Pastor Sam Adeyemi wey bi the Senior Pastor of Daystar Christian Centre don join for the tithe matta as im don yarn us im own opinion.
Im yarn dis for Guardian Sunday Magazine, say e dey compulsory.
Make una read wetin im yarn , “…The main thing with tithe is that there is a principle. The 10 percent principle predated the laws of Moses; it is a very powerful principle. As to where to pay your tithe, the major thing it was used for before in the Old Testament, though there are other small things, was the running of the temple and maintenance of the priests.
“However, things have now changed. We have churches that have been registered and incorporated with the government, so they need to be run and maintained. So, the average person that is getting value from the church needs to support its existence. It is the fair deal so to speak.
“God’s ordained church needs to take care of the people there. In the New Testament, especially in Acts chapter 2, we saw the apostles making sure that nobody goes to bed hungry, that is the rule we have in our church. So, nobody in this church, no matter their class or where they come from must go to bed hungry. It’s money and resources that we use to do that.”
“Now, what I would add is that New Testament Christianity comes with a very powerful principle of freedom, especially when you read the book of Galatians.
“There Paul said: “Don’t let anybody bind you with rope; don’t let anybody bind you with rules that God has not written. Don’t let them import it from the Old Testament … you don’t need to do anything to qualify for God’s grace.
“You can’t pay for it, that is why I would say a Christian can be led by God and God in His sovereignty has the right to instruct a Christian to do anything with his or her tithe. I would say that a Christian should be responsible enough to support the running of the church, where he/she is blessed spiritually.
