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Originally Posted by Nitehawk013
1, one, uno instance of NT shows the people giving all and living with all things common. It is not echoed in any other NT letter. Nor is it recorded in early Church history to my knowledge. This argument is dishonest at best.
Second, you are asking the wrong question. The proper question would be "should we have expensive buildings and massive debt for church buildings to begin with". Nowhere are we commanded to go and build church buildings. You have to look centures, as in hundreds of years) past the Apostles to find the dedicated church building become common.
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Massive debt? A church will seat 100 people will cost about $700K or more. That includes parking lot and everything. It is not cheap to build a church from scratch. However; good luck having consistent "gathering of the saints" in your own house. There are zoning laws about that (as we have seen as of late).
As for scripture: Acts Chapter 5 is where Ananias and Sapphira were examples of "Giving all" but they kept a portion and lied about it.
Acts Chapter 4: 32-37 were examples of New Testament Giving. Chapter 5 explains what was the result of that. Later, Paul writes about the church at Jerusalem starving because that had no means of income, because that had sold all their land (or means of income) and the churches of Asia had to send money to help them.
However, it is kinda funny, you non-tithers sound just like the OWS crowd. Take take take, but never understand what a fair share really is. Every, Non-Tither church I have seen here in my city, has shut down in these hard time. The Tithers, doors are open, handing out charity to the others.
From a business standpoint, the strategy works. The basic biblical principle of tithes and offerings works.
EDIT: I think I threw this thread off a bit.
Name it and Claim it does not work. Only the "Will of God" works. Let us pry "Thine Will be Done."
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