Break Away

Break Away
by Ronald W Robey
(written May 28, 2021)

Hebrews 8:13 In that he saith, A new covenant, he hath made the first old. Now that which decayeth and waxeth old is ready to vanish away.

The old Covenant was ready to vanish away at the time that the author of Hebrews penned the epistle.
The year was AD 66. That was 1955 years ago.

The old Covenant was READY TO VANISH AWAY.

Sadly, there are many that cling to the old Cavenant and refuse to let it vanish. They want to live under the Law of Moses, rather than by the Grace of Almighty God. And yet, even then, when Moses is read they still have a veil over their hearts, unable to hear or understand him. For instance,

Moses told the children of Israel that God’s commanded tithe was to be agriculture and agricultural food by-products. Yet those wanting to cling to the old Covenant do not hear agriculture and agricultural food by-products. They understand Moses to mean that God’s tithe is to be money.

Moses told the children of Israel that God’s commanded tithe was to be observed only in the land of Canaan. Yet those who want to cling to the old Covenant insist that God requires tithes all over the world.

Moses told the children of Israel that they were not to do what seemed right in their own eyes. Yet those who cling to the old Covenant insist they can live by their own rules instead of those that God set forth in the old Covenant.

Here is what the apostle Paul says to those who wish to cling to the old Covenant…

Galatians 3:10 For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse: for it is written, Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them.

Galatians 5:4 Christ is become of no effect unto you, whosoever of you are justified by the law; ye are fallen from grace.

My council to those who wish to cling to the old Covenant is as follows:

It is impossible for you to observe all that is written in the old Covenant. Therefore it would be wise for you to break away from the old and walk in the new. For in the New is where Christ resides. The old required the death of Christ. The new gives the life of Christ.

 

You’re Inviting a Curse

You’re Inviting a Curse
by Ronald W Robey
(written May 23, 2021)

Instead of tithing, which was a requirement under the Law of Moses, God wants Christians to give out of a heart of love, choosing for themselves what they want to give, and not forced by Law to give a specific percentage.

Attempting to obey the biblical command to tithe, which again is a requirement of the Mosaic Law, but not following all the guidelines that govern tithing, merits a curse, not favor.

Galatians 3:10 For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse: for it is written, Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them.

If you are trying to obey the biblical command to tithe, but are not tithing agriculture, you are inviting a curse upon yourself. Because God said His tithe is to be agriculture and agricultural food by-products.

If you are trying to obey the biblical command to tithe, but are not taking the tithe to Jerusalem, you are inviting a curse upon yourself. Because God said the congregation is to take their tithes to Jerusalem.

If you are trying to obey the biblical command to tithe, but are not giving the tithe to a bloodline descendant of the biblical patriarch Levi, you are inviting a curse upon yourself. Because God said tithes are to be given to Levites.

If you are trying to obey the biblical command to tithe and are taking the tithe to the House of God but you are not a Levite, you are inviting a curse upon yourself. Because God said only Levites are to tithe to the House of God.


Traditions of the church, specifically the monetary tithe requirement doctrine have made the word of God of none effect in the church. People worship God in vain, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.

 

The Dark Path of Deception

The Dark Path of Deception
by Ronald W Robey
(written May 23, 2021)

If we believe the Bible, and we should, tithing has its restrictions and guidelines.

a) the Bible says tithes are to be agriculture and agricultural food by-products. (see Leviticus 27:30,32; Deuteronomy 12:17; 14:22-26) Pastors go outside of these guidelines when they teach that money is to be tithed.

b) the Bible says that the congregation is to take their tithes to Jerusalem. (see Deuteronomy 12:10-11; 2 Chronicles 6:5-6) Pastors go outside of these gidelines when they teach that the congregation is to always bring their tithes to their local church.

c) the Bible says the congregation is not to go near the House of God with their tithes. (see Numbers 18:21-23; reaffirmed in Nehemiah 10:29,37-38) Pastors go outside of these gidelines when they teach that the congregation is to always bring their tithes to their local church.

d) the Bible says the congregation is to give their tithes to bloodline descendants of the biblical patriarch Levi; to Israeli women who have lost their husbands to death; to Israeli children who have lost their fathers to death, or whose fathers have abandoned them; to foreigners in the land of Canaan. (see Numbers 18:21-23; Deuteronomy 14:28-29; 26:12-17) Pastors go outside of these guidelines when they teach that the congregation is not to give tithes anywhere but their local church.

e) the Bible says that God only commanded the children of Israel to tithe. (see Leviticus 27:30-34; Psalms 147:19-20) Pastors go outside of these guidelines when they teach that Christians all over the world are required to tithe.

