{"id":58854,"date":"2010-05-27T10:02:23","date_gmt":"2010-05-27T08:02:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/moldovacrestina.md\/about-tithes-and-willing-offerings-in-the-new-testament"},"modified":"2017-05-27T08:41:00","modified_gmt":"2017-05-27T06:41:00","slug":"about-tithes-and-willing-offerings-in-the-new-testament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moldovacrestina.md\/en\/about-tithes-and-willing-offerings-in-the-new-testament\/","title":{"rendered":"About tithes and willing offerings in the New Testament"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<p><span>Question:<\/span> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"td_quote_box td_box_center\">\n<p><span><em>Is it right\u00a0to talk\u00a0today in the Church about the term \u201ctithe\u201d or, is it\u00a0more correctly to\u00a0talk about \u201cwilling offering\u201d?<\/em><\/span> <span><em>Or can we talk about both of them?<\/em><\/span> <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>There is a New Testament verse in which Lord Jesus talks about tithing as something that must be done:<\/span> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"td_quote_box td_box_center\">\n<p><span><span class=\"google-src-text\">Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you tithe mint and dill and cummin, and have neglected the weightier provisions of the law: justice and mercy and faithfulness; but these are the things<strong> you should have done without neglecting the others<\/strong>.<\/span><\/span><span> (Matthew 23:23)(NASB)<\/span> <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>In the New Testament Christians are continually exhorted to generosity, helping the saints, to share all their goods with those who teach them God\u2019s Word, to share the feelings of others, and other terms that are used in the sense of giving.<\/span> <span>Previously I wrote\u00a0these two articles about tithes:<\/span> <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<span><font color=\"#0000ff\"><u>Do we have to tithe only to the church<\/u><\/font>?<\/span> <\/li>\n<li>\n<span>Should the Church receive tithe of a dirty gain?<\/span><font color=\"#0000ff\"> <\/font>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Translated by Felicia Rotaru<\/em><\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question: Is it right\u00a0to talk\u00a0today in the Church about the term \u201ctithe\u201d or, is it\u00a0more correctly to\u00a0talk about \u201cwilling offering\u201d? 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When I received this question, I thought about the Christians in Macedonia about whom it is written: Now, brethren, we\u2026","rel":"","context":"<span class=\"jp-relatedposts-post-author\">Vasile Filat<\/span>","block_context":{"text":"Church","link":"https:\/\/moldovacrestina.md\/en\/tag\/church-en\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/moldovacrestina.md\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/moldovacrestina.md_donatii.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":332490,"url":"https:\/\/moldovacrestina.md\/en\/what-is-the-foundation-of-the-true-church\/","url_meta":{"origin":58854,"position":4},"title":"What is the foundation of the true church?","author":"Vasile Filat","date":"January 16, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"In today's world, when there are so many Christian denominations, it is difficult for people to distinguish between them and discern which is the true church. Some argue their authenticity in that they have apostolic descent, that is, authority has been passed from the apostles, one by one, to the\u2026","rel":"","context":"<span class=\"jp-relatedposts-post-author\">Vasile Filat<\/span>","block_context":{"text":"Doctrine","link":"https:\/\/moldovacrestina.md\/en\/doctrine-en\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":56855,"url":"https:\/\/moldovacrestina.md\/en\/what-does-the-new-testament-say-about-religious-tradition\/","url_meta":{"origin":58854,"position":5},"title":"What does the New Testament say about religious tradition?","author":"Vasile Filat","date":"September 12, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"The article Five (5) truths about the religious tradition has\u00a0provoked more discussion from the readers\u00a0and\u00a0I saw it was necessary to write one more\u00a0article to present the\u00a0New Testament\u2019s teaching about religious traditions. 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