Free Will Offering - Something The Pimps In The Pulpit Will Never Teach!

When it comes to most so called religious institutions today, the doctrine is totally opposite of that which the Apostles and Yashayah taught unto the people. They never wrote books and sold them to the people, or sold water from the Jordan river as being miracle water or had Mega fests selling tickets to the people to hear the word, or never sold one key chain, never seen no choir show or musical lol, so lets get into this.

2 Corinthians 8:1 - Moreover, brethren, we do you to wit of the grace of God bestowed on the churches of Macedonia;

FYI: We do wit, means we make known to you the grace of the Most High which has been given in the assemblies of Macedonia. See it had always been the custom of the Israelites in foreign lands to send up to Jerusalem contributions for the temple treasury, but here Apostle Paul urges the contributions for God's spiritual temple, the poor saints. The mother assembly which is at Jerusalem, was in need and the abundance of the saints elsewhere was to be her supply. This is that which the Apostle Paul speaks of in Romans 15:26 when he said - For it hath pleased them of Macedonia and Achaia to make a certain contribution for the poor saints which are at Jerusalem. Also this is that collection spoken of by the Apostle Paul in 1 Corinthians 16:1 when he said - Now concerning the collection for the saints, as I have given order to the churches of Galatia, even so do ye. So now the Apostle Paul is setting before the assembly of Corinth the examples of the other assemblies in showing the grace of giving, in hopes of them abounding in the same grace to help their brethern.

2 Corinthians 8:2 - How that in a great trial of affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded unto the riches of their liberality.

FYI: When your going through a trial of affliction, that means your being tested through tribulation or in modern terms, going through hard times. In those times you feel pressured maybe even persecuted but little do we know in those times is how the Most High prove us, to see whether or not we will continue serving him, or fall by the way side. When you feel like you got the weight of the world on your shoulders and bills getting high by the minute, in that time your heart will show whether or not your faith is in the Most High, because your actions will become your words proof. Who can find joy in assisting an elderly person in their medical expenses, while knowing doing so will set you back on your light bill? Who can find joy in buying someone homeless with no shoes a pair shoes, while knowing its going to set you back on rent? Who can find joy in giving your last two dollars to a mother to buy bread for her family, while knowing that was your last until pay day? When you pass something through the fire, you are purifying it meaning your taking out all of its infirmities just like when you boiling water to cook with.

FYI: You see in these times the Most High is trying you like gold passed through the fire, to see whether or not you remain in the spirit or be subdued to your own needs in the flesh. When your mind is set on the things of the flesh its against the will of the Most High, the flesh does not want to submit unto the righteousness of the Most High, its not even able to do so. So you got to have something within your heart that governs your flesh, and that something is the Spirit of the Most High. See when your going through trouble and you are in the greatest of need, you got to still find the greater joy in being able to give freely to the needs of others. In the greater of depth in your poverty can the abundance of your joy exceed? Nature itself teaches that tough times don't last, but it doesn't teach you how to endure through those times until your tough enough to pass. Its not the physical strength in the gym that will get you through, cause if you don't have the faith to lift that which you envision, then the weight is going to fall on you. Having spiritual strength in mind body and soul can lift the weight of any trial of affliction your going through, because in this gym of life its the Most High you look to spot you. So you ought to be able to give freely unto others without worrying about when they going to spot you, because in your time of need greater is he that is within you.

2 Corinthians 8:3 - For to their power, I bear record, yea, and beyond their power they were willing of themselves;

FYI: For to their power, means according to their ability, I bear record meaning I testify, how that they gave as much as they were able to, and even beyond their ability. You see the greatness was not in their contribution, but rather the fact that they on their own free will gave all that they could, even more than they could afford. No one had to extort money out of them with prayer cloths, miracle water, books, posters and concert tickets, snacks and dinners, fundraisers and Megafests, or cds and false hope. Thats not the grace of the Most High these TD Jakes and Creflo Dollars and other televangelist, are robbing the people. They getting rich off of the people's ignorance and desire to hope in the Most High. So they using the people's lack of ability to give to cause them to feel shame and see that as the reason the Most High is not blessing them, just so they can extort money out them. Then they tell them the law is done away with, but yet the get tithing from out of the law that they claiming is done away with.

