Christian Tithe?

After reading this, I am reminded of ….
Exodus 36:5-6 KJV
And they spake unto Moses, saying, The people bring much more than enough for the service of the work, which the Lord commanded to make. [6] And Moses gave commandment, and they caused it to be proclaimed throughout the camp, saying, Let neither man nor woman make any more work for the offering of the sanctuary. So the people were restrained from bringing.

Also this…..

Philippians 2:27-30 KJV
For indeed he was sick nigh unto death: but God had mercy on him; and not on him only, but on me also, lest I should have sorrow upon sorrow. [28] I sent him therefore the more carefully, that, when ye see him again, ye may rejoice, and that I may be the less sorrowful. [29] Receive him therefore in the Lord with all gladness; and hold such in reputation: [30] Because for the work of Christ he was nigh unto death, not regarding his life, to supply your lack of service toward me.

See how they gave in the House of God. No self preservation!
Totally given.
Laid even their life down.
Philippians 2:27-30 KJV
For indeed he was sick nigh unto death: but God had mercy on him; and not on him only, but on me also, lest I should have sorrow upon sorrow.
[28] I sent him therefore the more carefully, that, when ye see him again, ye may rejoice, and that I may be the less sorrowful.
[29] Receive him therefore in the Lord with all gladness; and hold such in reputation:
[30] Because for the work of Christ he was nigh unto death, not regarding his life, to supply your lack of service toward me.

Christian tithe?
Whatever capacity God has given us.
Just don’t do what Ananias and Sapphira did. Nobody asked anything of them.
(Acts 5:4 KJV
Whiles it remained, was it not thine own? and after it was sold, was it not in thine own power? why hast thou conceived this thing in thine heart? thou hast not lied unto men, but unto God.)

Matthew 10:8,10 KJV
Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils: freely ye have received, freely give. [10] Nor scrip for your journey, neither two coats, neither shoes, nor yet staves: for the workman is worthy of his meat.

Philippians 2:27-30 KJV
: but God had mercy on him;
As an aside- I have seen very positive results from praying "Jesus, though Son of David, have mercy on me". Including heart arrhythmias .

I once temporarily attended a church in which the new Pastor there handed out pledge cards for people to fill out so they can pledge to give extra money on a monthly basis over a three year period above and beyond 10% directly to the "moving forward" project to build a new mega church (that they didn't really need) and to this day never built. This new Pastor was obsessed with building a mega church!

Now more than a few people left that church because all that new Pastor mainly talked about was money (primarily the 10% tithe) and building that new mega church and he was always trying to guilt people into giving 10%. He would present pictures on the screen in which a man was lying down on a balance beam with his arms and legs wrapped around it, stating that he will tithe 2%, but not 10%.

During one sermon, this new Pastor even mentioned that a member of the church came into his office one day, somewhat irate and said that he is leaving that church because he is tired of hearing about money all the time and he needs to find a different church where he can go "deeper in the Word." The Pastor mentioned to the congregation that the word "deeper" is a code word for "I'm not tithing 10%."

That new Pastor went on to say that he checked the records and sure enough that member of the church was not giving 10% and some months gave nothing at all and then acted like, "good riddance to him!"

My wife and I left that church after that sermon and never looked back.

Make sure you do as He directs, and I believe you were not the only ones in that congregation and not to be lightly considered.
He puts us in places to be His hands and feet, sometimes it may be to kindly demonstrate our commitment to our Lord to demonstrate this to a pastor or church that is way ward.
Thankfully it is such a hard decision it will not be taken lightly.

why do people need one big mega church when theres heaps of churches around? I dont get it.

Because we have been mislead and mistaken that He is there?.

For a lot of people, it is because they can get lost in the crowd... no commitment required. Show up, enjoy, go home. No participation required.

then why even bother going? I could watch mega church on tv.

Jesus came to save you, not so you can get lost.

Also, I guess its nice for the people who have a home. A lot dont have their own homes and are just living wherever. Homes now being super expensive to own. So I guess it does make sense to have church in a huge industrial warehouse windowless building right?

if you HAVE to tythe then you have to keep the sabbath.

Tithing was not part of the Decalogue but it was part of the Law for the priesthood. But now the Law has "passed" and the new covenant has come, so there is no required tithe, but one can give a tithe if they desire, for we are to give "according as we purpose" ( 2Co 9:7 ).

You need to take the law out of it ... we are redeemed from the curse of the law ... that means there are no consequences.

We give because we love. It's the GRACE principle.