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Paul is the New Testament EXAMPLE of how to run a Ministry. He Got a JOB and Paid for his Own Ministry.
The enemy has Perverted the WORD of GOD, and brought it down to an earthly level. YOU are SUPPOSE to be the CHURCH, and if you are doing the WORD, not hearing Only, then you can Support your own Ministry.
Paul never took a cent for his Ministry, he called it Filthy Lucre, preaching the Gospel for Gain. Paul got a Job, making tents, and supported his own Ministry. He never asked anyone for money, never took Money, So THAT is the Real NEW TESTAMENT EXAMPLE for running a Ministry/ Paul is used for everything, but that. No one is going to tell you that Paul supported his own Ministry. JESUS appointed A THIEF for his Ministry to be in charge of the Money/ ( What does that Tell you?)
JESUS is not interested in people giving MONEY/ He is the Head of the church.
Gospel for Gain/ Pauls Ministry Paid for by Paul/ He never took money.
1Pe 5:2 Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight [thereof], not by constraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind;
Php 1:21 For to me to live [is] Christ, and to die [is] gain.
Php 3:7 But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ.
1Ti 6:5* Perverse disputings of men of corrupt minds, and destitute of the truth, supposing that gain is godliness: from such withdraw thyself.
1Ti 6:6* But godliness with contentment is great gain.
Tit 1:11 Whose mouths must be stopped, who subvert whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for filthy lucre's sake.
2Co 11:9 And when I was present with you, and wanted, I was chargeable to no man: for that which was lacking to me the brethren which came from Macedonia supplied: and in all [things] I have kept myself from being burdensome unto you, and [so] will I keep [myself].
1Th 4:11 And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you;
1Th 2:9 For ye remember, brethren, our labour and travail: for labouring night and day, because we would not be chargeable unto any of you, we preached unto you the gospel of God.
By
Terry Mosley
2006
https://www.morning-star.com
Tithing is BONDAGE. In the Old Testament people brought a tenth of their produce to the temple to FEED those who lived their, ( widows, orphans, and priests) There was No Money involved, this was a Feeding Program for the Temple. There is No scriptural basis for giving Money to any church that does not House WIDOWS, and ORPHANS and Pastors, living their. ( Do you No any church that does this???? )
There is No scriptural basis for for a Building, since the church went to Homes, after they left the Synagogue. But they still Fed the Widows and orphans.
There is nothing in the WORD saying build a building and go back to meeting in Synagogues, the people where cast out of the Synagogues., and where suppose to go INTO ALL THE WORLD and PREACH the GOSPEL, not sit in the Pew.
Todays Church is Total Perversion. Most Church Buildings are Big enough to house Widows and Orphans, and Staff, but do you think that this is what they are doing? No Pastor lives at the church, and No church Feeds let alone, provides living for the Widows, and orphans.
Your Time and Your Life SOWED into the KINGDOM is your Tithe. Stop giving Money to a church that does not even Minister to Widows and has plenty of room for people to live, but never provides for their own.
Jam 1:27 Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, [and] to keep himself unspotted from the world.
You can read in Acts, where the disciples Ministry was to be in charge of the Store House, where all the Food was brought and stored. This was a very Important Ministry, since of course they could take the good food and sell it, or keep it for themselves, and never give it to the Widows, they where in charge of the Daily Feeding Program for Widows, who came to the Temple to eat, even if they did not live there. ACTS chapter 6 FEEDING WIDOWS was a Ministry, then after that they went on to Studying the Word.
Deu 12:17 Thou mayest not eat within thy gates the tithe of thy corn, or of thy wine, or of thy oil, or the firstlings of thy herds or of thy flock, nor any of thy vows which thou vowest, nor thy freewill offerings, or heave offering of thine hand:
Deu 14:22 Thou shalt truly tithe all the increase of thy seed, that the field bringeth forth year by year.
There is Another Tithe every 3 years as well for Levites, Orphans and Widows.
Deu 14:28 At the end of three years thou shalt bring forth all the tithe of thine increase the same year, and shalt lay [it] up within thy gates:
Deu 14:29 And the Levite, (because he hath no part nor inheritance with thee,) and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, which [are] within thy gates, shall come, and shall eat and be satisfied; that the LORD thy God may bless thee in all the work of thine hand which thou doest.
Then On Top of all this there is OFFERINGS, which usually was Money you gave to the Temple, or Ministers etc.
1Ti 5:3 Honour widows that are widows indeed.
This is a reference to taking care of their needs. That was what the Church did.
If you can UNDERSTAND any of this, then God is Blessings you, since God is going to DESTROY the Present way the so called USA Church Pursues nothing but Money. The FOUNDATION is Rotten to the core, and he is going to Lay it Bare, and cause it to Crumble.
Can you Image JEWS getting a Tax deduction for giving to the Synagogue?
Where did this Demonic idea come from that you should get tax credit for
giving? That is the only Reason some people give, to get.
Mat 6:21 For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
God is not Reviving anything/ He is doing A NEW WORK, and laying Waste to the Old. Old things haved Passed away, and he is making all things NEW.
By
Terry Mosley
2006
https://www.morning-star.com
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