Saturday, May 03, 2025

I was trying to buy blessings by tithing according to Malachi 3:10, but no significant improvement in my life happened. Is it because I didn't tithe the full 10%? Or because I tithed with "money I didn't have?" (I.e. to the Salvation Army online with a credit card?)

 

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I was trying to buy blessings by tithing according to Malachi 3:10, but no significant improvement in my life happened. Is it because I didn't tithe the full 10%? Or because I tithed with "money I didn't have?" (I.e. to the Salvation Army online with a credit card?)

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I was delighted that I could tithe with credit and debit cards, to the Salvation Army.

I still can't tithe with cards to the local Church of God. They still take tithes & offerings the old-fashioned ways, which I don't like.

So I've been keeping track of the back-tithes that I owe, and only tithed 5% to the Salvation Army with a credit card because the other 5% I intend to tithe to Church of God when they start accepting payments by cards.

I stopped tithing to the Salvation Army last year when their Major encouraged me to not tithe with debt by tithing with a credit card. Mom also told me to stop tithing with debt / a credit card.

I decided I'd keep track of the tithes I still have yet to pay, then pay those back-tithes to both churches when I'm out of all debts.

I though tithes in any amount would buy me blessings now that I know the verse Malachi 3:10, but are those blessings triggered when I pay all of the 10% of my income? And do those blessings never happen when I pay with money I don't have, such as a credit card instead of a debit card?

 

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[–]Jesus🤜🏾"Let's get this bread"🤛🏻Kropotkiniadnm 17 points  

So let me see if I got this right. You donated to a notoriously homophobic organization because you're trying to buy blessings from God. 

I think you're not really understanding a non-literal interpretation of that verse.

[–]NoNeedForAName 3 points  

I'm pretty sure this is all a joke, right?

[–]Jesus🤜🏾"Let's get this bread"🤛🏻Kropotkiniadnm 3 points  

Could be, but it's sometimes impossible to say.

[–]MacAttacknChz 2 points  

Possibly, but then this comment thread exists:

https://www.reddit.com/r/Episcopalian/s/5Rk3lZrf2c

[–]Digger/FriendChristoph543 2 points  

Hell isn't real.

Copeland is bringing material suffering to people on this Earth for the sake of enriching himself.

It is wise to spend as little time as possible thinking about him, except as an adversary.

[–]drrhrrdrr 1 point  

This feels like a sarcastic/troll post.

Buuuut, if you want to follow the logic, JP Morgan Chase gets the blessing when you tithe on credit. And Visa gets $2.50 blessing fee credit for each blessing transaction.

I grew up in Prosperity Gospel, Malachi 3 was read pretty much every weekend with the offering because the church's revolving door congregation would probably be hearing it for the first time there. These people are, at best, charlatans, and, at worst, tax criminals.

The only way you get money or blessings from this kind of behavior is by becoming a Prosperity Gospel preacher yourself.

Take your money, give it to those less fortunate than yourself. If you can't afford to give your money, keep your money, and donate your time to a worthwhile organization helping people who are less fortunate than yourself.

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