GoD's WorK - God's Puzzle Solved

Financing God's Work119out the corn? It is so the ox can eat. He should share in the proceeds.Tithes are not the subject! Verse 13 also explains that thepriests ate from the altar. This is an important principle. Thepriests ate the meat from the sacrifices. Then, in Verse 14, Paulstates that Jesus said the same about preaching The Gospel. Youread, “Even so has the Lord ordained that they which preachthe gospel should live of [Greek, “out of”] the gospel.”Yes, Christ said to eat and drink whatever the people of peace offeryou. The entire history of true Christianity, from The Gospelsthrough The Book of Acts, is about how financing God’s “work”is done - by helping the needy - so that no one in the church (orministry) lacks anything.Some have offered an excuse to get money, and quote II Corinthians11:8. This is the text where The Apostle Paul explained howhe had robbed wages from other churches.The problem here is the Greek word for “wages” - which in theEnglish means a “soldier’s daily rations.” Soldiers did not receivea salary. They received daily rations (eat and drink), andwhatever spoils they received from a successful battle. That wascompensation for special duress. Also, soldiers had to have assistance,because they were not able to provide all materials necessaryfor their military mission.They could not grow their food, make their uniform, forge a sword,craft a shield and train for war at their own expense. They neededhelp from a larger body of individuals - just as it reads, “…Whogoeth a warfare any time at his own charges?” (I Corinthians9:7).All these points are further evidence that the church only gave to