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NASB | 2 John 1:10 If anyone comes to you and does not bring this teaching, do not receive him into your house, and do not give him a greeting; |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 2 John 1:10 If anyone comes to you and does not bring this teaching [but diminishes or adds to the doctrine of Christ], do not receive or welcome him into your house, and do not give him a greeting or any encouragement; |
Subject: Is asking for money false? |
Bible Note: New Covenant 7777 - There appears to be a considerable dichotomy between the question on the table and the verses you cited as support for your premise that to ask for money for the purpose of proclaiming the Gospel is "the height of evil." Your verses don't support your premise, my friend! They condemn greed to be sure, but the real question is whether asking for and accepting financial support for the mission field constitutes greed. And if the Christian for good and legitimate reason is himself unable to "go into all the world" to spread the Gospel of Christ, is he engaging in "the height of evil" when he rallies to the financial needs of a Christian brother who is able and willing to go? Is it "the height of evil" for the local church to take up a collection in order to pay its bills? Is the church sinning every time it pays its pastor (and is the pastor sinning every time he accepts his pay)? Is the church engaging in wrongdoing when it pays its utility bills and when it sends a check to foreign missions.? Are these examples of the greed that the Bible condemns? ..... By way of friendly suggestion, Luis, I believe you need to weed through some of these issues more thoroughly and weight them more carefully and analytically before you sound off on them so adamantly. --Hank |