April 4 — Tithing is a Debt Owed. Ensign, ‘Concerning Tithing’, June 1980 “…pay your tithing and be blessed. Tithing is not a free-will offering; it is a debt, payment of which brings great blessings.
A Legal Obligation to the Lord … tithing is a debt which everyone owes to the Lord as rent for using the things that the Lord has made and given to him to use.
I consider the payment of tithing a sound financial investment. To those who pay their tithing, the Lord has said that he will “open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it. …
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Protection Against the Burning …
The payment of tithing is also worthwhile as fire insurance. Through his prophets the Lord has told us that incident to his second coming, there will be a great conflagration. Malachi thus refers to it in connection with his pronouncement about tithes and offerings.
I know from my own experience, and I bear you my witness, that there is a peace and a comfort and an assurance which comes to one who pays an honest tithing. If you ever come to a time when you don’t know how much you owe, pay a little more. It is better to over-pay than to under-pay.” — Marion Romney
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2 Corinthians 9:7 “Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.”
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I know the verse in 2nd Corinthians sounds like an easy answer to Mr. Romney’s comment. However, does it sound like the Mormon people are cheerful when they pay their tithe?
What about the thief on the cross? Did he have time to pony up?
Romney’s comments are atrocious just as they are today!
Mormons still have to ‘give’ 10% of their income to receive a much-coveted temple recommend.
If they don’t go to temple they won’t receive a true salvation. Shame on the Church for doing such things!
Be sure to let the Mormon you know they can be saved without a temple recommend!
With Love in Christ –
Michelle ✟
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Tithing is not a debt. I think it’s a gift to God. Yes, you should want to give it and be Happy. God blesses you, so give 10 percent back. How they twist everything. Gid bless you. Keep up the good work.
A Mormon is saying well there are all those witnesses to the plates, etc. I said some witnesses were excommunicated and some were his relatives. And only seen with spiritual eyes. I said Smith couldn’t show them cuss their weren’t any. He keeps coming back with more comments. So I send him scriptures from the Bible.
M.J.
Matt. 23 :23
Woe unto you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have vomited the weightier matters of the law. Judgement, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.
If a church constantly emphasizes tithing, it’s time to find another church. God is self sufficient, he doesn’t need ANYTHING. Tithing is a personal thing between you and God, not an obligation. I would say that most Christians tithe more than 10% (without realizing it).
Most LDS members seem rather proud of the churches massive stock pile. And this somehow proves this is the right church. The issue is not so much the amount of money. It’s what you do with it. Stock piling money, doesn’t help anyone. Think of all the good that can be done with several hundred, billion dollars. You can’t buy your way to heaven, and you can’t take it with you.
It reminds me of the children’s song you can’t get to heaven on roller skates. 😉
Tithing is not a debt you owe. I think it’s a gift to give back to God after he has blessed you.
You should NEVER feel obligated to opn the checkbook!
One of the things which has always bothered me is the teaching that Christians pay a “tithe” to the Church. This is a 100% false teaching! The tithe (meaning 10%) was something Israel was required to give (as one of many required offerings). Christians have no minimum amount for giving, rather we are told to just give as our heart directs us, without grudging or compulsion. Some people say 10% is a good place to start, but I think that depends on one’s financial condition – sometimes that 10% can be the difference between eating or not eating.
Amen to that!
Nowhere in the Bible do we find that Christians should tithe their money. For Christians we have one passage that speaks of giving money, 2 Corinthians 9:6-7: He who sows sparingly shall also reap sparingly; and he who sows bountifully shall also reap bountifully. Let each one do just as he has purposed in his heart; not grudgingly or under compulsion; for God loves a cheerful giver. (NAS