PAUL'S TEACHING ON THE TRUE SPIRIT OF GIVING

Very vital for Christians to know and understand!

Thank you. That was a nice lesson. I don't belong to a church and haven't for a long time, but have always tried to donate my time and skills to help those it will benefit - much like you do by sharing your knowledge of the scriptures. That is crazy about the ice machine. It took me a long time to understand what's wrong with the institutional churches and a lot of it I learned from you as I started looking into it the past couple of years. I always knew something was off and always felt puzzled by the hypocrisy of many church members. You sound really good by the way, great to hear you sounding strong.

Thank you Reg. Your understanding always reveals something to me. In this case, it is not directly on point but it has to do with the church in Jerusalem after the Crucifixion. The church in Jerusalem appears to be a perfect type for Jesus' true ecclesia in these ends times . . working under intense persecution from both Rome (Secular leaders) and the Sanhedrin (Religious leaders). That church was dutifully plucking out the last strands of wheat from the tares in the very last days of Jerusalem before its destruction. As you say, that church was being persecuted greatly and lacked funds . . working in a spiritual field dominated by tares. Ultimately, the remaining believers heeded Christ's words (Matt 24) and fled the city before its final destruction . . just as we remaining believers are told to come out of Babylon (adherents to modern "churches") so as to not share in her plagues.