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RE: Sermons You'll Never Hear In Church - "Render Unto GOD What Is His."
well, we've been down this road before. You know what I think. I was wondering what you think about tithing. Some say you haven't even given until you pay the full tithe and then you begin to give. The first is your duty, the second sacrificial. What's your take, my friend?
Unlike human governments, the God who created us can, of course, demand any and everything of us.
If he were then to demand a fixed percentage of our income, that would be completely within his right. Before the first advent, this may have been a tithe or some aggregate combination of tithes.
In the present age, I believe giving is an entirely voluntary matter, not to be done under coercion or compulsion, but rather accompanied by the promise of blessing:
The widow put her entire livelihood into the temple treasury.
God does, in truth, require all we have (Romans 12:1-2) as a living sacrifice.
The first and greatest commandment is this:
It is evident to me that this leaves Caesar zero legitimacy to demand anything.