If the people are the church and Jesus said keep the money out of the chruch, why does the church want money?

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My beef is with the lie called money meant to enslave. I am a follower of Christ

. 20The Jews replied, "It has taken forty-six years to build this temple, and you are going to raise it in three days?" 21But the temple he had spoken of was his body. 22After he was raised from the dead, his disciples recalled what he had said. Then they believed the Scripture and the words that Jesus had spoken. JOHN 1

Jesus entered the temple area and drove out all who were buying and selling there. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the benches of those selling doves.
Matthew 21:11-13

you will know how people ought to conduct themselves in God's household, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and foundation of the truth.
1 Timothy 3:14-16

Answer 1

Nothing functions in our world without money like it or not this is a fact,money is not evil in itself but the love of money certainly is.
Churches need money like any other building to keep maintained,Jesus drove the moey changers out of the temple because they cheated the poor people,of course there are dishonest people who get rich on religion and this is wrongbut also there are churches that could not exist without people monetary support,I prefer to support my church when I can so that I can be with other like minded Christians to worship God under the same roof,but it is by no means wealthy.

Answer 2

First of all your analogies are wrong. The temple is not an analogy anywhere in the Bible to the church, (See your own quote) so to suggest that because Jesus drove out the money changers from the temple that He wants money out of the church is totally false. Secondly the people are not the church, true Christians make up the church. There are many people in all churches that are not true believers. Thirdly the contemporary church is not following what Christ taught the church regarding money. The church should never be taking money from people who do not believe in Christ. This practice entered into the church in about the last 50-60 years, mostly through "sign seeking churches" who were the first to do it. Jesus said evil people seek for signs, and no signs will be given. It also says the love of money is the root of all evil. So it was no surprise when these "healers" and "miracles seekers" began to solicit money a couple of generations ago. Before that it was unheard of in Christianity.

Answer 3

Jesus also said to give to Cesar what belongs to Cesar and to God what belongs to God.
It cost money to run a church. You have the gas, electric, cleaning, upkeep, new roof, not to mention the salary of those who work for the church. It people would tithe, (10%) of income as the Bible suggests, there would be enough $. Most people do not and expect the church to operate with little income.
When Jesus entered the temple, He got angry because the people selling the animals and changing the money were charging too much. Animals were used for sacrifice. The Temple had its own coinage. People would buy Temple money as they entered the Temple. The (bankers) and animal vendors could charge what ever they wanted and would overcharge the customers. Part of their profit went back to the Temple priests. It was like setting up a booth at a flea market where you have to pay for the table you wanted your goods to be sold from. In Jesus' day the people had to buy the animals from the Temple vendors and use Temple money. Those going to the Temple to offer sacrifice were at the mercy of these vendors.

Answer 4

The church need money to maintain its growth and promote the benefits of the people. But in our age of human maturity, the management of the church should be passed from individual leaders to elected institutions and the accounting must be made public to all the followers.

Answer 5

Matthew 19:24 states, "And again I say unto you, It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God."

Answer 6

The church wants money for obvious reasons.

What I'd like to know is why it says "In God We Trust" ON the money.

Answer 7

One needs money to function in our world. It's not the
asking for money that is wrong, but how it's spent.