Planting Your
Seeds
Have you ever read the
Bible? That may seem to be a strange
question to ask on a Christian web site, BUT,
have you ever read the Bible?
I am not asking if you have
glanced through it casually.
Have you ever read the bible?
I must admit that I know more
then a few Christian leaders who have never
read the most important book in the world.
Most Christians to Church go
once a week and listen to a Preacher tell them what they should have read
themselves. They believe those preachers
no matter what they say. One such
preacher of a gospel (that is
correct) recently told his listeners that the gospel had been preached for
years without any effect, and something had to change.
Be it hereby known that the gospel, when preached, always returns in the
exact results God intends for it, nothing more and certainly nothing less!
One of the problems is that
far too many so-called preachers of the gospel do not trust God to provide, so
they spend much of their time asking for money.
They don’t do it to spread the gospel. They may to it to maintain a
standard of living, build a bigger church (lower case c). Or, they may do it
because of other non-biblical social pressures.
Now, have you planted your seed?
Far too many Church attendees
think that planting your “seed” means giving money to a local, national, or
international ministry. We have been
told that LIE for decades!
First, Tithing is an Old
Testament “pre-Temple destruction” teaching that even Jews admit is no longer
applicable for several reasons.
A. The tithe was to be
brought to the
B. The tithe was to be given
to the Levite Temple Priests, and no one now knows who they are! You local
preacher, or your favorite TV preacher does not qualify, no matter how nice and
sincere he/she may be!
C. The biblical tithe
consisted of food, NOT money!
If you think that I am
telling you not to give to your local Church, think again. But, don’t give because of an Old Testament
obligation. Give the amount you want,
because you want. That is an offering, not a tithe!
If you are planting your seed
by giving money, you are WRONG!
What is the “seed” that all
Christians should be planting?
Instead of looking to your
“Sunday-go-to-meeting” preacher, why not look to the Bible, OR have you out grown the Bible
as the ultimate resource?
Mark 4:13-14
13 And he said unto them,
Know ye not this parable? and how then will ye know all parables?
14 The sower soweth the word.
Did you get that?
The sower sows The Word! He does not sow money!
Only a spiritual conman or
one who is biblically ignorant would tell you to sow money!
Paul was the greatest of the
Bible Teachers of his day. And, he was a
bi-vocational minister!
If you want to become a
sower, start sowing the word of God!
If you are looking for a
hundred fold return on your money invest it in some tremendous stock, and hope
that the Stock Market doesn’t crash.
The hundred fold return on
giving money to the Church is based on a spirit of greed that has enveloped the
churches (lower case c).
Give what you feel you
should, but plant the word of God! It is the only “seed” that will give the
proper return!