Thread: The Caviar and Champagne Gospel

Originally Posted by Colonel

No way ! There are at least three reasons why, each one is good enough to counter your claim :

1) There is no command given by God to tithe either in this account or in the one in Genesis, Abraham was following Arab customs from that time period
2) He payed tribute to king Melchizedek once, it was not a continued institution
3) He didnt pay tribute of his general income, he payed tribute of the spoils of the war he was waging

I think you missed the very important part of what you quoted me saying bro: "IF YOU WERE TO STRETCH INTO WRONG CONTEXT".

I was saying that the only way you could even claim 1 witness would be by stretching the passage of scripture out of context.

Originally Posted by Femme*

dang! you people make me crazy!

Is this really the hill you want to die on?

GOOD people disagree.. is it impossible for some of you to let it go at that?

There was only one person in this discussion who forgot to use grace when debating. He is out of it now. We are merely discussing with passion what the scriptures declare concerning this doctrine.

Some of us have determined to vehemently oppose all non substantiated man-made religious practices in the church and set people free with the use of God's word put into proper context.

I am not telling anyone what to believe concerning this doctrine. I am however trying to provoke them to do an honest study on their own without the influence of their favorite tithing teacher. Iron sharpens iron. It is good to be able to discuss what we believe and why we believe it. It is called chewing on the meat. Many in the church would rather stick to milk and not touch the meat of God's word. Anyone who considers themselves a mature Christian ought to be able to show why they believe what they believe with proper use of scripture. Unwillingness to do so is why Swordsmanship has diminished in the church today.
Let the warrior arise!

Originally Posted by Colonel

Interpreting the passage as implying that the receiving of the tithe has been transferred from Melchizedek to Jesus still doesnt cut it, thats my point. Not even remotely so !

We are in agreement bro. I was just pointing out that the only way one could even imagine that they found one single witness in scripture would be by doing said scripture a great injustice and not properly dividing the Word of God.

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