Jesus Christ vs the Evangelical Tithe

Jesus Christ vs the Evangelical Tithe

# 21: There is no recorded backlash from the people against the religionists who “devour[ed] widows’ houses” (Mat. 23:14) and robbed aging parents of their children’s sustenance. Their silence was sinful. That same sinful silence abounds today.

Why don’t public sermonizers castigate the awful evangelical tithe that is responsible for the eternal damnation of multitudes? Surely a high percentage of these teachers must realize how contrary the evangelical tithe is to God’s ways, God’s will, God’s words. Nicodemus gives us the answer….

“Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews…. came to Jesus by night.” Why by night? Nicodemus, a believer who called Jesus “Rabbi”, did not want to be seen by fellow pharisees conversing with an ‘outsider’. As in everyone, there was a contest in Nic’s heart between right and wrong, between God and God’s competitors. Nicodemus was pressured to choose sinful silence over righteous retaliation.

That same peer pressure is felt by the guest speaker who dares not threaten the financial stability of the host church…. and the evangelist who depends on the city’s pastors to endorse him…. and the television/podcast communicator who is quite aware that his audience includes powerful pastors…. and every local pastor sensitive to the denominational officers that assigned him.