Dear Friends,
A blessed 2008 to all of you!
Sadly, while you have been enjoying the Christmas season and ringing in the New Year, I have been vainly trying to console the weeping Baby Jesus. The cause of His bawling? Failure by a portion of His chosen to properly tithe. YOU know who YOU are. You're not a True Christian(tm) if you're not a Faithful Tither(tm).
Lest we forget:
"And concerning the tithe of the herd, or of the flock, even of whatsoever passeth under the rod, the tenth shall be holy unto the LORD. " -- Leviticus 27:30-33.
Notice -- He doesn't command a tenth of your "disposable income," or "post-tax income," or "net worth." This is 10% of "whatsoever passeth under the rod," i.e., off the top! We have heard some very lame excuses for tithing failures of late. "But I need to pay for my daughter's insulin," or "this is court-ordered child support," or "if I pawn my artifical leg, how will I walk"?
Each time you try to justify your financial delinquency in religious obligation, you spit in the eye of Christ hanging on the Cross for you. For He promised to provide for you: "Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?" Matthew 6:26. Are you saying His IOU is no good?
So, let's get those donations rolling into LBC coffers. Remember, we'll take cash, checks, credit cards, wire transfers, real estate deeds, car or boat titles, or any sort of physical goods. Our valuation will be fair. Stop being so materialistic. Remember, the Jews were His Chosen People until they stiffed the offering box once too often. Money-grubbing is a serious moral fault -- so give generously.
Yours in Him,
bab
A blessed 2008 to all of you!
Sadly, while you have been enjoying the Christmas season and ringing in the New Year, I have been vainly trying to console the weeping Baby Jesus. The cause of His bawling? Failure by a portion of His chosen to properly tithe. YOU know who YOU are. You're not a True Christian(tm) if you're not a Faithful Tither(tm).
Lest we forget:
"And concerning the tithe of the herd, or of the flock, even of whatsoever passeth under the rod, the tenth shall be holy unto the LORD. " -- Leviticus 27:30-33.
Notice -- He doesn't command a tenth of your "disposable income," or "post-tax income," or "net worth." This is 10% of "whatsoever passeth under the rod," i.e., off the top! We have heard some very lame excuses for tithing failures of late. "But I need to pay for my daughter's insulin," or "this is court-ordered child support," or "if I pawn my artifical leg, how will I walk"?
Each time you try to justify your financial delinquency in religious obligation, you spit in the eye of Christ hanging on the Cross for you. For He promised to provide for you: "Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?" Matthew 6:26. Are you saying His IOU is no good?
So, let's get those donations rolling into LBC coffers. Remember, we'll take cash, checks, credit cards, wire transfers, real estate deeds, car or boat titles, or any sort of physical goods. Our valuation will be fair. Stop being so materialistic. Remember, the Jews were His Chosen People until they stiffed the offering box once too often. Money-grubbing is a serious moral fault -- so give generously.
Yours in Him,
bab
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