“You didn’t choose Me, Jesus said, I chose you! I appointed you to go and produce lasting fruit!” (See John 15:16)
So, if Jesus chose you, you will produce the fruits of a loving, joyful, tenderhearted, merciful, kind, humble, faithful, gentle, self-controlled, and patient person, that will last! You will make allowance for other people’s faults, and forgive anyone who offends you! (See Colossians 3:12-14, Galatians 5:22-23)
If Jesus does not choose you, then even if you consider yourself to be a Christian, you will not be able to walk in the above mentioned fruits of the Holy Spirit! You may try, but it will never last, because your true sinful nature will always be exposed!
Please talk about Abraham’s offering to Melchizedek, before the law was given and it verification of tithing and The Blessing.
Speak to,first fruits giving as a biblical principal as well.
Thank you for writing! Here are some links from our website dealing with this issue of Tithing: https://instituteoflove.net/archives/2033 and https://instituteoflove.net/false-doctrines/do-i-have-to-tithe
The true followers of Jesus Christ will be forced to take stand against one of the greatest rising deceptions in the Church: the false, unbiblical teaching of preachers who insist on following the Old Testament Law of Tithing, which is giving 10% of the first fruits of the land. They lie by telling you that the 10% of the first fruit is the same as 10% of your gross income, in the form of money. Of course, this amount must be given faithfully to their ministry, and in exchange for you tithing to them, they promise you that God will open the windows of Heaven and pour out blessings on you and make you prosper greatly financially and receive all sorts of breakthrough’s you couldn’t get without the tithing act. They also guilt-trip the people by telling them that if they fail to tithe, they will be robbing God and sin against Him. In reality, these false teachers are only looking to fleece the people of their money and enrich themselves.
Thanks for reading and God bless you!