Was wondering what are some of your thoughts about people laying money down at the alter? I used to go to a Pentecostal church where this would happen alot. The preacher will be preaching a word and alot of people would get really excited and come up to the front and start putting money down at the altar where the pastor is, someone said that it is "sowing seed". But it's not at offering time but during the middle of the sermon. Besides this being a bit distracting, I've always wondered if this was actually biblical. It never really sat well with me but I don't know if that's because I don't totally understand.
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Laying money at the alter?
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I suspect it derives from Acts 4:
All the believers were one in heart and mind. No one claimed that any of their possessions was their own, but they shared everything they had. With great power the apostles continued to testify to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus.
And God’s grace was so powerfully at work in them all that there were no needy persons among them. For from time to time those who owned land or houses sold them, brought the money from the sales and put it at the apostles’ feet, and it was distributed to anyone who had need.
All the believers were one in heart and mind. No one claimed that any of their possessions was their own, but they shared everything they had. With great power the apostles continued to testify to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus.
And God’s grace was so powerfully at work in them all that there were no needy persons among them. For from time to time those who owned land or houses sold them, brought the money from the sales and put it at the apostles’ feet, and it was distributed to anyone who had need.
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