Missions
The command to give the gospel to the world
is clear and unmistakable and this
Commission was given to the churches.
Matthew 28:18-20, "And Jesus came and spake
unto them, saying All power is given unto me
in heaven and in earth. Go ye therefore, and
teach all nations, baptizing them in the
name of the Father, and of the Son, and of
the Holy Ghost: Teaching them to observe all
things whatsoever I have commanded you and,
lo I am with you alway, even unto the end of
the world. Amen."
Mark 16:15, "And he said unto them, Go ye
into all the world and preach the gospel to
every creature."
John 20:21, "As my Father hath sent me, even
so send I you."
Acts 1:8, "But ye shall receive power, after
that the Holy Ghost is come upon you; and ye
shall be witnesses unto me both in
Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and in Samaria,
and unto the uttermost part of the earth."
Romans 10:13-15, "For whosoever shall call
upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.
How then shall they call on him in whom they
have not believed? And how shall they
believe in him of whom they have not heard?
And how shall they hear without a preacher?
And how shall they preach, except they be
sent? As it is written, How beautiful are
the feet of them that preach the gospel of
peace, and bring glad tidings of good
things!"
Of The Grace Of Giving
Scriptural giving is one of the fundamentals
of the Faith.
2Corinthians 8:7, "Therefore, as ye abound
in every thing, in faith, and utterance, and
knowledge, and in all diligence, and in your
love to us, see that ye abound in this grace
also."
We are commanded to bring our gifts into the
storehouse (common treasury of the church)
upon the first day of the week.
1Corinthians 16:2, "Upon the first day of
the week let every one of you lay by him in
store, as God hath prospered him, that there
be no gatherings when I come."
Under Grace we give, and do not pay, the
tithe - "Abraham GAVE the tenth of the
spoils," - Hebrews 7:2,4 - and this was four
hundred years before the law, and is
confirmed in the new Testament; Jesus said
concerning the tithe, "these ought ye to
have done", Matthew 23:23.
We are commanded to bring the tithe into the
common treasury of the church.
Leviticus 27:30, "The tithe ... is the
Lord's."
Malachi 3:10, "Bring ye all the tithes into
the storehouse, that there may be meat in
mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith
the Lord of hosts, if I will not open you
the windows of heaven, and pour you out a
blessing, that there shall not be room
enough to receive it."
In the New Testament it was the common
treasury of the church.
Acts 4:34,35,37, "And brought the prices of
the things that were sold and laid them down
at the apostles' feet ... Having land, sold
it, and brought the money, and laid it AT
THE APOSTLES' FEET."
