Hi ya'll.  If I may, I'll show the benefits of growing up in Laurens and 
going to the First Baptist Church there.  I was the winner of many Sword 
Drills when The Rev Rouse was pastor.  I'll also show how rusty I am because 
I haven't read the Bible in years.  :(
OK....Here goes.....The first place I remember reading about a tithe was in 
the Old Testament when God ordered the people to give a tithe.....or a gift,  
to the Priests so that they could minister to the Israelites full time and 
not have to work in the fields or with livestock.  And I THINK that at this 
time a tithe was the first of the crops and the first of the animals born.  
I'm sure that tithe is mentioned in a number of places in the Old Testament.  
I remember a sermon that Rev Rouse gave about tything.  (They have to do this 
every once in a while or people won't give.)  He said at that sermon that if 
what you give is not given in the right spirit.....gladly and with 
joy......then don't give.  He said that God does not accept bribes. 
 A tithe has come to mean 10% of your income.  Some say gross some say net.  

In Europe when the Church was the government your tithe was the tax you paid 
to the government.  

OK,  I've told you more than I know.   And I know it's more than you want to 
hear.  :)

If I got any of this wrong,  please be gentle with your scolding.  I did it 
gladly and with joy.

Durward Brinkley

OH Yes.......I just remembered something else.  Your tithe was to come back 
to you seven fold.  Not bad. 

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