FYI: If that's what they believe and teach, then what other reason could they be asking people to pay tithes and asking them to so a seed if they not intentionally trying to rob them? Then they put more pressure on the people to give, by using the bible against them totally out of context, just to place guilt within their heart and mind. So they run to the book of Malachi chapter 3, and pull out this scripture which says - Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings. Then they say see you robbing God folks when you not paying tithes and giving offerings, which this gets the people to feeling bad for not having the funds to give. So by the people being unlearned of the scriptures, they can't go back and see in Malachi 2:1 which says - And now, O ye priests, this commandment is for you, that when in Malachi chapter 3 it ask will a man rob the Most High, that it was talking about the preacher and not the people. These are wolves in sheep clothing that are getting paid off the people's ignorance and poverty. They won't tell the people that the custom of paying tithes was always in food and agriculture, and not financial means aka money. You don't have scare or urge someone who is a true faithful pure believer in heart to assist the assembly or others in need, they do it on their own free will even beyond their ability.

Question: So how ought the people to be sowing today, is it according to how they teach today?

2 Corinthians 9:6 - But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully.

FYI: So to put this in modern times, if you scheduled to work 40 hours a week and you only putting in 6 hours a day, then you only cheating yourself because your not going to get paid according to the hours your scheduled. So the time you put in during the each day, is the time that your going to be paid for nothing more. Now when you scheduled to work 40 hours a week and you putting in 10 hours a day, then you can expect to be paid more because you sowed more than what was required of you. This is what the assemblies of Macedonia and Achaia and Galatia and Corinth did, they sowed way more than they could afford, so when it comes time for the Most High to bless them, they will reap a fat pay check lol. To sow sparingly is to be like "man I'm not about to put all my money in that basket, child please I got stuff to pay and things to do with my money, but I will put these couple dollars in and call it a day". See that's sowing sparingly, which sparingly means stingy or to abstain from doing that which you could, in which ones does this when their heart is not pure and are of little to no faith. They operate in a carnal mind frame which is why they can never see the spiritual picture of their blessings, because their hung to the wall of their fleshly needs in which they are addressing. There must be a beneficent spirit in the giver in order to acquire the abundance and liberality of the gifts.

Question: So how ought the people to give should they be extorted?

2 Corinthians 9:7 - Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.

FYI: This precept right here is going to send a lot of televangelists straight to hell with gasoline underwear on, because they got the people so out of order its ridiculous. Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, meaning as he thought or considered or decided in his heart, then let him give that which he vowed in his heart and let him give it without feeling sorry or ashamed or feel forced to give. This is how these televangelists make their money, by making the people feel ashamed for not having any, then play on their have not as if their have not is because they sow not, so this way the people will be forced to give that which they have not. This is not a cheerful giver, they giving out of feeling sorry, feeling shame, feeling forced cause these hypocrites are not showing them the grace of the Most High as Apostle Paul showed before the church of Corinth. The people are feeling as if the Most High has no mercy on them because they simply dirt broke and poor, because of the lack of understanding of his grace and love that he has bestowed upon them through the death and resurrection of his son. See as the Roman Catholic Church expanded and various institutions arose, they felt as if it was necessary to make laws which would ensure the proper and permanent support of the clergy. So they annulled the fact that the Israelites paid tithes in food and agriculture, and begin to demand now that the people pay them money. The concept of tithes was first brought up during the councils at Tours in 567, and were formatted during the councils at Macon, in which they were formally recognized under Pope Adrian I in 787. So no longer would the understanding of tithing be the giving freely as one purposed in their heart, but now give us ten percent and then some or face ex communication, in which this threat was handed down by the Roman Catholic Church.

FYI: So now the people feel obligated to give as was it under the law before Yashayah became an High Priest and ultimate sacrifice for us. So now one ought to give cheerfully they ought to love to be able to give unto the needs of the ministry and poor saints and those that are in need, without having to feel sorry or ashamed or forced. These preachers are talking about grace but not abiding in it themselves which is why in their doctrine they can't show the grace of the Most High. It was once commanded to give ten percent, now the Most High like I shouldn't have to command you to give it should be in your heart give and help others in need. No ministry should have to hold fundraisers and bake sales to get money to keep the assembly lights and water on. The support of the saints should exemplify the grace of the Most High, in which grace is given freely not by 10 percent lol stop robbing these people. How can a person lose by doing that which is pleasing in the sight of the Most High? Then ask yourself how can a person gain by abstaining from doing that which is pleasing in the sight of the Most High? Serving the Most High is a job one should love to do, try going to your earthly employer and only giving him 10 percent of your effort, and watch him fire your behind. Now if your earthly employer has enough sense to know that you ought to put all your effort in doing your job, how much more sense does your heavenly employer have? He is able to make all grace abound towards us, and to abound in us and to give a large increase of spiritual and of temporal good things in our time of need. He can make us to have enough in all things and strengthen us mentally to be content physically with what we have. The Most High gives not only enough for ourselves, but that also wherewith we may supply the needs of others, and this should be as seed to be sown.

