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I believe for those looking for a rapture, it's on the way but in many ways it won't be as expected.beware the thief in the night
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I believe for those looking for a rapture, it's on the way but in many ways it won't be as expected.beware the thief in the night
Circumcision predates the Law... blessings were connected; what is a Christian to conclude?It is true that Tithing predated the LAW......that is of no importance......had it been an important factor to support Tithing , Paul would have promoted Tithing and used that (irrelevant ) fact to bolster his argument....we know that he didn’t .....he promoted “ cheerful” giving....
Maybe you've stumbled upon the true rapture of God?
Except there was no pastor in Jerusalem that was paid a salary. The church was governed by a plurality of unpaid Elders.
Think what you like. In the original, it says one of the sabbaths. What does it say in the original in your bible?
And it doesn't say all scripture is etc etc etc for everyone who reads it. If that is how you take it are you going to dash your son against a brick wall?
They did not have pastors.
To "define" a tithe as a tenth of one's gross income, is not supported by the Bible in any way. Such a definition can only be explained by ignorance or human greed.
Tithing a tenth of one's gross income, is a way of simplifying what God required, in the case that you don't have any agricultural increase...your responsibility to tithe is not negated by the fact that you are not a farmer.
There is not, one single time in all of Scripture, a command to tithe from anything other than agricultural increase.
You actually need Biblical sanction and not just some personal belief to change what God says about tithes and tithing. You are doing what Jesus condemned the Pharisees for, adding burdens that were never stated by God.
Tithing predated the law.
And Jesus' words apply to all of us (see Hebrews 1:1-2).
Do you think these words apply to all of us?
Mat 15:24 But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
Gospel, didn't say anything about salvation, just her daughter was made whole.An ongoing dispute in our home. Flesh is partial and a respecter of persons. Not God. Does God change? He told them all nations would be blessed through them. All nations. Then told them to remove the pointed finger speaking lies of vanity from among them. How many times God asked them ...you say I am unequal...then challenged them ‘are you not the ones unequal?’ Matthew 15:22-28 And, behold, a woman of Canaan came out of the same coasts, and cried unto him, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou Son of David; my daughter is grievously vexed with a devil. [23] But he answered her not a word. And his disciples came and besought him, saying, Send her away; for she crieth after us. [24] But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel. [25] Then came she and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help me. [26] But he answered and said, It is not meet to take the children's bread, and to cast it to dogs. [27] And she said, Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters' table. [28] Then Jesus answered and said unto her, O woman, great is thy faith: be it unto thee even as thou wilt. And her daughter was made whole from that very hour.
How many did He receive that came to Him. All. Questions then:
is God partial?
is God unequal?
is He a respecter of persons?
To not be ‘partial’, to not show partiality...seems absolutely impossible. But He said what is impossible with men, is possible with God. He told them all nations would be blessed through them.
James 3:16-17 For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work. [17] But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.
Acts 10:44-47 While Peter yet spake these words, the Holy Ghost fell on all them which heard the word. [45] And they of the circumcision which believed were astonished, as many as came with Peter, because that on the Gentiles also was poured out the gift of the Holy Ghost. [46] For they heard them speak with tongues, and magnify God. Then answered Peter, [47] Can any man forbid water, that these should not be baptized, which have received the Holy Ghost as well as we?
Be sure to genuflect and make the sign of the cross when you do it! God will be impressed!By all means, don't tithe yourself....but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD; by tithing 1/10 of our gross every month (as well as other obediences).
In context, Jesus is saying that His personal ministry was not to Gentiles. Yes, this applies to all of us; while we know from other scripture that the Holy Spirit would be sent to minister to Gentiles.Do you think these words apply to all of us?
Mat 15:24 But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
Lovely...Be sure to genuflect and make the sign of the cross when you do it! God will be impressed!
And you do not have an once of Bible in you concerning Tithing in the New Testament. God will be no more impressed by your obedience to a rule that He never commanded of Christians, anymore than if you "sacrificed" and gave up chocolate for 40 days, ate only fish as meat on Fridays, or genuflected.Lovely...
Let me make it clear that I do not have an ounce of Catholicism in me.
unfortunately that is nothing to do with the version we get in our congregations now imoThe thief comes but to steal, kill and destroy. ‘I come so that you may have Life’ (the better enduring substance).
Galatians 1:23 But they had heard only, That he which persecuted us in times past now preacheth the faith which once he destroyed.
ha well if one has found Rapture in harpazo i would question their hermenetics anyway i guessI believe for those looking for a rapture, it's on the way but in many ways it won't be as expected.
ha well i quoted you to chide that for a bad way to get to rapture, but who knowsMaybe you've stumbled upon the true rapture of God?
unfortunately that is nothing to do with the version we get in our congregations now imo
they are all tacitly or explicity death centered