"What's a church?"

[paulnoel]

A well-worn $5 bill and a similarly distresses $20 bill arrived at the place where they burn up old worn dollar bill's. As they moved along the conveyor belt to be burned, they struck up a conversation.


The $20 bill said; "I've had a pretty good life. I've been to London and Las Vegas, Hong Kong and even a cruise around the world."
"Wow!" said the $5 bill. "You've really had an exciting time!"
"So tell me, where have you been?" asked the $20 bill.
The $5 bill replied, "Oh I've been to the Methodist church, the Baptist church, the Anglian church, and once I even went to the Salvation Army church....
With this the $20 bill interrupted, "What's a church he asked?"​

The moral of this story is.....Well you think about it! ​

 

[soblessed53]

Ok I guess at least I'm not the only one who did not get this,LOL!

Here is the easy answer from a search,LOL!

Church

A building set apart for Christian worship.

A Jewish or heathen temple.

A formally organized body of Christian believers worshiping together.

A body of Christian believers, holding the same creed, observing the same rites, and acknowledging the same ecclesiastical authority; a denomination; as, the Roman Catholic church; the Presbyterian church.

The collective body of Christians.

Any body of worshipers; as, the Jewish church; the church of Brahm.

The aggregate of religious influences in a community; ecclesiastical influence, authority, etc.; as, to array the power of the church against some moral evil.

To bless according to a prescribed form, or to unite with in publicly returning thanks in church, as after deliverance from the dangers of childbirth; as, the churching of women.


It is a building where I join others to worship God and hear/give testimonies to the edification of the hearers,and we support each other through prayer requests,and I ALWAYS feel the sweet spirit of God's Precence. It is a gathering that I cannot bear to miss,and I feel fed spiritually when I leave. Meeting together is like hearing news from home, as we all feel like family.I want to hear how their week went. I always love to hear how God is working in other's lives and always tell of happenings in my own.

 

[paulnoel]

The church (the body of Christ, that's every Christian) Has a responsibility to help those less fortunet than our selfs. This is one of the reasons we have a offering at church so part of it can be used to help the poor. And how many times (Me included) when the time comes for the offering do not put in as much as we can afford. So that is why the $20 bill did not know what a church was, because people were happy to put in $5 bill's but not anymore.

Malachi 3 vs 8 & vs 10 has this to say.

vs 8) "Will a man rob God? Yet you rob me.
"But you ask, How do we rob you?
"In tithes and offerings.

vs 10) Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. Test me in this , says the LORD Almighty, and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessings that you will not have enough room for it.

Malachi urged the people to stop holding back their thithes and offerings, to stop keeping back from God what was his anyway. Everything we have is from God; so when we refuse to return to him a part of what HE has given, we are robbing God.
The people of Malachi's day ignored God's command to give a tithe of their income. They may have feared losing what they had worked so hard to get, but in this they misjudged God. "Give and it will be given to you" Jesus says in Luke 6;38. But we must remember that the blessings God promises are not always material and may not be experienced completely here on earth, but we will cetainly recive them in our future life with God. Matthew 6;19-21 has this to say..."Do not store up for yourselfs treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But store up for yourself treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is , there is your heart also.

On a closing note; Storing up treasures in heaven is not limited to giving of our money only, but is accomplished by all acts of obedience to God. our intention should be to seek the fulfilment of God's purposes in all we do.

Please note none of this I have posted is ment as a rebuke to anyone, all it is ment to do is be thought provoking.

God Bless you.
Paul.​

 

[soblessed53]

The church (the body of Christ, that's every Christian) Has a responsibility to help those less fortunet than our selfs. This is one of the reasons we have a offering at church so part of it can be used to help the poor. And how many times (Me included) when the time comes for the offering do not put in as much as we can afford. So that is why the $20 bill did not know what a church was, because people were happy to put in $5 bill's but not anymore.

Malachi 3 vs 8 & vs 10 has this to say.

vs 8) "Will a man rob God? Yet you rob me.
"But you ask, How do we rob you?
"In tithes and offerings.

vs 10) Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. Test me in this , says the LORD Almighty, and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessings that you will not have enough room for it.

Malachi urged the people to stop holding back their thithes and offerings, to stop keeping back from God what was his anyway. Everything we have is from God; so when we refuse to return to him a part of what HE has given, we are robbing God.
The people of Malachi's day ignored God's command to give a tithe of their income. They may have feared losing what they had worked so hard to get, but in this they misjudged God. "Give and it will be given to you" Jesus says in Luke 6;38. But we must remember that the blessings God promises are not always material and may not be experienced completely here on earth, but we will cetainly recive them in our future life with God. Matthew 6;19-21 has this to say..."Do not store up for yourselfs treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But store up for yourself treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is , there is your heart also.

On a closing note; Storing up treasures in heaven is not limited to giving of our money only, but is accomplished by all acts of obedience to God. our intention should be to seek the fulfilment of God's purposes in all we do.

Please note none of this I have posted is ment as a rebuke to anyone, all it is ment to do is be thought provoking.


God Bless you.
Paul.
​

Ohhhhhhh ,Duh! I feel so dumb that I didn't think of that before. That is really a wonderful story,and probably true. However As My Dear Sweet Sis In Jesus Noraway Unn, said Please be aware that the subject of tithing can turn into a debate which we prefer to avoid here on deeper fellowship,we like to think of this thread as a place to come to worship and edify our sisters and brothers. If this does turn into a debate,could you please request a MOD to move this thread to General Theology? We are glad to have you with us and are enjoying your posts,so please don't be hurt by this. I realize you are a new contributor. God Bless You Paul,With love From Your sis,Chris

 

[paulnoel]

Ohhhhhhh ,Duh! I feel so dumb that I didn't think of that before. That is really a wonderful story,and probably true. However As My Dear Sweet Sis In Jesus Noraway Unn, said Please be aware that the subject of tithing can turn into a debate which we prefer to avoid here on deeper fellowship,we like to think of this thread as a place to come to worship and edify our sisters and brothers. If this does turn into a debate,could you please request a MOD to move this thread to General Theology? We are glad to have you with us and are enjoying your posts,so please don't be hurt by this. I realize you are a new contributor. God Bless You Paul,With love From Your sis,Chris

soblessed not hurt and thankyou for your comments, and you are quite right that this should not turn into a debate as this was not the point of the post.​

God bless you.
Paul.​