Question: What did Yashayah see when he looked up?

Luke 21:1 - And he looked up, and saw the rich men casting their gifts into the treasury.

Luke 21:2 - And he saw also a certain poor widow casting in thither two mites.

FYI: So he looked up is in reference to him sitting against the treasury, and upon doing so he witnessed how the people were putting their money in the treasury, or in modern times, offering basket. So upon seeing the rich put their gifts into the treasury, he noticed a poor widow putting in two small coins aka mites. 2 Kings 12:9 - But Jehoiada the priest took a chest, and bored a hole in the lid of it, and set it beside the altar, on the right side as one cometh into the house of the LORD: and the priests that kept the door put therein all the money that was brought into the house of the LORD. So here in Luke this is what the people were doing.

Question: So what did he say?

Luke 21:3 - And he said, Of a truth I say unto you, that this poor widow hath cast in more than they all:

FYI: He said I tell you this with certainty, this desolate widow has put in more than them all. More than, meaning all in proportion to her means, which is what we read back in 2 Corinthians the 8th chapter on how the people gave more than what they could even afford.

Luke 21:4 - For all these have of their abundance cast in unto the offerings of God: but she of her penury hath cast in all the living that she had.

FYI: See Yashayah was like, all these people contributed to the offering out of their wealth, but this sister who is a widow gave hers out of her poverty putting in everything she had to live on. See the worth of a gift is not determined by the value of which it cost, instead it is determined by what it costs the giver to be able to give it. For example, if a man has a 100 dollars to get him through the week until payday, and someone in need asks him for 1 dollar so that they could get bread to eat, it costs him nothing to give cause he got 99 dollars left. As where if a man has 1 dollar to get him through the week until payday, and someone in need asks him for 1 dollar so that they could get bread to eat, its going to cost him everything because that's all he has to live on for the week, and this was the case of the widow in comparison to the rich.

FYI: She dedicated all she had to her name, and she didn't do it to be praised by others, instead she did it out of her love for the Most High, which is the pattern in which we all must follow if we claiming we believe in him. This was the free will treasury for the up keeping of the temple, in which shows one giving from their heart out of their love towards the Most High, this is not a tithe as hypocrites try to say. The Most High is not moved by our ability to give something in which we will never miss, but instead is pleased with us by our ability to give without hesitation of something that will cost us some real sacrifice. The Most High sees whatever we have in our hearts to give to help aide his servants in service, and those in need cause they have not.

Question: What else did the Apostle Paul show?

1 Corinthians 9:13 - Do ye not know that they which minister about holy things live of the things of the temple? and they which wait at the altar are partakers with the altar?

FYI: He made them aware that, those who work in the temple get their food from the temple, and those who serve at the altar share in what is offered on the altar. This you can find back in Leviticus the 6th Chapter, which was of the ordinances of the Leviticus priesthood, it was specifically mandated to take care of the Levite's who had no inheritance in the land of Israel. So upon the order of the Levitical priesthood being nullified by Yashayah, so were paying tithes.

1 Corinthians 9:14 - Even so hath the Lord ordained that they which preach the gospel should live of the gospel.

FYI: So he saying in the same way, the Most High hath commanded that those who preach the gospel should receive their living from the gospel, which this was the order given unto the Levite's.

1 Corinthians 9:15 - But I have used none of these things: neither have I written these things, that it should be so done unto me: for it were better for me to die, than that any man should make my glorying void.

