WHY AM I DOING THIS?:
As much as an amateur blogger and theologian can do this...I want to make you think. I want you to know what you believe and why you believe it. And I want you to believe what you do - not because Mommy and Daddy believed it - but because it is the truth as contained in the Scriptures. I pray that God will use this blog and the resources and links provided here to grow its readers (including me) in the grace and knowledge of Christ. I pray this knowledge will result in a life of obedience that flows - not from fear or a desire to gain God's favor - but from a gratitude of knowing the truth about Who your Creator is, and what your Creator has done for you.
@TheIndyWilsons You would probably benefit from a book titled Beyond Tithes and Offerings. Proportional giving is the biblical method. Not % 1 hour ago
@TheIndyWilsons So, when Paul said 'give' and 'set aside' we are to add '10%' into those verses? 2 hours ago
@TheIndyWilsons Is there some overlap n functions? Yes. But th main duty of the priesthood was 2 be the go-between b/t man and God. No more. 2 hours ago
@TheIndyWilsons To be consistent, then, you must also believe that there is a mandatory day of rest, and that day is on Saturday. 2 hours ago
@TheIndyWilsons With Paul talking/instructing about giving so much in his writings, why did he never cite the OT practice of tithing? 2 hours ago
There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called to the one hope that belongs to your call; one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all. – Eph. 4:4-6
Answer: God is a Spirit, infinite, eternal, and unchangeable, in his being, wisdom, power, holiness, justice, goodness, and truth.
Scripture: John 4:24; Psalm 89:14; 90:2; 147:5; James 1:17; Revelation 4:8; Exodus 34:6, 7; 1 Timothy 1:17; Numbers 23:19.
Comment: Ask what “infinite” means (there is no limit to how great he is!). What does “eternal” mean? (He never had a beginning and will never have an ending!) Talk about how God can respond to us and yet not be “changeable.” (His character never changes; he acts consistently on the same principles always. Even his responses to us are known and planned long before so that his purposes are unchanging.)