{"id":3816,"date":"2016-04-28T15:56:24","date_gmt":"2016-04-28T13:56:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.theotokos.co.za\/?p=3816"},"modified":"2018-11-02T06:40:31","modified_gmt":"2018-11-02T04:40:31","slug":"is-tithing-biblical","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.theotokos.co.za\/?p=3816","title":{"rendered":"Is tithing biblical?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fcbkbttn_buttons_block\" id=\"fcbkbttn_left\"><div class=\"fcbkbttn_button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DiscussingAdventismBook\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.theotokos.co.za\/wp-content\/plugins\/facebook-button-plugin\/images\/standard-facebook-ico.png\" alt=\"Fb-Button\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"fcbkbttn_like \"><fb:like href=\"http:\/\/blog.theotokos.co.za\/?p=3816\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\" layout=\"standard\"  width=\"400px\" size=\"small\"><\/fb:like><\/div><div class=\"fb-share-button  \" data-href=\"http:\/\/blog.theotokos.co.za\/?p=3816\" data-type=\"button_count\" data-size=\"small\"><\/div><\/div><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-3815 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.theotokos.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/tithe-300x195.png\" alt=\"Tithe\" width=\"300\" height=\"195\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.theotokos.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/tithe-300x195.png 300w, http:\/\/blog.theotokos.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/tithe.png 330w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Adventists believe tithing is a biblical requirement.<\/p>\n<p>They also believe that the 10 Commandments are the law of God, and the rest is the law of Moses, but keep parts of the law of Moses and discard the parts they deem unnecessary.\u00a0 They differentiate between a moral law (the 10 commandments, including the ceremonial aspects of it) and a ceremonial law (which includes the moral laws outside the 10 commandments) but keep the ceremonial laws of Moses they deem to be health-related (even if <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.theotokos.co.za\/?p=3450\" target=\"_blank\">they aren&#8217;t health related at all<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<p>Very confusing for them.\u00a0 Anyway, Dave Armstrong has a lovely explanation as to where tithing really fits into the Christian worldview.\u00a0 Read it on his blog here:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/davearmstrong\/2016\/02\/biblical-evidence-against-tithing.html\" target=\"_blank\">Biblical Evidence Against Tithing<\/a> &#8230; 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