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Pilgrim said:
Hi jaf,

The first thing I would encourage you to do is to click on the "Search" link on the Menubar at the top of all the pages on the Board. Do a search for "tithing" and you will no doubt get LOTS of hits. Tithing has been a "hot" topic here over the years.

Secondly, since I do not believe that tithing is mandated for the N.T. Church, but was restricted to the theonomic nation of Israel, your question becomes mute. It is my belief that Christians are to give cheerfully and deliberately as God providentially allows. But again, I do not find any "commandment" nor "principle" that would put a Christian under obligation to tithe, e.g., to submit 10% of their income.

Lastly, in the situation you have described, the Church should be the one which gives and to this particular individual, not the other way round. <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />

In His grace,

I will 100% agree with Pilgrim here. Tithing was a mandate for Israel, and, if you actually calculate everything encompassed by this, including all the different 'tithes' and offerings, was MUCH more than 10%.

That said, I do find it interesting that many of those that are least equipped to give, give the most. A practically destitute woman at a previous church gave a good 25% of her income. God richly rewarded her with blessings (I'm not saying it is a 1-1 correlation, i.e. I'm not claiming that if you give you will be monetarily blessed, but in her case I believe it to have been the case).

Steve

Grace is not common.