{"id":1893,"date":"2009-05-11T08:25:31","date_gmt":"2009-05-11T15:25:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ourthoughts.ca\/?p=1893"},"modified":"2009-05-11T08:28:22","modified_gmt":"2009-05-11T15:28:22","slug":"tithing-%e2%80%9cits-only-10%e2%80%9d","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ourthoughts.ca\/2009\/05\/11\/tithing-%e2%80%9cits-only-10%e2%80%9d\/","title":{"rendered":"Tithing. ?\u00a2\u201a\u00c7\u00a8?\u00ecIt’s only 10%!?\u00a2\u201a\u00c7\u00a8\u00ac\u00f9"},"content":{"rendered":"

In Gospel Doctrine class yesterday (I wasn?\u00a2\u201a\u00c7\u00a8\u201a\u00d1\u00a2t teaching), we were discussing the concept of tithing. A common theme running through several of the comments was how since God gave us everything, we should be willing to give back 10%.<\/p>\n

I think this completely misses the point of tithing.<\/p>\n

According to the chapter heading of D&C 119, the law of tithing was implemented because the early saints were unable to live the law of consecration. It?\u00a2\u201a\u00c7\u00a8\u201a\u00d1\u00a2s a lesser law, but I think its purpose is similar.<\/p>\n

Those who live the law of consecration do so with the understanding that all property is common, that all possess equally, and that all belongs to God.<\/p>\n

Let us look at a few scriptures:<\/p>\n

?\u00a2\u201a\u00c7\u00a8?\u00ecBehold, the heaven and the heaven of heavens is the Lord?\u00a2\u201a\u00c7\u00a8\u201a\u00d1\u00a2s thy God, the earth also, with call that therein is.?\u00a2\u201a\u00c7\u00a8\u00ac\u00f9(Deut. 10:14)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

?\u00a2\u201a\u00c7\u00a8?\u00ecThe earth is the Lord?\u00a2\u201a\u00c7\u00a8\u00c0\u00fas, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.?\u00a2\u201a\u00c7\u00a8\u00ac\u00f9 (Psalm 24:1)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

?\u00a2\u201a\u00c7\u00a8?\u00ecFor the earth is the Lord?\u00a2\u201a\u00c7\u00a8\u201a\u00d1\u00a2s, and the fulness thereof.?\u00a2\u201a\u00c7\u00a8\u00ac\u00f9 (1 Cor. 10:26)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

?\u00a2\u201a\u00c7\u00a8?\u00ecBehold and lo, mine eyes are upon you, and the heavens and the earth are in mine hands, and the riches of eternity are mine to give.?\u00a2\u201a\u00c7\u00a8\u00ac\u00f9 (D&C 67:2)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The law of consecration isn?\u00a2\u201a\u00c7\u00a8\u201a\u00d1\u00a2t about helping us remember God gave us everything; it?\u00a2\u201a\u00c7\u00a8\u201a\u00d1\u00a2s about helping us remember that everything belongs to him. It?\u00a2\u201a\u00c7\u00a8\u201a\u00d1\u00a2s about teaching us to overcome selfishness, pride, envy, and covetousness by realizing that material items are simply loaned to us to be stewards over. We certainly can?\u00a2\u201a\u00c7\u00a8\u201a\u00d1\u00a2t take houses, clothes, or cars with us when we die.<\/p>\n

This is the same for tithing. We don?\u00a2\u201a\u00c7\u00a8\u201a\u00d1\u00a2t pay tithing in order to show God gratitude for what he has given. We don?\u00a2\u201a\u00c7\u00a8\u201a\u00d1\u00a2t pay tithing because 10% ?\u00a2\u201a\u00c7\u00a8?\u00ecis nothing?\u00a2\u201a\u00c7\u00a8\u00ac\u00f9 compared to how much the Lord gives us. We pay tithing to acknowledge that none of it belongs to us; it all belongs to the Lord.<\/p>\n

When Malachi asked, ?\u00a2\u201a\u00c7\u00a8?\u00ecwill a man rob God?\u00a2\u201a\u00c7\u00a8\u00ac\u00f9 (Mal. 3:8), it wasn’t about our withholding money from God. After all, what would someone who can create a world need with money? Where we rob God is in not acknowledging his ownership of all things and taking his things as our own.<\/p>\n

Until we can truly live the law of consceration, tithing plays the role of our token sacrifice to God. It?\u00a2\u201a\u00c7\u00a8\u201a\u00d1\u00a2s hardly sufficient, but it?\u00a2\u201a\u00c7\u00a8\u201a\u00d1\u00a2ll have to do for now.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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