August 2018
August 12, 2018
August 12, 2018
They Don’t Get It
by Ronald W Robey
Kenneth Copeland once said, “Someone asked me, Brother Copeland, do we HAVE to tithe? I said, We GET to tithe.”
Is Copeland right? Do we GET to tithe? What does the Bible say?
From the very first instance of tithing being mentioned in the Bible, to the very last mention of it, there is a common thread of truth woven throughout its fabric.
That thread of truth is that not one person in the entire Bible is ever said to have tithed his monetary income to Tabernacle, Temple, Synagogue, Church, king, priest, apostle, evangelist, prophet, bishop, pastor or teacher.
Every single instance where tithes were either taken, given, received, or paid in the Bible, the tithe was taken, given, received, or paid in the form of war spoils or of agricultural produce. Not one person in the Bible is said to have received tithes of another person’s monetary income. Not one person in the Bible is said to have tithed his monetary income to another person.
That said, if there is any ounce of truth to the claim that “We GET to tithe,” then the tithe we would GET to give would be either agricultural, or of war spoils. It could never be of one’s monetary income, for God never received tithes of monetary income in His word. Nor did any of God’s ministers receive tithes of monetary income.
“We GET to tithe.” is nothing more than manipulation. It is a statement made to bewitch the hearer into believing that God accepts tithes of their monetary income.
If it is true that, “We GET to tithe,” then WHO gets to receive this tithe that we allegedly GET to give? Not once in the word of God do we see Apostles, Evangelists, Prophets, Pastors or Teachers GETTING to receive tithes from any of the first Century saints.
Apostles, Evangelists, Prophets, Pastors and Teachers were given for the perfecting of the Church, (Eph. 4:11-12) yet not once in the New Testament do we see any of these men GET to receive monetary tithes from anyone..
So, who is it that GETS to receive tithes? If the leadership of the first Century Church did not GET to receive tithes, then what makes these preachers of today think they GET to receive tithes?
The hard facts are, preachers have no right to receive monetary tithes today. God never authorized anyone in His word to receive monetary tithes from anyone. And, since God has not given preachers the authority to receive tithes, we don’t GET to tithe to their religious organizations.
Tithing exists in religious institutions today due to lies from the pulpits and ignorance in the pews.
According to the Book of Hebrews, the ONLY people who GET to receive tithes, are those who have a command to TAKE tithes…the sons of Levi. And the ONLY tithes they GET to receive are tithes ACCORDING TO THE LAW.
The Law said God’s holy tithe was to be agricultural…not monetary.
If we “GET to tithe” as Copeland claims, and the only tithe that can be received is agricultural, then the ONLY tithe we could possibly GET to give…is agricultural.
Oh…according to Deuteronomy 12:1,10-11,…the tithe “we GET to give” must not be observed unless we are living in the Promised Land.
But that’s another article.
August 10, 2018
August 9, 2018
Grace Cannot Be Bought with Money
by Ronald W Robey
In many pulpits around the world today it is being preached that those who do not give 10% of their money to the local church they attend will end up in the flames of hell or the lake of fire for all eternity.
The doctrine is not of God. It is from the enemy of God and the enemy of your soul.
If you tithe to escape hell, you will end up in hell.
If you tithe to enter Heaven, you will end up in hell.
Salvation is by Grace through Faith in the only begotten Son of God Jesus Christ.
Ephesians 2:8-9 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast.
Gods’ Grace cannot be bought with your money. Gods’ Grace was purchased at the cruel cross of Calvary at the expense of His only begotten Sons’ life.
To believe that your money can purchase your way out of Hell or into Heaven is to say the blood of Jesus was worthless and was shed in vain.
Acts 20:28 Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood.
Acts 20:29 For I know this, that after my departing shall grievous wolves enter in among you, not sparing the flock.
If you have trusted Christ, you are a member of His Body. You are a member of His Church, which He purchased with His own blood. Don’t believe the lie that you have to pay for entrance into God’s eternal Kingdom. Don’t believe the lie that money will keep you out of Hell.
John 5:24 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.
August 9, 2018
It’s Their Tithe…Not Gods’
by Ronald W Robey
So many want us to “Tithe because Abraham tithed,” but don’t want us to tithe what Abraham tithed.
They instead want us to tithe what Abraham did not tithe.
So many want us to tithe because God said, “The tithe is the LORDs’,” but don’t want us to tithe what God said to tithe.
They instead want us to tithe what God did not require to be tithed.
So many want us to observe their tithe…not Gods’.
August 3, 2018