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Why should I pay tithing?
Mark 12 vs 42-44
The Widows Mite
The question has been asked, why should I pay my tithing when I
am not sure where the money is going, or
I am suffering and could use the money to survive.
Herein is a mystery.
And Jesus sat over against the treasury, and beheld how the
people cast money into the treasury: and many
that were rich cast in much.
And there came a certain poor widow, and she threw in two mites,
which make a farthing.
And he called unto him his disciples, and saith unto them,
Verily I say unto you, That this poor widow
hath cast more in, than all they which have cast into the
treasury:
For all they did cast in of their abundance; but she of her want
did cast in all that she had, even all herliving.
Like our previous discourse we must turn to the past to get our
answers
And he said unto them in his doctrine, Beware of the scribes,
which love to go in long clothing, and love
salutations in the marketplaces,
And the chief seats in the synagogues, and the uppermost rooms
at feasts:
Which devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long
prayers: these shall receive greaterdamnation.
The widow, knowing that the church leaders who administered the
treasury (tithing) were corrupt going
about in long clothing (robes of prominence) seeking praise of
men who devour the likes of this widow
who has put all her funds in their care.
Do you think the widow was heart torn seeing these church
leaders taking the treasury monies for their own
abuses? In corrupt oblations they taught in synagogues and
taking the high seats above the poor and lowly.
Devouring the incomes and pensions of widows. Teaching the
Mosaic Law..diminished
I suggest to you that her eye was single to God and not of men.
Her obligation and commandment was to
pay into the treasury for the household of God (tithing), in
that comes the rewards of the windows of
Heaven being open and her earthly woes turned to heavenly
treasures.
Once the money left her hands, her duty of God was fulfilled.
What the caretakers of the treasury did withthe monies was their
responsibility for they will be accountable for their
stewardships.
She could have complained of the tithing moniesbut her trust was
in God.
The agreement between God and man is eternal, the funds that are
distributed in the treasury decay as with
moth in a garment. The higher law and the higher blessing is
predicated upon obedience not to man but to
God, in this comes the blessings and the reward, not of man, but
if Heaven.
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Notice how He called His disciples to witness the actions of the
widow, as to say, blind your eyes to the
corruption of men and see the salvation of God through obedience
For your obedience is greater than your
sacrifice and your blessings beyond mortality.
The Scribes being both Pharisees and Sadducees had their hearts
set on the things of this world and they
received the rewards of this world, esteemed apparel, widows
houses, corrupt incomes and salutations ofmenthat which
corrupts.
But the widow has blessing in the mansions of heaven, with the
robes of Salvation and Salutations of
angels through a few mites.
Joseph AtwaterMelbourne Australia
April 2011
