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Originally Posted by coksiw
That was not the context of your original words "God honors faith", but I won't argue that. They are your words, and you appear to be retracting them
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Please copy and paste what I said. Your issue is not what I said, it is what you feel I meant.
The context was a pastor gave up his salary because he felt it was unscriptural and the Lord blessed. I said I know of testimonies from a tithing perspective where God blessed tithers. Both scenarios prove God honors faith, this is the context I said it. You seem to be reading unto what I have said and I am literally dumbfounded because I don’t know what you are meaning.
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That verse is not in the context of giving, but finding God himself.
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Sure it is. We give of ourselves everyday we seek God.Another scripture says We Present ourselves a living sacrifice. What is a sacrifice, it is something we have that we want to give to God. The scripture says, “present ourselves”, that means everything we are is for God.
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When people give, and then they end up receiving from somewhere else which appear to be a miracle, and you or tithing teachers say "God honors faith", they are speaking clearly of God giving back because the tither gave expecting to receive it back somehow. That's prosperity doctrine my friend, whether you want to recognize it or not.
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That is not anything I have taught nor expressed on this thread. God blesses people for acting on their faith. Not faith that I am going to manipulate God into blessing. It is faith that God deserves everything good in my life and I am going to give in everything.
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I do not think you have an agenda, just trying to show you the error you are in, not only regarding tithing but also regarding giving "in faith" (again, not in faith as in doctrine or believer of Christ, but as in "God will bless me back financially").
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It is not an error to believe God rewards faith. I don’t think God owe’s me anything, but I am thankful for his goodness. I give and teach to give because I want to. Tithing is just a systematic way for me to give monetarily. It is not a law, but just a scripture based example.