The Heart is Deceitful above all Things

For most when I query who is the rightful receiver of tithe today. The most common answer is that, it does't matter who receive it as long as in their heart, they are giving it to God. With this response, I usually answer back and give this scenario; 

Suppose you are to evangelise or share the truth to a person who firmly believe that through the statue of Mary, a prayer can be heard by God. You explain to him that this is not so as according to the bible, you laid to him all the scripture and all the sensible explanation and bible facts that what he believe is contrary to what the bible say. Yet, in spite of all the sensible and biblical fact you've shown, it does't matter to him because in his heart he believe that his prayer can only be heard through the statue of Mary.

Are you going to acknowledge that what he believe is biblically acceptable since he believe in his heart that through the statue of Mary, his prayer can be heard? If not, then that scenario also apply to tithing, even if someone say they believe it in their heart. The most that I can do is to respect it and not push it anymore but, I say, the heart of that someone has been deceived. That kind of belief, in fact whatever we believe in our heart is obviously not in born, we choose to place it there to the point that it became part of us and is really hard to remove however faced with an evidence undeniable proving that what the heart believe is in fact a lie. But, I pray that in God's perfect time, the truth will be revealed in that man's heart.

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