Coming from a life of crime to a life in Christ to a life in God.

Coming from a life of crime. Attending a Church and finding Christ. Being baptized into Him in of water and of Spirit. Loving, living, finally realizing that good is better than bad. Then going into the life with God. A new set of friends. A new Church. A reverence towards God that shows.

Crime is the world.
Christ is Love and Understanding.
With The Holy Spirit you learn that
God is Holy and Righteous.

Proverbs 24:24
“He that saith unto the wicked, Thou art righteous; him shall the people curse, nations shall abhor him:”

Luke 13:24-30
"Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able. 25 When once* the master of the house is risen up, and hath shut to the door, and ye begin to stand without, and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, Lord, open unto us; and he shall answer and say unto you, I know you not whence ye are: 26 Then shall ye begin to say, We have eaten and drunk in thy presence, and thou hast taught in our streets. 27 But he shall say, I tell you, I know you not whence ye are; depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity. 28 There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when ye shall see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the kingdom of God, and you yourselves thrust out. 29 And they shall come from the east, and from the west, and from the north, and from the south, and shall sit down in the kingdom of God. 30 And, behold, there are last which shall be first, and there are first which shall be last."

Why do many Churches, today, teach that The Old Testament is not important anymore?

Matthew 12:42
“The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for she came from the uttermost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and, behold, a greater than Solomon is here.

You're making me want to hide my wallet.

1 Kings 10King James Version (KJV)

"1 And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning the name of the Lord, she came to prove him with hard questions.

2 And she came to Jerusalem with a very great train, with camels that bare spices, and very much gold, and precious stones: and when she was come to Solomon, she communed with him of all that was in her heart.

3 And Solomon told her all her questions: there was not any thing hid from the king, which he told her not.

4 And when the queen of Sheba had seen all Solomon's wisdom, and the house that he had built,

5 And the meat of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the attendance of his ministers, and their apparel, and his cupbearers, and his ascent by which he went up unto the house of the Lord; there was no more spirit in her.

6 And she said to the king, It was a true report that I heard in mine own land of thy acts and of thy wisdom.

7 Howbeit I believed not the words, until I came, and mine eyes had seen it: and, behold, the half was not told me: thy wisdom and prosperity exceedeth the fame which I heard.

8 Happy are thy men, happy are these thy servants, which stand continually before thee, and that hear thy wisdom.

9 Blessed be the Lord thy God, which delighted in thee, to set thee on the throne of Israel: because the Lord loved Israel for ever, therefore made he thee king, to do judgment and justice.

10 And she gave the king an hundred and twenty talents of gold, and of spices very great store, and precious stones: there came no more such abundance of spices as these which the queen of Sheba gave to king Solomon."

13 "And king Solomon gave unto the queen of Sheba all her desire, whatsoever she asked, beside that which Solomon gave her of his royal bounty. So she turned and went to her own country, she and her servants."


1Kings 11:1-2
"But king Solomon loved many strange women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, and Hittites:
Of the nations concerning which the Lord said unto the children of Israel, Ye shall not go in to them, neither shall they come in unto you: for surely they will turn away your heart after their gods: Solomon clave unto these in love."

1Kings 11: 4-6 " For it came to pass, when Solomon was old, that his wives turned away his heart after other gods: and his heart was not perfect with the Lord his God, as was the heart of David his father.
For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, and after Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites.
And Solomon did evil in the sight of the Lord, and went not fully after the Lord, as did David his father."

1Kings 11:8-10
"And likewise did he for all his strange wives, which burnt incense and sacrificed unto their gods. And the Lord was angry with Solomon, because his heart was turned from the Lord God of Israel, which had appeared unto him twice,
And had commanded him concerning this thing, that he should not go after other gods: but he kept not that which the Lord commanded."

Captain America said:

You're making me want to hide my wallet.

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if you're hiding your wallet from those places which are NOT teaching you both The Old and New Testament in LOVE, then it might be better that you did. Lest you be found guilty of contributing to the liars, or false teachers. If you are hiding your wallet from those places that are ONLY teaching you The New Testament, it might be good as well lest you be found guilty of contributing to the liars, or false teachers. And if you are hiding your wallet from those places which are ONLY teaching from The Old Testament, then it might be good as well, lest again, you be found guilty of contributing to the liars, or false teachers.

sorry.

Captain America said:

You're making me want to hide my wallet.

