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Some Questions with Answers

1. Question : Can you give money to God?  Answer : No. God wants something different. "I exhort you, therefore, brothers, in view of God’s mercies, to offer yourselves as a sacrifice, living and set apart for God. This will please him; it is the logical “Temple worship” for you." Romans 12.1 2. Question : Why do we keep hearing "You are cursed with a curse" from the pulpit when people are being requested  to give?   Answer : No one should be reading or citing that scripture as the verse for giving. The verse is no longer true today as we are no longer under the law. "The Law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus the Messiah." John 1.17. As well, it is not possible to curse God's people: "I will bless those who bless you, but I will curse anyone who curses you.” Genesis 12.3.  Further, there is no compulsion in giving in the church. "Each should give according to what he has decided in his heart, not grudgingly or under c
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The Christianity Jesus wants us to Express

Repent  from sins: After John the Baptist had been arrested, Jesus came into the Galilee proclaiming the Good News from God: “The time has come, God’s Kingdom is near! Turn to God from your sins and believe the Good News!” Mark 1:14-15 Believe in Jesus means believe these facts: "Jesus Christ died for our sins, in accordance with what the Scripture says; and he was buried; and he was raised on the third day, in accordance with what the Scripture says." 1 Corinthians 15:3-4 Believe in Jesus is demonstrated by living according to his teachings. Read and observe teachings as recorded in the gospels of Mathew, Mark, Luke and John in the bible. These teachings are further explained and restated in the book of Acts of the Apostles and in the letters as well as in Revelation. See John 6: 28-29 " Then they asked him, “What must we do to do the works God requires?  Jesus answered,   “The work of God is this: to believe in the one he has sent.” Christians are to live and express

Some Differences between Old Testament Worship & New Testament Worship

"May grace and peace be yours in full measure, as you come to a full knowledge of God and Jesus our Lord." 2 Peter 1:2   Purpose of Writing : An understanding of the differences between The Old Testament and The New Testament will help to illustrate the point that we are in The New Testament, and no longer in the Old    Testament. This means we should live according to The New Testament teachings alone. Old Testament Worship  - There was present one, only one, Tabernacle, later transformed into a sole Temple; a specific geographical location and site was approved for worship for the entire nation; a particular family, the Levites, was chosen to serve as ministers referred to as Levites and Priests; a singular High Priest was appointed who, up to a time, was also the temporal head of the nation. There were Prophets, appointed directly by God & who operated outside the system of Levitical priesthood & the Temple structure but who, at times, also were inside it or, somet

Violence against Human Life, Perversion of Justice, and other Aggressions

Opening Reading  9   Suddenly Jesus met them and said, “ Peace !” They came up and took hold of his feet as they fell down in front of him. (Mathew 28:9) Introduction   This message seeks to address the pandemic of violence and aggression in the world. It will attempt to do this by letting scriptures speak directly. Comments are going to be limited. Some Verses treating Violence A.  8 One time, when they were in the field, Cain turned on Abel his brother and killed him. (Genesis 4:8) B.  5   And  God  saw that the wickedness of man  was  great in the earth, and  that   every imagination of the thoughts of his heart  was  only evil continually.   6   And it repented the  Lord  that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.  7   And the  Lord  said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repented me that I have made them.  C.  13  

Scriptures on Financing the Preaching of the Gospel

Opening Greetings 4 Grace to you and peace from Him  who is and  who was and who is to come,  and from the seven Spirits who are before His throne,   5   and from Jesus Christ,  the faithful  witness, the  firstborn from the dead, and  the ruler over the kings of the earth (Revelations 1:4-5). Beginning Reading 10 T he love of money is a root of all  kinds of  evil, for which some have strayed from the faith in their greediness, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows (1 Timothy 6:10). Justification for message My desire is to articulate a biblically correct manner of how to pay for the work of preaching the gospel. I will attempt to bring together the New Testament writings about how the pioneers of the gospel paid their way. It is correct to believe Christians should follow their examples in funding the preaching of the gospel. Something Christians must understand The command to " 19   Go   [ c ] therefore and   make disciples of all the nation