Psalms 119:105 tells us that God’s word is a lamp unto our feet and a light unto our path. Pastors go outside of the Bible to teach a tithe requirement that is found nowhere in the pages of the Bible, thereby taking you away from the illumination of God’s word so that you are walking a dark path of deception.

 

Tithes: Facts and Fiction

Tithes: Facts and Fiction
by Ronald W Robey

Fact: That which is reality, actuality, or truth.
Fiction: That which is feigned, invented, or imagined.

Tithe Facts:

1. the command to tithe was given to the children of Israel. Leviticus 27:30-34

2. the children of Israel were not required to tithe until they crossed the river Jordan and entered Canaan to live there. Deuteronomy 12:10-11

3. the children of Israel were to tithe their agricultural increase. Leviticus 27:30-34

4. the children of Israel were not to take tithes to the House of God. Numbers 18:21-22; reaffirmed in Nehemiah 10:29,37-38

5. the children of Israel were to take their tithes to Jerusalem. Deuteronomy 12:10-11; 2 Chronicles 6:5-6

6. the children of Israel were to give a tenth of their agricultural crops to the Levitic tribe. Numbers 18:21-26

7. the Levitic tribe was to meet the congregation at Jerusalem to collect tithes from the children of Israel. Deuteronomy `12:10-11; 2 Chronicles 6:5-6; Nehemiah 10:29,37-38

8. a Priest from the Aaronic bloodline had to be present at the time the Levitic tribe received their tithes. Nehemiah 10:29,37-38

9. the children of Israel could redeem (buy back) a portion of their agricultural crop tithe from the Levitic tribe. Leviticus 27:31

10. the children of Israel could not redeem (buy back) any of their flock and herd tithes. Leviticus 27:33

11. the Levitic tribe was to give a tithe of the tithe they received from the children of Israel to the House of God. Numbers 18:27-28; Nehemiah 10:29, 37-38

12. God only required the Levitic tribe to tithe to the House of God. Numbers 18:21-22; Nehemiah 10:29,37-38

13. the children of Israel were not required to tithe during times of war. Deuteronomy 12:10-11

14. the children of Israel were to go to Jerusalem years one, two, four, and five in a seven year cycle and eat a tithe in the city with all members of their household. Deuteronomy 14:22-26

15. the children of Israel were to give a tithe to widows, to orphans, to foreigners, and to the Levitic tribe in Canaan years three and six in a seven year cycle. Deuteronomy 14:22-26; 14:27-29; 26:12-17

16. the storehouse for God’s tithes is a three-tiered structure attached to the outer walls of the Temple in Jerusalem. 1 Kings 6

Fiction:

a) New Covenant churches are God’s Authorized Tithe Collection Centers

b) pastors of New Covenant churches are God’s Authorized Tithe Collection Representatives.

c) the New Covenant church is God’s tithe storehouse.

d) tithes are to come from monetary wages.

e) tithes are to come from government benefits

f) tithes are to come from household monetary income

g) Christians all over the world are required to tithe

h) Chrisians will be cursed if they fail to tithe their money to their local church

i) Christians will not receive certain blessings if they fail to tithe their money to their local church

 

Free Will, or Puppetry?
by Ronald W Robey

Over the years, I have heard many arguments in defense of the monetary tithe requirement Law. One such argument is that Abraham tithed of his own free will, and that Christians should be allowed to tithe of their own free will also.
But are they truly tithing of their own free will? Or is something more nefarious going on?

The problem is not that people are exercising free will. We all should exercise free will in our contributions toward necessities within the Body of Believers in Christ Jesus.
The problem is the fact that pastors lie to their congregations about

a) who God required to tithe.

God said that the command to tithe was given solely to those who would become citizens of the land of Canaan. (Leviticus 27:30-34; Psalms 147:19-20; Acts 15:24)

Many Pastors teach that God expects Christians all over the world to tithe.

b) what God said that His tithe was to consist of.

God said that His tithe is to consist of agriculture and agricultural food by-products. (Leviticus 27:30,32; Deuteronomy 12:6;14:22-23,26)

Many Pastors teach that God’s tithe is to be money.

c) who God said that tithes were to be given to.

God said that tithes are to be given to the Levitic tribe in Canaan, to widows in Canaan, to the fatherless in Canaan, and to foreigners in Canaan. (Numbers 18:21-26; Deuteronomy 14:27-29;26:12)

Many Pastors teach that tithes are to be given to deacons or ushers in the local church to be put in the church bank account.

d) who God said was required to tithe to the House of God.

