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WHAT YOU MUST KNOW ABOUT TITHE (AND WHETHER IT IS STILLRELEVANT IN TODAY’S CHURCH)
1. Tithe is 10 percent of “all the increase of your GRAIN that the FIELDproduces year y year! "Deut 1#$%%&. It is ta'en fro( the “ )EED of the
LAND or the FR*IT of the TREE "Le+iticus %,$-0&%. There ere /arpenters stone cutters asons etc ho earned their li+in2
throu2h the (oney they recei+ed for their ser+ices as recorded in %/hronicles %#$1% % 3in2s 1%$11 % 3in2s %%$456 E7ra -$,. 8*T the i ledid not record any here that they ere as'ed to pay a tithe of theirinco(e.
-. All tithe elon2s to God" Le+ %,$-0&#. God 2a+e 9riests "Le+ites& a /: AND ENT to recei+e tithes fro( people
accordin2 to the LA;. ". There has een a chan2e of 9riesthood and a chan2e of the la "
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1#./hoose today to either e( race the 2race inherent in @esus /hrist or 'eeppracticin2 the la
14.8ut re(e( er this$ the ter(ination of tithe does not (ean e should nolon2er 2i+e. Rather your prosperity in life depends on ho (uch you 2i+eand the (anner you 2i+e.
HOW THEN SHOULD OUR MODERN DAY MINISTERS OF THE GOSPEL BEPAID FOR THEIR WORK?
1. The ans er to this uestion could e found y studyin2 ho our ancientchurches in the i le practiced it. Read % /orin ?$651% Act %$## Act #$-%5-4 Gal 6$6 1 /orin 16$15# etc.
%. All these +erses ha+e thin2s in co((on. 8elie+ers ere enBoined to 2i+e:L*NTARIL= to the church. )o(e sold their lands houses etc and
rou2ht the proceeds to the church so that the needs of the church oulde (et. % /orin ?$651% eHplained e+erythin2. erse 4 says that our 2ifts
"/ollections& should e 2i+en A) A ATTER :F GENER:)IT= AND N:T A)A GR*DGING :8LIGATI:N. erse 6 eHplains that T