Jesus Christ vs the Evangelical Tithe

Jesus Christ vs the Evangelical Tithe

# 1: The evangelical tithe – the evangelical tithe declares Lord Jesus wants His saints to surrender 10% of their income to their local church – has no Bible precedent whatsoever, not in the New Testament or in the Old. Therefore….

Evangelicals who regularly surrender 10% of their income to the local church cannot consider themselves to be New Testament christians. Understand that….

A New Testament christian is one who attempts to pattern his/her christianity after the New Testament. (New Testament writings is his/her standard, guideline.)     When a New Testament christian is forced to choose between one of many “commandments of men” within  evangelicalism and holy Scripture, he/she chooses obedience to Scripture. The contrast to a New Testament christian is a contemporary (modernized, culturalized) christian. A contemporary christian is one who models today’s accepted version of christianity. 

Jesus taught us (Mat. chapter 7), “Whoever hears these sayings of Mine, and does them, I will liken him
to a wise man.” Most important question: Is the New Testament the “sayings” of Christ Jesus? Or are decrees of evangelicalism His sayings?  Suggestion….

Ask Jesus.