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The communal house church described in Acts 2:42-47
is the only God approved method of worship
All the churches of mainstream Christianity are nothing more than big money cults. They’ve totally twisted the Scriptures and have adopted pagan practices. This has destroyed the moral and spiritual life of the community with disastrous consequences for families and individuals. These so-called churches had no authorization from God to set up organizations based on the business model with hierarchical power structures worth billions of dollars. They illegally collect tithes and offerings from the people that were only permitted to be collected by the Levitical priests for the performance of their duties and the upkeep of the Temple in Jerusalem. Numbers 18:25–28. That Temple no longer exists because it was destroyed by the Roman Empire around 70AD. The Levitical priests were either killed or dispersed.
The only church God gave His stamp of approval for after the Temple in Jerusalem was destroyed was the communal house church described in Acts 2:42-47. Deuteronomy 14:22–25 makes it clear that God chooses the place to bring the tithes and offerings. Man cannot devise his own method of worship and collect tithes and offerings in behalf of God without His approval. To do so is adding to the laws of God prohibited by Deuteronomy 4:2.
Acts 2:42-47
The Fellowship of the Believers
42 They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer. 43 Everyone was filled with awe at the many wonders and signs performed by the apostles. 44 All the believers were together and had everything in common. 45 They sold property and possessions to give to anyone who had need. 46 Every day they continued to meet together in the temple courts. They broke bread in their homes and ate together with glad and sincere hearts, 47 praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people. And the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved.
Numbers 18:25-28
25 The Lord said to Moses, 26 “Speak to the Levites and say to them: ‘When you receive from the Israelites the tithe I give you as your inheritance, you must present a tenth of that tithe as the Lord’s offering. 27 Your offering will be reckoned to you as grain from the threshing floor or juice from the winepress. 28 In this way you also will present an offering to the Lord from all the tithes you receive from the Israelites. From these tithes you must give the Lord’s portion to Aaron the priest.
Deuteronomy 14:22–25
Tithes
22 Be sure to set aside a tenth of all that your fields produce each year. 23 Eat the tithe of your grain, new wine and olive oil, and the firstborn of your herds and flocks in the presence of the Lord your God at the place he will choose as a dwelling for his Name, so that you may learn to revere the Lord your God always. 24 But if that place is too distant and you have been blessed by the Lord your God and cannot carry your tithe (because the place where the Lord will choose to put his Name is so far away), 25 then exchange your tithe for silver, and take the silver with you and go to the place the Lord your God will choose.
Deuteronomy 4:2
2 Do not add to what I command you and do not subtract from it, but keep the commands of the Lord your God that I give you.
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“The Temple in Jerusalem”, at https://www.worldhistory.org/article/852/the-temple-in-jerusalem/
List of wealthiest religious organizations, at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_wealthiest_religious_organizations
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Are there any billionaire pastors?, at https://emojicut.com/articles/are-there-any-billionaire-pastors
I Grew Up in a Cult, at https://medium.com/@fleurbrown/i-grew-up-in-a-cult-918ca0962566
“The Worldwide Church of God was created by Herbert Armstrong, an advertising man who lost his job in the Great Depression and turned his promotional talents towards religion. A few decades on, he was leading a successful multinational religious corporation worth many billions of dollars in today’s value. Not a bad turnaround for a broke copywriter from Oregon.”
The Israeli-Kazakh billionaire who builds churches, mosques, and synagogues, at https://www.ynetnews.com/article/rjrfaidwo
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