15-22 and Romans 13:1-7 tell

us about the only required giving in the church age, which is the paying of taxes to the government.

Interestingly enough, we in America presently pay between 20 and 30 percent of our income to the

government--a figure very similar to the requirement under the theocracy of Israel.

The guideline for our giving to God and His work is found in 2 Corinthians 9:6-7: "Now this I say, he

who sows sparingly shall also reap sparingly; and he who sows bountifully shall also reap bountifully.Let each one do just as he has purposed in his heart; not grudgingly or under compulsion; for God

loves a cheerful giver."

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