THE CHURCH AT TEXAS

 7-18-2015-WHATS HAPPENED TO FREE WILL OFFERINGS

"REMARKS"

THERE IS SOMETHING I SEE IN THE CHURCHES OF TODAY, ESPECIALLY THE LARGE CHURCHES, THAT HAS TURNED THEM FROM A CHURCH OF RELIGIOUS DIVINITY, INTO CHURCHES THAT ARE MORE LIKE A BUSINESS THAN A CHURCH.

WHEN A CHURCH USES THE MONEY THEY TAKE IN FROM OFFERINGS AND USES THOSE FUNDS TO PAY EVERYONE WHO HAS SOME DUTY IN THE CHURCHES AFFAIRS, I CALL THAT FOOLISHNESS AND NOT SCRIPTURAL. YOU WILL NOT FIND ANYWHERE IN THE SCRIPTURES WHERE PEOPLE WHO ARE A PART OF THE CHURCH ARE TO BE PAID FOR THEIR EFFORTS TO HELP THE CHURCH ONLY THE MAN WHO PREACHES THE GOSPEL IS TO MAKE HIS LIVING FROM IT. WHEN EVERY TOM, DICK, AND HARRY TAKE MONEY FROM THE TILL FOR THEIR EFFORTS, IT IS A BUSINESS AND NOT A VIBRANT FUNCTIONING CHURCH AS IT WAS INTENDED TO BE. THOSE SAME MONIES THAT ARE GIVEN TO CHURCH PEOPLE, SHOULD HAVE BEEN GIVEN TO THE POOR.

WHEN THE TEMPLE WAS STANDING AND EVERYONE CAME THERE TO ENJOIN YAHWEH, AND TO WORSHIP, THERE WERE THOSE WHO WERE PAID TO BUILD THE TEMPLE AND THERE WERE THOSE WHO WERE PAID TO SING. THIS WAS A CENTRAL PLACE FOR THE CHURCH TO MEET AND IT HAD ITS PLACE. 

TODAY THERE ARE SO CALLED CHURCHES EVERYWHERE ON EVERY CORNER, UNFORTUNATELY MOST ARE NOT FOLLOWING YAHWEH, AND HIS SON JESUS, YAHSHUA, BUT HAVE DEVELOPED THEIR OWN SYSTEM OF DIVINE SERVICE WHICH HAS INCORPORATED A WORLDLY STYLE OF BUSINESS.

I WOULD NEVER ASK FOR MONEY TO SERVE THE ELOHUIM OF HEAVEN, THAT WOULD BE UNHOLY TO ME AND TO ME, IT SHOULD BE UNHOLY TO THOSE OF YOU WHO EXPECT THE CHURCH TO PAY YOU FOR WORK YOU SHOULD DO AFTER YOUR NORMAL DAY. THIS IS CALLED A FREE WILL OFFERING.

NOBODY BUT THE ONE WHO PREACHES THRE GOSPEL IS ALLOCATED AND GIVEN PERMISSION BY YAHWEH, TO TAKE MONIES FOR THEIR WORK IN THE CHURCH. NOW THAT MEANS THAT THOSE WHO BUILD A HOUSE FOR THE CHURCH ARE TO GET PAID FOR THAT BUT IT IS NOT FOR THOSE "IN THE CHURCH" TO RECEIVE MONEY FOR THEIR WORK. IT SHOULD BE RECOGNIZED THAT THOSE WHO ARE IN THAT CHURCH, ARE THE CHURCH, NOT A BUILDING OF WOOD AND STONE BUT MADE FROM HEAVEN, WE ARE BUILT A HOLY HABITATION OF YAHWEH.

IT IS A SHAME FOR A PERSON IN ANY CHURCH TO SEEK FOR MONEY TO DO WHAT IS SUPPOSED TO BE DONE AS A GIFT OF LOVE AND SACRIFICE.