Why do religious parasites want to charge people for the free water of the Word?

Question

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Answer 1

Because ignorant people will pay them for it.

Answer 2

Are you talking about the pastors and evangelists that push tithing and constantly push us to give them 10 % of our income to hear them preach the word of God? Yes, that's a good name for them. If they truly did follow the bible, they would see that old testament tithing wasn't even money, it was food and was eaten by the giver during a feast at the temple once a year. They lust after money and have changed the beautiful gospel of Christ into a mockery for selfish gain.

Answer 3

Because they are selling substitutionary sacrifices for the blood of Jesus in the Temple.

Please don't misunderstand...we no longer tithe to the Levitical priesthood but to Him who lives...the eternal High Priest after the order of Melchesidek...(according tro Hebrews 7) So you need to tithe as the widow did. Even if you mess up and give to the corrupt Temple. Jesus will honor you for doing so...even if the Temple is ready to kill him. You have to understand that if you give to God, you have held up your end of devotion and if those who you give to mishandle the money, they are responsible..not you.

Jesus will come back one day and He is going to be pissed off.

agapefromnc

Answer 4

Isa 55:1 Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money; come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.
Isa 55:2 Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? and your labour for that which satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness.
Isa 55:3 Incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David.
Isa 55:4 Behold, I have given him for a witness to the people, a leader and commander to the people.
Isa 55:5 Behold, thou shalt call a nation that thou knowest not, and nations that knew not thee shall run unto thee because of the LORD thy God, and for the Holy One of Israel; for he hath glorified thee.
Isa 55:6 Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near:

Answer 5

The same government would charge for the air if they could figure out how to do it!

Answer 6

Which religious parasites are you referring to?

Answer 7

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Answer 8

You Received Free, Give Free"

"YOU received free, give free." (Matthew 10:8) Jesus issued that instruction to his apostles when he sent them forth to preach the good news. Did the apostles obey this directive? Yes, and they continued to do so even after Jesus departed from the earth.

For instance, when the former sorcerer Simon saw the miraculous powers possessed by the apostles Peter and John, he offered to pay them to impart that power to him. But Peter rebuked Simon, saying: "May your silver perish with you, because you thought through money to get possession of the free gift of God."-Acts 8:18-20.

The apostle Paul displayed a spirit similar to Peter's. Paul could have allowed himself to be a financial burden to his Christian brothers in Corinth. However, he worked with his own hands to support himself. (Acts 18:1-3) Thus, he could say with confidence that he had preached the good news to the Corinthians "without cost."-1 Corinthians 4:12; 9:18.

Sad to say, many who claim to be followers of Christ have not shown the same willingness to "give free." Indeed, many of the religious leaders in Christendom will "instruct just for a price." (Micah 3:11) Some religious leaders have even become wealthy from money collected from their flocks. In 1989, one U.S. evangelist was sentenced to a jail term of 45 years. The reason? He had been "defrauding supporters of millions of dollars and using some of the money to buy homes, cars, holidays and even an air-conditioned dog kennel."-People's Daily Graphic, October 7, 1989.

In Ghana, according to the Ghanaian Times of March 31, 1990, a Roman Catholic priest took money that had been collected during one church service and hurled it back at the congregation. "His reason," says the paper, "was that, as adults, they were expected to contribute in higher denominations." Not surprisingly, many churches even try to appeal to greed in its members, actively promoting gambling activities and other schemes in order to raise money.

By way of contrast, Jehovah's Witnesses endeavor to imitate Jesus and his early disciples. They have no paid clergy. Each Witness is a minister charged with the responsibility of preaching the "good news of the kingdom" to others. (Matthew 24:14) Over six million of them worldwide are therefore engaged in bringing "life's water" free to the people. (Revelation 22:17) In this way, even those who "have no money" can benefit from the Bible's message. (Isaiah 55:1) Although their worldwide work is funded by voluntary donations, they never solicit money. As true ministers of God, they are not "peddlers of the word of God," but they speak "out of sincerity, yes, as sent from God."-2 Corinthians 2:17.

Why, though, are Jehovah's Witnesses willing to help others, doing so at their own expense? What motivates them? True Christians today are motivated primarily by a desire to please Jehovah-not to enrich themselves. Thus they are able to provide an answer to a challenge raised by Satan the Devil centuries ago. Regarding a righteous man named Job, Satan challenged Jehovah with the question: "Is it for nothing that Job has feared God?" Satan alleged that Job served God only because He had put a hedge of protection about him. If Job was deprived of his material goods, argued Satan, Job would curse God to his face!-Job 1:7-11.

To answer this challenge, God allowed Satan to put Job to the test, saying: "Everything that he has is in your hand." (Job 1:12) The outcome? Job proved Satan a liar. No matter what adversities befell him, Job remained loyal. "Until I expire I shall not take away my integrity from myself!" he said.-Job 27:5, 6.

True worshipers today show an attitude similar to Job's. Their service to God is not motivated by material concerns.

Answer 9

God does not send out beggars.

Answer 10

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