Church Shenanigans #3
Author: Morgan Franklin
Church 1
I decided to go to another mega church on the far edge of town. This was probably the biggest venue in town. What I’ve noticed is majority of these mega church crowds, is that there is a sort of a fashion
statement to be made. Most people have a hipster/classy look to their fashion (Nothing wrong with this, just an observation). Let’s get into the service, it started in the modern day church fashion with the 7/11 music then the sermon. The WHOLE
sermon was about tithing and giving 1 tenth of your income to the church. The Holy Spirit chose a good day for me to investigate this church. The pastor of the church was telling the people that god will bless them if they tithed with the church and that their
connection with the almighty would be stronger. The foundation of his preaching are verses from the old testament about tithing to God. Let’s go over his arguments and why they are wrong.
Genesis 14:20 “And blessed be the most high God, which hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand. And he gave him tithes of all.”
He quoted this verse from Genesis, when Abram was with Melchizedek.
He was stating that many people believe that
Melchizedek was a pre-incarnate Christ. So it was acceptable for Abram to give ten percent of his goods to Melchizedek since he was
God.
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Malachi 3:10 “Bring all the tithes into the storehouse, That there may be food in My house, And try Me now in this,” Says the
LORD of hosts, “If I will not open for you the windows of heaven And pour out for you
such blessing That there will not be room enough to receive it.”
This was the verse that he was quoting that the Almighty will bless you after you tithe for him.
The main issue with his tithing theory is Jesus Christ. Through Jesus Christ there is a new covenant that we repent and accept him as our lord and savior then we are the temple that the Holy Spirit dwells.
1 Corinthians 3:16-17
“Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you? If
any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are.”
Also with that being said God doesn’t dwell in houses, so there isn’t a physical fixed house of God:
Acts 7:48 “Howbeit the most High dwelleth not in temples made with hands; as saith the prophet,”
So by tithing to the church you aren’t tithing to God. I’m not saying it is terrible to give money to church
IF the church is using it for missions and events. The church shall not be making a profit off it, as we know they are.
Church 2
I went to a Seventh Day Adventist church in my area this past Sunday. The main reason why I chose this church is because they have a 3 sided Mobius (666) as their logo when I searched the internet. I
didn’t know that it was a Seventh Day Adventist church until I pulled up to the building and saw it on a sign because the service was on a Sunday morning. Interesting that they ditched their main “seventh day” doctrine for Sunday worship. So I walked in and
noticed the attire of the pastor and elders were white priest robes. I found a seat and sat down once when the service started the pastor and elders marched down the middle chanting with a giant candle and giant cross on a stick. Then immediately after their
parade there was a baptism of an infant child. For the next 30 minutes the service would alternate sitting for scripture and then standing to sing hymns and “Holy” prayers.
At the end they did communion with wine and loaves of bread. The whole service was a replica of a CATHOLIC MASS. The catholic Jesuits have had control of almost every church in America and this church they don’t even hid it. Most churches teach the Jesuit
agenda hidden within the service but they have made it so blatant here. The Devil is so comfortable now.
