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Tithing incident at laudromat
Bradigans:
I was at laudromat today with my anti - tithing shirt on today. It's a black shirt with big white embroidered words on the front that read, IS YOUR CHURCH REPRESENTING CHRIST?On the back in large white embroidered words it reads, DID JESUS EVER REQUIRE A TITHE?I have embroidered on the left sleeve Romans 10:4 and on the right sleeve Luke 16:16.
Anyway, a gentlemen approached me with his wife, and said look honey, read his shirt. She stated that she was a minister and all that of course. She went on to ask me what did my shirt mean. I asked her did Jesus ever require a tithe of any of His disciples? Read the gospels. Did any of His apostles ever mention anything about the Church Christ started ever requiring a tithe? Well, she went on with Malachi 3:10 (One of the prophet's) of course and then she said that Jesus said in Matthew 5:17 - Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.I told her that's exactly correct and that Donald trump after completing Trump Towers said the same thing, It's finished. Christ said in John 19:30 - It's finished (fulfilled). I told her that Jesus stated himself inMatthew 11:13 - For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John.
I really didn't feel led to go any further than this; especially, after she stated how she's been blessed through paying her tithes. I don't think being blessed means anything if what you're doing doesn't line up with THE WORD. I believe Satan will bless you if it means he can keep you in darkness in accordance to God's Word. Jesus said in John 16:33 - In the world ye shall have tribulation.I've told God that whatever I do or don't do, I don't want to go along with tradition, but I want it to have the right nature behind it. Satan tries to shame us into doing things at times that our hearts are not ready for. I'm like Paul. Philippians 3:10-11 - That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death; if by any means I might attain unto the resurrection of the dead. I don't want to pretend to be right through liturgy, ritual, creed, methods, tradition, political correctness, and any other gimmick. I truly want to be right through a rebirth and resurrection (St John 3:1-7). Galatians 5:5 - For we through the Spirit wait for the hope of righteousness by faith. It gets rough and I've been waiting so long it seems. But I know, Romans 5:3-5 says - And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience; and patience, experience; and experience, hope: and hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us.Acts 14:22 - Confirming the souls of the disciples, and exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God.
I've got a little reprive today, but keep me in you all prayers. It seems like lately i've been under attack from every angle. Not only from the outside, but from the deep inside also. Struggling with things I thought I had overcome.
gmik:
That shirt is a riot!! You sure are brave.
Kidding aside, I will be praying for you!!
Bradigans:
I have another one that reads on the front, RELIGION SPAWN'S HYPOCRITES, and on the back, JESUS SIMPLY SAID: GET A NEW HEART!!! John 3:5,6 is embroidered on the left sleeve and Matthew 23:25 is embroidered on the right sleeve.
I had them printed a few years ago. I go through these spells of feeling what I believe is Holy Spiritual fire. I do things that I wouldn't normally do. I have this boldness that comes on me from time to time. My whole perspective on things changes. I haven't really felt it in a while now. Actually, I hadn't worn them in a while, and i was feeling a little bit self conscious and awkward today when I did. It's amazing the boldness (uncharacteristic of me) i get when what I believe is THE SPIRIT comes on me.
I waiting for His next visitation. Maybe, He hasn't left, but is just doing a different work. i've been under severe testing (chastening) it seems lately. John 15:2 - Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit.
Deborah-Leigh:
Hello Brandigans
You observe....i've been under severe testing (chastening) it seems lately.
OH! :D ;D...So you are a son of God! ;D 8)
I also like the T Shirts.....did you bump into any Muslims who objected?....Some how I do not think so. :)
Christianity is the throne room of Satan and perhaps only a Christian from Babylon could feel the tweak of rebuke if God willed it on them to so cause them to ask you what their conviction means that they feel when they read your shirt. :D ;) Perhaps God showed that gentleman and his wife into the laundry to show in the physical what He was starting to do for them in the spiritual!...cleaning them up!...
Thanks for sharing... :D
Peace to you
Arcturus :)
Bradigans:
--- Quote from: Arcturus on July 22, 2007, 08:14:58 AM ---Hello Brandigans
You observe....i've been under severe testing (chastening) it seems lately.
OH! :D ;D...So you are a son of God! ;D 8)
I also like the T Shirts.....did you bump into any Muslims who objected?....Some how I do not think so. :)
Christianity is the throne room of Satan and perhaps only a Christian from Babylon could feel the tweak of rebuke if God willed it on them to so cause them to ask you what their conviction means that they feel when they read your shirt. :D ;) Perhaps God showed that gentleman and his wife into the laundry to show in the physical what He was starting to do for them in the spiritual!...cleaning them up!...
Thanks for sharing... :D
Peace to you
Arcturus :)
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I hope that I'm a son of God. It's not easy though. I hold on to the verse Hebrews 11:6 of God being a rewarder of them that diligently seek him when really it's Him doing the drawing (dragging).
Anyway, I have bumped into some muslims. Some comment after reading my shirts. Listening to them, they have some serious contempt of what we call church here. I get the impression, they're not too impressed with the organized church systems in America. One said, it surely doesn't represent Christ's teachings. I had to say amen to that.
On occasion, I've worn these shirts to work also. I have a cap that I wore that reads Christ is my head. A preacher I knew from Babylon patronizingly asked me, "what are you, a walking billboard." He went on to state that people might construe me as offensive, and that representing Christ needs tact. The comments I got that day were something else. But now there's a few others being a lot more bold. My theme that day was, i don't care about your church, IS THE CHRIST OF THE BIBLE YOUR HEAD? Why are you paying a tithe when Christ never charged any of His disciples? I was also laying out correspondence that went into a little bit of depth with scripture, DID JESUS EVER REQUIRE A TITHE? This was about a year ago when being I believe IN DEEP SPIRIT. I taped it on a couple of church's (including my old church) front doors. That fire was something else. I love it, because my whole perspective changes, and the boldness...
Anyway, that job ended up banning me (d.n.r.ing) do not returning me a few months later for something else that was trivial. I found out that there are a few others taking a stand and wearing the shirts that they had requested. Now that I think of it, I've been d.n.r.ed (do not return) from a few places. I just want to feel THE SPIRIT, but have found that it's not something I can work up.
Well, I don't want this to get tedious. Keep me in your prayers... I've been a hermit for some time lately. I've kind of been ostracized as a nut I guess. I just don't fit in anymore because of my conversation. Lately, I've been trying to hide it, but it comes out anyway.
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