cairns

I guess I am still steamed about a sermon series by a man I respected claiming that we are still under the law of tithes and that all tithes must go to the church you attend. Sorry buckaroo, that ain’t what it says. From the founding of Israel through the founding of the Church, God used His share to care for those without.  And, it says you could give it to them directly.

(I don’t see that He set up a requirement for drug (or wine) tests before people were fed either!)

[Course it also says that in the year of Jubilee everything was given back so that nobody became the owner or servant class forever-- and there is no record that it was ever actually observed.  That really complicates things!  But, it is closer to what I believe: God gives us everything; everything we have is His; and He tells us how to rightly use our gifts, whether we realize it or not.]

Rant over.
peace,
Greg

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