FYI: The Apostle Paul set forth himself as an example by denying himself for the good of others. He had a right to marry as well as other apostles, and to claim what was needful for his family had he had one, from the churches, without labouring with his own hands to get it. But Apostle Paul renounced his right, rather than hinder success by claiming it, which would cause the people to be reluctant to give upon seeing him just prospering while they dwindle. The Apostle Paul was like man I'd rather die than to have anyone deprive me of my reason for boasting. By him renouncing his right, he takes away the occasion for suspicion of him demanding to be paid, unlike these televangelists you see today. They can't glory or boast in them doing the will of the Father freely, because they getting paid every chance they get. They got books, cds, tapes, movies, plays, snacks and dinners, posters, key chains, concert tickets, miracle water which is tap water, workshops, musical events, ah man they just switched the t shirt and jeans to a suit and tie, and now hustling in the Most High's name. People look at the expensive cars and suits and shoes and jewelry and big mansions these so called minister of light are living in, and they not trying to support the needs of the ministry, cause the leaders of the ministry look as if they are the ones benefiting. Those that labour to bring forth the truth of the Most High unto the people, should be provided for but since so much extortion has been injected onto the scene of the gospel, they don't want no one giving them nothing that will cause them to reflect the hypocrites who extorting the people. So the Apostle Paul said he would rather die, than not to continue in this purpose to preach the Gospel freely. He setting forth another example unto the ministers, how that they are bound to preach the Gospel, seeing that the Most High has given and commanded them the office of a minister or leader. So they do it willingly and for their love of the Most High not for filthy lucre like these hypocrites who got to have such and such amount of money, before they can to an event or cause or assembly.

1 Corinthians 9:16 - For though I preach the gospel, I have nothing to glory of: for necessity is laid upon me; yea, woe is unto me, if I preach not the gospel!

FYI: So now he says for though when I preach the gospel, I cannot boast, for I am compelled to preach. Destruction shall come to me if I do not preach the gospel. There is no cause for pride in teaching the gospel of the Most High, a man does it because he is a servant of the Most High. So he is obligated as a servant of the Most High, because he was hired for the position, so therefore destruction will come upon him if he doesn't do what he was called to do. By preaching the gospel freely, the Apostle Paul showed that he acted from principles of zeal and love, and thus enjoyed much comfort and hope in his soul to do the will of the Father, just as man teaching the word should.

1 Corinthians 9:17 - For if I do this thing willingly, I have a reward: but if against my will, a dispensation of the gospel is committed unto me.

FYI: So he saying if I preach voluntarily, I have a reward, meaning if he preached voluntarily he might then claim and earthly reward. But if against my will, meaning if he does this as a servant of the Most High upon whom the service is laid, then he has a dispensation of the gospel committed to him, so therefore he can claim no reward seeing as how it is his duty to feed the Master's servants, he has the obligation of a steward therefore its his job.

1 Corinthians 9:18 - What is my reward then? Verily that, when I preach the gospel, I may make the gospel of Christ without charge, that I abuse not my power in the gospel.

FYI: See one would look at it like who does a job for free if its your job then you should get paid to do it. So he showed it from the spiritual perspective, by saying what then is my reward, which he is saying he looking for a peculiar reward from him who entrusted him with the gospel, not the people. So by him not abusing his power, he denies himself so that he may serve Yashayah and save souls, without drawing unwanted attention upon himself by getting paid to preach. This wouldn't help him save souls, because many would look like they do now, and be like he balling look at his expensive cars and mansion and expensive clothes, man I'm not trying to hear about no gospel it ain't nothing but a hustle. In which these ministers are turning away souls by seeking rewards that benefit themselves and their own family.

FYI: You don't gain souls by this manner you destroy them and lose them, in which the Most High is going to require the blood of those souls you destroy and lose upon your head. So he was showing not to pressure the people for money which is totally opposite of what these hypocrite preachers are doing, he only received that which was given unto him voluntarily. He received funds to help aide him in his traveling and work abroad, in which when it came down to his personal needs, he worked with his own hands in which he was a tent maker. So what it boils down to is that, these spiritual institutions are to be funded by the saints of them, in which the people should not be extorted for money in order to give, but should have it in their heart to give unto the institution in which the work of the Most High is being carried out in truth. The doctrine which these institutions are using must be aligned up with the word of the Most High exactly, or else you don't strengthen the hand of them which are walking not according that which is written, in other words don't give them a dime. And remember, all that you give is in vain if you haven't given yourself to the Most High, shalom.