The tenth
All over the world the tenth is abused.
Hebrews 7
The tenth doesn’t amount to a tenth.
The tenth is accepted as Old Testament practice only, usually by those who give less than a tenth.
The tenth is withheld along with the other nine-tenths.
The tenth is taken by Pastors but not given by them.
The tenth is given to the penny, no rounding up, wouldn’t want to give too much.
The tenth is preached with emotional stories and exceptional promises, if you do this, you get this.
I see all of this.
I believe in giving more than the tenth.
I believe in giving the tenth.
I won’t say Jesus wants us to do it. That could inflame some tenthless givers.
I will say Melchizedek wants us to do it and he seems a nice guy.
“In the one case, the tenth is collected by people who die; but in the other case, by him who is declared to be living”, v8.
Well Melchizedek collected the tithe from Abraham, v1-2, and he died.
But who is the other who collected the tithe and is declared to be living?
Who could that possibly be?!
And anyway, who actually was Melchizedek? … v2-3.
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