God said that the congregation could not even approach the House of God. (Numbers 18:21-23) God said only the Levitic tribe could take tithes to the House of God. (Numbers 18:24-31; Nehemiah 10:29,37-38)

Many Pastors teach that the congregation is required to bring their tithes to the House of God.

e) where God said the congregation is to take their tithes.

God said that the congregation was to take its tithes to Jerusalem. (Deuteronomy 12:10-11; 2 Chronicles 6:5-6)

Many Pastors teach that the congregation is to bring their tithes to the church they are members of in cities all over the world.

When comparing what many pastors teach in religious institutions around the world today with what is written in the pages of the Bible, it is abundantly clear that in the matter of tithing many pastors preach their own opinions and not the word of God. This begs the question…

…Are members of the congregation truly exercising their free will, when they are actually yielding to lies they hear from the pulpit?

I do not believe they are. They are instead yielding their will to their pastor, who has bewitched them into believing the lie of the monetary tithe requirement. They have become their Pastor’s puppets, yielding to the Pastor’s will and not to God’s word.

Jeremiah 17:5 Thus saith the LORD; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the LORD.

 

Hidden in Plain Sight

Hidden in Plain Sight
by Ronald W Robey
(written May 18, 2018)

1 Corinthians 2:14 But the natural man receiveth, not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.

One thing that I have noticed when discussing the topic of the Biblical tithe with a person who has been lied to by his/her Pastor(s) for years about God’s Biblical tithe Ordinance; they have been bewitched to the point that though the Scriptures are right there for them to read and learn from…

…the truth that is written in the Scriptures are hidden to them.

The only part of Leviticus 27:30-33 that they seem to see and understand is, “And all the tithe of the land…(obscured)…is the LORD’s. It is holy unto the Lord.”The only part of Matthew 23:23 that they seem to see and understand is, “…(obscured)…ye tithe…(obscured)…this ye ought to have done…(obscured)…“

The only parts of Biblical texts on tithing that they are able to see and understand is what their religious denomination wants them to see and understand. But there is so much more that they do not see.

For instance, in the text of Leviticus, we see that the tithes that God said were holy and belong to Him are agricultural…not money. They are, “the seed of the land; the fruit of the tree; and every tenth animal to pass under the rod”. Money is not mentioned in that passage at all. Yet, what God says is to be tithed appears to be hidden in plain sight.

And in the text of Matthew 23:23, we again see that money is not mentioned at all. What Jesus said ought to have been tithed was “mint and anise and cummin”. Jesus said agriculture ought to have been tithed. Yet, what God says is to be tithed appears to be hidden in plain sight.

But why is the truth that is written in the Scripture hidden from their eyes and heart? Becuase they are trusting the word of man…their Pastors…and not the word of God. Until they stop putting their trust in what their Pastors say, and start seeking God on the matter, the truth will remain “hidden in plain sight”.

Jeremiah 17:5 Thus saith the LORD; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the LORD.

 

Where Lies Your Loyalty?

Where Lies Your Loyalty?
by Ronald W Robey
(written May 02, 2021)

Where does your loyalty lie?

God said in Leviticus 27:30-34 that His tithe is to be agricultural, i.e

a) seed of the land
b) fruit of the tree
c) every tenth animal to pass under the rod.

Many pastors today say that tithes are to be monetary.

God said in Numbers 18:21-23 that

a) the congregation is not to take their tithes to the House of God
b) the congregation is to give their tithes to the tribe of Levi

Many pastors today teach that the congregation is to take their tithes to the church and give them to the church bank account.

Now, who is the congregation being loyal to in the tithe? God, or their pastors?

The fact is, many pastors today, by handling the word of God deceitfully, have convinced their congregtions that God requires them to give a tithe that God never required to a place God never authorized to store His required tithes.

And their loyalty is to their pastors.

Jeremiah 17:5 Thus saith the LORD; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the LORD.

 

Using the Law Lawfully

Using the Law Lawfully
by Ronald W Robey
(written April 25, 2021)

In the apostle Paul’s first epistle to the young evangelist Timothy, we read…

1 Timothy 1:8 But we know that the law is good, if a man use it lawfully;

So how does one use the Law lawfully?

Well, for one, he does not apply the Law to those to whom the Law does not apply…the saved in Christ.

1 Timothy 1:9 Knowing this, that the law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and for sinners, for unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers,

1 Timothy 1:10 For whoremongers, for them that defile themselves with mankind, for menstealers, for liars, for perjured persons, and if there be any other thing that is contrary to sound doctrine;

1 Timothy 1:11 According to the glorious gospel of the blessed God, which was committed to my trust.

The Law is not made for the righteous man, (we are made righteous in Christ Jesus through our faith in Him and through His shed blood) but for the unrighteous and ungodly.