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Do you know why 'tithes' were called for in the Old Testament? It was so the Barn/Storehouse of God would always be full. And when times of drought or hunger came, there would be plenty of food in the Barn/Storehouse of God to receive from. The recommendations of the 'tithes' were not of monetary value in those days. It was of the produce of the land.

In Malachi also, it says, Malachi 3:10 King James Version (KJV)

10 "Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the Lord of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it."


6 "For I am the Lord, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed.

7 Even from the days of your fathers ye are gone away from mine ordinances, and have not kept them. Return unto me, and I will return unto you, saith the Lord of hosts. But ye said, Wherein shall we return?

8 Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings.

9 Ye are cursed with a curse: for ye have robbed me, even this whole nation."

What might God be meaning? How has someone 'robbed' God? By not having 'meat' in His House and so His Children go hungry.

2 Chronicles 32:28
“Storehouses also for the increase of corn, and wine, and oil; and stalls for all manner of beasts, and cotes for flocks.”


Leviticus 27

30 "And all the tithe of the land, whether of the seed of the land, or of the fruit of the tree, is the LORD'S: it is holy unto the LORD. 31And if a man will at all redeem ought of his tithes, he shall add thereto the fifth part thereof. 32And 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. 33He shall not search whether it be good or bad, neither shall he change it: and if he change it at all, then both it and the change thereof shall be holy; it shall not be redeemed."

Numbers 18:24
“But the tithes of the children of Israel, which they offer as an heave offering unto the LORD, I have given to the Levites to inherit: therefore I have said unto them, Among the children of Israel they shall have no inheritance.”

Numbers 18:26
“Thus speak unto the Levites, and say unto them, When ye take of the children of Israel the tithes which I have given you from them for your inheritance, then ye shall offer up an heave offering of it for the LORD, even a tenth part of the tithe.”

Numbers 18:28
“Thus ye also shall offer an heave offering unto the LORD of all your tithes, which ye receive of the children of Israel; and ye shall give thereof the LORD'S heave offering to Aaron the priest.”

Deuteronomy 12:6
“And thither ye shall bring your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, and your tithes, and heave offerings of your hand, and your vows, and your freewill offerings, and the firstlings of your herds and of your flocks:”

Deuteronomy 12:11
“Then there shall be a place which the LORD your God shall choose to cause his name to dwell there; thither shall ye bring all that I command you; your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, your tithes, and the heave offering of your hand, and all your choice vows which ye vow unto the LORD:”

Deuteronomy 12:11
“Then there shall be a place which the LORD your God shall choose to cause his name to dwell there; thither shall ye bring all that I command you; your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, your tithes, and the heave offering of your hand, and all your choice vows which ye vow unto the LORD:”

Deuteronomy 12:17
“Thou mayest not eat within thy gates the tithe of thy corn, or of thy wine, or of thy oil, or the firstlings of thy herds or of thy flock, nor any of thy vows which thou vowest, nor thy freewill offerings, or heave offering of thine hand:”

Deuteronomy 14:22
“Thou shalt truly tithe all the increase of thy seed, that the field bringeth forth year by year.”

Deuteronomy 14:23
“And thou shalt eat before the LORD thy God, in the place which he shall choose to place his name there, the tithe of thy corn, of thy wine, and of thine oil, and the firstlings of thy herds and of thy flocks; that thou mayest learn to fear the LORD thy God always.”

TITHE IN THE BIBLE

depakote said:

Coming from a life of crime. Attending a Church and finding Christ. Being baptized into Him in of water and of Spirit. Loving, living, finally realizing that good is better than bad. Then going into the life with God. A new set of friends. A new Church. A reverence towards God that shows.

Crime is the world.
Christ is Love and Understanding.
With The Holy Spirit you learn that
God is Holy and Righteous.

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um its good if you have stopped wronging other people and taken up going to church instead

but its not a crime to reject your faith

blarg said:

um its good if you have stopped wronging other people and taken up going to church instead

but its not a crime to reject your faith

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it is good that I have stopped 'wronging' other people by sharing with them the un-Truths of God; yes I agree. If I care for people enough to not want to 'wrong' them, then I would care enough for them to not tell them lies or half-truths about anything either. And no, it is not a 'crime' to reject your faith.... The relationship a person has with God, whether the person be Gentile or Jew, is up to them after they reach the age of decision making.