- The local church is independent. It is not dependent on other local churches.
- Definitions
- Basic needs: that necessary for self-functioning, preservation
- Total capacity: all the unit can do
- Abundance: that by which total capacity exceeds basic needs
- Want: that by which basic needs exceeds total capacity
- Acts 11:27-30 - Relief sent from the brethren in Antioch to the elders in Judea.
- I Corinthians 16:1-2 - Churches with abundance sent contributions to churches with needy members. The contributions were sent to the church and not directly to the individual.
- Philippians 4:15-16 - In evangelism, contributions were sent directly from churches to an individual preacher.
- Nowhere in the Bible is it authorized for one church with abundance to send to another church with abundance.
JJ
November 04, 2012
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