Besides being for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and for sinners, for unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers, for whoremongers, for them that defile themselves with mankind, for menstealers, for liars, for perjured persons, the Law is also for those who teach contrary to sound doctrine. (Example: teachers of the monetary tithe requirement doctrine fit this category, for the monetary tithe requirement is indeed contrary to sound doctrine)

Just as the apostle Paul used the Law to expose lawlessness during his ministry, Christians should use the Law lawfully…

…to correct the lawless and disobedient, the ungodly and sinners, the unholy and profane, the murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, the manslayers, the whoremongers, those that defile themselves with mankind, the menstealers, liars, perjured persons, and those who teach contrary to sound doctrine.

 

Tithing and Baptists

In the Middle Tennessee Baptist church, the monetary tithe requirement doctrine is less than 100 years old.

White Oak Grove Baptist Church wrote the following to Minister John Harvey Grime in 1934,…

“But as to the method of execution, we do not endorse the tithe system for the following reasons:

1. It violates the divine plan laid down in the New Testament Scriptures.

2. It violates every principle of Church polity upon which all our churches stand.

3. If the Scriptures require our churches to tithe, we have not a single Scriptural church in our association.

4. It changes our giving from the realm of voluntary worship to that of slavish obedience to Law.

5. It makes our churches tax gatherers.

6. No Baptist Church has ever adopted it. Should a church adopt it, they would cease to be Baptist.

7. So far as History goes, it was never mentioned as a Christian or Church obligation until after the “great apostasy” in 250 A.D., and then only by the apostate church, and not by Baptists. The agitation among Baptists, of this question, is of recent date.

8. No Baptist Confession of Faith has ever mentioned it.

9. It screens the rich, and oppresses the poor.

10. Not one syllable in all the Bible that connects the tithe system with the churches of Jesus Christ. When Baptists leave the Bible, they get into trouble.”

—
as recorded by John Harvey Grime in his book, “The Bible and History on the Tithe System”, p.4; ©1934

 

Stolen Meals

Stolen Meals
by Ronald W Robey
(written April 15, 2021)

Numbers 18:21 And, behold, I have given the children of Levi all the tenth in Israel for an inheritance, for their service which they serve, even the service of the tabernacle of the congregation.
Numbers 18:22 Neither must the children of Israel henceforth come nigh the tabernacle of the congregation, lest they bear sin, and die.
Numbers 18:23 But the Levites shall do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation, and they shall bear their iniquity: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations, that among the children of Israel they have no inheritance.

Nehemiah 10:29 They clave to their brethren, their nobles, and entered into a curse, and into an oath, to walk in God’s law, which was given by Moses the servant of God, and to observe and do all the commandments of the LORD our Lord, and his judgments and his statutes;

Nehemiah 10:37 And that we should bring the firstfruits of our dough, and our offerings, and the fruit of all manner of trees, of wine and of oil, unto the priests, to the chambers of the house of our God; and the tithes of our ground unto the Levites, that the same Levites might have the tithes in all the cities of our tillage.
Nehemiah 10:38 And the priest the son of Aaron shall be with the Levites, when the Levites take tithes: and the Levites shall bring up the tithe of the tithes unto the house of our God, to the chambers, into the treasure house.

Numbers 18:21-23 & Nehemiah 10:29,37-38 above prove that the tithe given by the congregation was the inheritance of the Levites, not the property of the House of God.

The tithe of the tithes, which was to be given by the Levite, was the property of the House of God, and was to be distributed amongst the Musicians; the Singers; the Door Keepers; the Officers; the Judges; and the Superintendents of the Temple.

The tithe of the tithes was to sustain these Levites on days that they were fulfilling out their duties at the Temple. This is why Nehemiah tells us that when the Levites had no provision, they had to return to work in their own fields.

Nehemiah 13:10 And I perceived that the portions of the Levites had not been given them: for the Levites and the singers, that did the work, were fled every one to his field.

In Nehemiah 13:10 Eliashib the Priestt had removed the tithes and dedicated things from the storehouse chambers and moved an enemy of God, Tobiah the Ammonite, into the storehouse chambers. Because the tithes were not there to sustain the Levites as commanded, the Levites had to desert the House of God and go to work in their own fields to sustain themselves.

The Levites had brought their meals (the tithes) to the House of God, but Eliashib had removed them.