As I was wrapping up First Corinthians in my Bible study, I learned something I’d never heard before and after the hat a game-changer it is!
You may have heard all of your life about tithing. Its an instant turn off to newcomers to any church if that church is more focused on the money theyre making instead of the souls they are saving.
Well, Steven Armstrong teaches the Verse by Verse lessons I’ve been studying and he said in the last verse of Corinthians that no where in the Bible is the word tithe.
What about the 10% rule? Haven’t you always heard that you are supposed to tithe ten percent of your income to the church? I have. Everywhere I’ve been, except my brother’s Bible Church. Anyway, Steven teaches that is also a misconception.
What’s better, he said, is to put a certain amount of your choosing into a separate account, so that when you feel compelled to give a gift, help a mission, or whatever it might be, you can then give what you feel called to, even if its a lot more. Say you want to help with some church renovation. Wouldn’t it be a wonderful to be able to give $5000.00 instead of $5?
If you want to save ten percent of your earnings, that’s fine. There is no set amount.
How freeing us this news? Maybe many of you already know this, but I had never heard it until two days ago when I heard this lesson.
Now I’m moving into 2 Corinthians and Steven did not do a study on this book but my husband knew someone who did, so I looked him up and joined his study group today! The Lord provides a way!
PS: I’m having to work from the library today because we have no cellular connection, no internet connection. I still cannot take care of very necessary business with the VA because I cannot access the portal. Therefore, until this problem is solved, I cannot order my much-needed medication, and I may miss my appointment via telephone due to a cell tower being down in this area. See, to sign in to the portal, they have to send me a text via my phone. Hard to do because I can’t make or receive texts or phone calls.
Pray the problem gets resolved quickly because this is all bad. I will pray also! 🙏
Now I can show you the pics from lunch with the Echo Basin friends that wouldn’t load the other day.
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