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LIVE Tonight! 10:00PM Central – ACTS Chapter 26

POST JESUS – THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES – PART 23

Chapter 26
After many court appearances; Paul gives testimony before Agrippa. He’s not defending himself, but is making a declaration of the gospel with the evident purpose of winning Agrippa and the others present to Christ. This is a dramatic scene, and this chapter is one of the greatest literary pieces either secular or inspired.

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http://www.blogtalkradio.com/thepath/2016/09/10/post-jesus–the-acts-of-the-apostles–part-23

THE “GIVING TO GOD” DECEPTION

The ‘giving to God’ deception

A wicked and deceitful charade is played out in churches throughout the world almost every Sunday at collection time

‘Give to God’ they proclaim….when God says money belongs to Caesar (Mat 22:19-21)

‘Give to God’ they demand ….when they mean that you should put it into their church coffers to be squandered without accountability

‘Giving to God is commanded’ they say…..when God says that we are FREE of any such obligation (Mat 17:25-26)

‘Give to God or you are robbing Him’ they say ….as they steal from His children….including the poor (Mal 3:5)

‘Give your tithes to your local church’ they say…when GOD says that the tithe belongs to the LEVITE only

‘Give for the work of God’….when they mean for their own salaries because they refuse to obey the scriptural COMMANDS to work with their hands and not to be a burden on the church….and to ‘earn the bread they eat’ (2 Thes 3:6-10) (Acts 20:35, 2 Cor 11:9, Gal 6:5)

‘Give to God’ …’He will repay you’…..when God says no-one has EVER first given to Him that they should be repaid (Rom 11:35)

‘Give to God’….’or you will be cursed’ …when Jesus DIED to redeem us from the curse of the Law (Gal 3:13)

‘God says you must give’ they claim…..but strangely no-one ever quotes a new testament command in context to back this up?

READ MORE: http://www.tithingtruth.com/tithing/11-giving-god-deception

CHINESE LEADER SPEAKS OUT- Re: Western church

CHINESE Leader SPEAKS OUT

-Brother Yun.

Before I travelled to the West I had absolutely no idea that so many churches were spiritually asleep. I presumed the Western church was strong and vibrant because it had brought the gospel to my country with such incredible faith and tenacity. Many missionaries had shown a powerful example to us by laying down their lives for the sake of Jesus.

On some occasions I’ve struggled while speaking in Western churches. There seems to be something missing that leaves mefeeling terrible inside. Many meetings are cold and and lack the fire and presence of God that we have in China.

In the West many Christians have an abundance of material possessions, yet they live in a backslidden state. They have silver and gold, but they don’t rise up and walk in Jesus’ name. In China, we have no possessions to hold us down, so there’s nothing preventing us from moving out for the Lord. The Chinese church is like Peter at the Beautiful Gate. When he saw the crippled beggar he said, “Silver or gold I do not have, but what I have I give you. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, walk!”

In a similar  way, I pray that God might use the Chinese church to help the Western church rise up and walk in the power of the Holy Spirit. It’s almost impossible for the church in China to go to sleep in its present situation. There’s always something to keep us on the run, and it’s very difficult to sleep while you’re running. If persecution stops, I fear we’ll become complacent and fall asleep.

In THE WEST…

Multitudes of church members are satisfied with giving their minimum to God, not their maximum. I’ve watched men and women during offering time in church. They open their fat wallets and search for the smallest amount they can give. This type of attitude will never do! Jesus gave his whole life for us, and we give as little of our lives, time, and money as we can give back to God. What a disgrace! Repent!

This may sound strange, but I even miss the offerings we used to give in China. On numerous occasions, the leader of a meeting would announce, “We have a new worker who is leaving tomorrow to serve the Lord.” Immediately every single person would completely empty their pockets of everything they had. With that money, the worker would buy a train or bus ticket and leave the next day.

Often this money was not just everything we had in our pockets at that time, but everything we owned in the whole world.

Just because you have a church building doesn’t necessarily mean Jesus is with you. He is not welcome in many churches today. In Revelation 3:20 Jesus said, “Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and dine with him, and he with me.”

Often this verse is used as an invitation for salvation, but actually the context Jesus was speaking in was very different. He was standing outside the door of the church of Laodicea, knocking to get in!

~ From Yun’s book ‘THE HEAVENLY MAN’, pg 295-298.

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