Thursday, December 15, 2011

Who pays for building churches?

In the New Testament, there were never structures built made with hands, because the people knew that the church is the body of Christ made without hands. They gathered in houses, or occasionally were permitted to use a synagogue; or when it was a large number, then they rented a facility. Why? Because the collection was exclusively for helping people in need, and for nothing else. The apostles worked themselves, just like everyone else. Why? So that they would not make themselves, nor the Gospel of Christ chargeable to any. The use of the collection money, to be used for building a structure made with hands came after the apostles fell on asleep, by the new overseers. It is apparent that compromise was begun after the apostles were gone, and has continued ever since.

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