Bible Discussion Thread

To God love's comment
I hope that u dont still believe in what u have said. your own scripture references totally contradict that worldly belief. Leviticus 24:8 Every Sabbath he shall set it in order before the LORD continually, being taken from the children of Israel by and everlasting covenant. keywords:everlasting covenant. And the reference to Hebrews is the same as it is contradictory to your belief. tithes are still paid like Eldon's commentary says as faith in the blood of Jesus Christ.God is in control of all things as everything runs through his hands before it is allowed and he is testing our faith in a way that is very easy of only requiring 10% of what he already owns. In what u said about people feeling oligated to tithe that is wrong in so many ways. if they feel obligated to do it then they r in the wrong spirit. it is an act of faith that God blesses everytime. and tithing is a form of worship. even if God allowed that family to suffer, in his name, death would be more glorious for them that God found them worthy for such a trial as that. Hebrews 7:7 And without all contradiction the less is blessed of the better. just like the woman who put her last two mites in the offering plate. she was found in higher praise of her giving to God than the rich who gave a percentage of their wealth, which was a lot more money than the widdow had put in, it wasnt about who put in the most but about the giving of what u do have. she gave all that she had and the Lord blessed her for that. and that should not b our initial thought to do it to recieve a blessing because if that is all that we r looking for then God will see that not to be worship.yes we do give offerings and alms as well as tithes in support of the church or fellowship that u belong to. and that reference to looking at the times is not right in context either. we still sacrifice ourselves on that alter every time we can in order to allow for God to change us just like the burnt offerings did and sin offerings. Jesus died on the cross for our sins. now by grace we r saved through Jesus Christ. But we still offer ourselves a sacrifice to either repent (turn away from sin)or we heed what God is trying to change in us as we sacrifice our flesh at the alter. And that reference to the one time perfect sacrifice is true in a sence of he did it once for all sin but that does not mean, as the baptist belief is, that once saved always saved. people backslide and that means turned away from God to follow fleshly desires. we cannot serve God and the devil and if we desire the things of this world more than the things of God then we r serving the devil. So being backslidden means that in order to be found in the Lambs book of life you have to repent, or sacrifice yourself at the alter, of your sins once again. This comment is not meant to be harsh but is meant to steer youin the right direction. We, as christians, have to watch what we say because others do hear and listen and if we steer them wrong then we r doing work for the devil.