Tithing

[Mark]

Hi Mark!

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Hi Sheep Wrecked!

Sorry for the confusion. I thought I had lost my login and tried under a different e-mail. I have actually been here, jsut under Mark and not Marcus64.
Anyway, thanks for the reply. This is such a tough subject for me. My wife has been taught and firmly believes that she HAS to tithe regardless. As I said, it doesn't matter what scriptures I bring her to, it has been engrained in her mind that tithing IS scriptural and NOTHING can overrule it. It's very difficult to be in a marriage where I, as the husband, have no say in our fininces when it is regarding tithing. I have to continually pray that God keep us strong in this area because it has almost broken us before. She really believes that God is providing our needs (which He is) becasuse she is faithful in tithing and any problems we have with bills, etc. is due to my lack of faith when it comes to "giving to God as He commanded us to do in the Scriptures". So, I guess I just have to ride this one out and keep praying that the Lord will open her eyes to the spiritual bondage that she is in. Thanks again for your reply. Please keep us in your prayers.

God Bless,

Mark

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Hi Vic!

Sorry for the password problems and thank you for helping me get logged back in.
I appreciate your reply and the scriptures. Believe me when I say that we have been down those before and it is to no avail. She ahs been told that it s true about submitting to your husband EXCEPT when it comes to tithing. There, she was told, the line is drawn and the husband cannot try to tell his wife not to tithe REGARDLESS of the circumstances. If she were to do that, SHE would be robbing God. Do you see the difficulty here? I am not trying to be an iron-fisted husband that commands his wife to do everything I say. I have no authority in our marriage. It is overruled by the Pastor and what he teaches which is all this nonsense about tithing. She is firmly entrenched in this false gospel. It is really straining the marriage. I know that if it were not for God, we would probably be separated by now. Money is not the foundation of our marriage and I am not blaming tithing for all of our financial burdens, but it has definitely drained us over the last several years. Now, the current Pastor is resigning the church because there is not enough income to support him and his wife. Talk about a guilt trip! So now they are heading back to a bigger church where they will most likely not have to work secular jobs because there is enough income from tithing to support them. How sad is that? So anyway, please pray for us. Pray that God will take the scales from my wife's eyes and reveal His glorious truth and she can be set free from this doctrine which is binding her (and I). Thanks again for your help resetting my password. And thank you for your rely. Take care.

God Bless,

Mark