From The Desk of Min. Frank Coleman
Monday May 24, 2010
Today's "Thought For Today" gives rise to an earlier conversation I posed about giving and the "church" today.
We have been "bam-boozled" by the established "church" into committing a percentage of our income to them when there is no biblical support for that practice by new testament believers. (see my post "Cursed with a Curse?" http://pathoflife.wordpress.com/2010/03/14/cursed-with-a-curse/)
We need to study the scriptures for ourselves to get a grasp on what God is telling his body of believers. "Religion" will ensnare us with rules and regulations that God never intended for us.
I repeat:
"Each of you must give as you have made up your mind, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver. And God is able to provide you with every blessing in abundance, so that by always having enough of everything, you may share abundantly in every good work. As it is written, 'He scatters abroad, he gives to the poor; his righteousness endures forever.'"
~2 Corinthians 9:7-9
Are you giving (tithing, offering, "gifts of love" etc.) reluctantly? Are you under "compulsion" with the fear of a "curse" hanging over your head? Are you happy ("cheerful"), at the ability of sharing ("giving") what you have with others?
Only you can answer these questions.
Read the entire book of Malachi (last book of the Old Testament). Pray for the understanding. Who is this book written to? When was it written? What were the circumstances that surrounded its writing?
I am convinced that when you approach reading God's word this way, you will understand the "heart" of God for you.
Remember:
"Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life."
2 Co. 3:6
The Spirit Giveth Life. Don't get caught-up with the doctrines of man.
"(Touch not; taste not; handle not; Which all are to perish with the using;) after the commandments and doctrines of men?" Col 2:21-22
Sincerely,
Min. Frank Coleman
http://www.pathoflifeministries.org
All comments and links in this publication reflect the sole opinion of Frank Coleman
Today's "Thought For Today" gives rise to an earlier conversation I posed about giving and the "church" today.
We have been "bam-boozled" by the established "church" into committing a percentage of our income to them when there is no biblical support for that practice by new testament believers. (see my post "Cursed with a Curse?" http://pathoflife.wordpress.com/2010/03/14/cursed-with-a-curse/)
We need to study the scriptures for ourselves to get a grasp on what God is telling his body of believers. "Religion" will ensnare us with rules and regulations that God never intended for us.
I repeat:
"Each of you must give as you have made up your mind, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver. And God is able to provide you with every blessing in abundance, so that by always having enough of everything, you may share abundantly in every good work. As it is written, 'He scatters abroad, he gives to the poor; his righteousness endures forever.'"
~2 Corinthians 9:7-9
Are you giving (tithing, offering, "gifts of love" etc.) reluctantly? Are you under "compulsion" with the fear of a "curse" hanging over your head? Are you happy ("cheerful"), at the ability of sharing ("giving") what you have with others?
Only you can answer these questions.
Read the entire book of Malachi (last book of the Old Testament). Pray for the understanding. Who is this book written to? When was it written? What were the circumstances that surrounded its writing?
I am convinced that when you approach reading God's word this way, you will understand the "heart" of God for you.
Remember:
"Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life."
2 Co. 3:6
The Spirit Giveth Life. Don't get caught-up with the doctrines of man.
"(Touch not; taste not; handle not; Which all are to perish with the using;) after the commandments and doctrines of men?" Col 2:21-22
Sincerely,
Min. Frank Coleman
http://www.pathoflifeministries.org
All comments and links in this publication reflect the sole opinion of Frank Coleman
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