Message #4266

[Kilika]

I think you're wondering if a person can be a little pregnant. The whole point is about "churches" serving Caesar, regardless of their paperwork they have filed with Caesar.

If a group of people have an organization that is recognized by the government as some type business activity, then that group of people is messing up in my opinion. First, they shouldn't have any organization filed with the government, and second, I don't believe there is scriptural support for any formal group meeting in the first place. I firmly believe it was never suppose to go beyond people gathering in each other's houses for local fellowship.

Instead of people gathering in a single location where the local group of believers have recognized elders, I believe the elders are suppose to be going out and meeting with the local believers in their own homes. And any support for the full-time elders in the ministry is for their personal support, not supporting a building fund, paving parking lots, sending people on missions to foreign countries to feed poor heathen kids, etc. It's all suppose to be local, and the Word spreads locally from house to house.

Just imagine the local group of believers supporting just the living expenses of their elders only, such as housing costs and food. But no, the greed of man has turned into a full blown business operation where they are sharing the spoils with Caesar.

Scripture says to do the work of an evangilist, right? How is it being an evangilist if you're hanging out in a building every weekend?