whose righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, and those fastidious religionists were red-hot tithers! The tenth of everything they could think of, they gave! The tenth might be a good rule of thumb for the Christian, but if we stick to that legalistically in a way we are missing the point. The Christian is not ruled by the giving of a tenth; the Christian is to give sacrificially. Surely that is the governing factor. ‘Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God’s mercy, to offer
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