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1 " Where did Jesus’ ministry resources come from? The Scriptures give eight sources of possible income for the moneybag carried by Judas. The following Scriptures will show that Jesus never asked the synagogue congregants for free-will offerings. Nor do we see the synagogue leaders asking people to make offerings to Jesus. The custom in Jesus’ time involved charity and taking care of the needs of travelers including those who preached? "
― Frank Chase Jr. , Kleptomaniac: Who's Really Robbing God Anyway?
2 " How the Tithe Changed From Food to Money What most people don’t understand is that early believers who followed Christ in various congregations did not practice money tithing. The congregations or the called out ones financed themselves the same way the early Israelite society did. Because they were accustomed to their cultural norms, they followed finance methods of freewill offerings, which according to Moses was more than enough to provide for the needs of the temple. Giving in the New Testament followed the pattern of Exodus 35:5. "
3 " Tithing takes from the poor whom the Church is called to help. The Poor did not tithe in Deuteronomy 14:28-29 and Deuteronomy 16:22. If that is the case, why are poor and struggling believers disobeying the Scriptures and handing over 10 percent when they need to sustain their lives, when the in the Old Testament received the tithe. "
