JarBreaker
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What it is to become an unprofitable servant.
This isnt referring to personal wealth, it means the profit you have made for the master you are a servant of ... sowing seed / watering / encouragement etc etc ... as you minister to those He places in your path to bring people to him.
The parable of the talents is where you find at the end ... the foolish man who HID his talent and did not INCREASE the kingdom was unprofitable for the Master ... talent being a metaphor for the Spirit and Word within yourself.
On the greater topic;
If you read Acts where they are bringing what they have to be distributed among the brethren, it was all going back into the community ... the original believers,
Acts 4:35 ... and it was distributed to anyone as he had need.
There is nothing said of giving to Peter or James and let him build a mega-church so we can put on a lavish easter pageant.
The 1st instance of "tithing" 10% comes from the Levitical priesthood not being given a portion of the land ... it was actually food, they were supporting the priests who worked in the Temple who did not have the land to grow their own crops ... they had other responsibilities which kept them from being able to tend to their own crops, anyway.
NOW, all that being said ... I am not against giving at all, as you are able ... to help the widowed and orphans in your own community ( or in your immediate family, if those are in need ) ... this isnt an exclusive list by any means, but these mega-churches are anything but what was meant to happen.