God had given us a commandment the Tithes & Offerings. How people today followed the commandment?

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Genez

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If you would, please share with us how God is pleased with us cheerfully giving of the primary, largest share of one's "giving" into something from which each "giver" reaps direct benefit by way of the luxuries that "giving" affords for them.
MM
Maybe this might help.
This is the financial policy of my church for ordering recorded lessons.

The same applies for the Church services.

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For exegetical teaching you may like this read.... GIVING: GIMMICK OR GRACE?

grace and peace...
 

Kroogz

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If you would, please share with us how God is pleased with us cheerfully giving of the primary, largest share of one's "giving" into something from which each "giver" reaps direct benefit by way of the luxuries that "giving" affords for them.

When one gives to the poor on the street or across the oceans, what benefit does he or she reap from that REAL giving on this earth, in this life, other than the treasures stored up in Heaven by giving to REAL needs rather than paying one's expected dues to a church club, like the Moose Lodge pays their dues?

There's necessity and then there's luxuries.

Oh, yes, those institutions do have some benevolent outreaches and/or "missionary" support as band-aids to the consciences of the parishioners, yes, but the horrid mar upon the surface of that monolith that reaches up into the sky to the peaks of their spires, there's a demon in every pew or chair laughing at the sheepdom bondage to which the mere audience is entangled while enjoying their warm little fuzzies as they walk out, flipping off their "worship" switch, only to turn it back on the next time they walk back into their over-priced edifice of four walls to go through the motions of the program once more, and plop that money into the passing plate again and again, thinking they're "giving to God."

How cheesy and pathetic it all is...

MM
Seems to me that @Genez is essentially saying the same as you?
 

Godsgood

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DEUTORONOMY 14:22-23

22 Thou shalt truly tithe all the increase of thy seed, that the field bringeth forth year by year.

23 And thou shalt eat before the Lord thy God, in the place which he shall choose to place his name there, the tithe of thy corn, of thy wine, and of thine oil, and the firstlings of thy herds and of thy flocks; that thou mayest learn to fear the Lord thy God always.
We are trying to find the Truth if the people today is obeying the Law in Tithes & Offerings

If we follow the law in Literal Physical, there are some reasons appeared such as:

* The Law was given to the farmers only
* The crops were converted into different currencies.
* The Law was given to the Ancient Israel only.

**Therefore people who are not farmers are not covered by this law. But the law of God is for everybody and not just for a different groups or sectors of people.

** Poor people who have a very very minimal income could not give the 10% of their income. How they fulfill the law?

** Ancient Israel in the Old Testament can only read in the Bible but not in the World History.

What I observed, the people today is following the Law in Tithes & Offerings in Literal Physical which seems is not appropriate.