My Book of Faith: 17 The Holy Church and the Holy Sacraments

God's Introduction
Forword
SECTION I: Background
1. Meet The Author
2. How God Communicated with Me
SECTION II: The Story of Creation
1. The Origin and Nature of God
2. In The Beginning
  - The Creation of the World
  - The Life God Created
3. Life in Heaven
SECTION III: Our Separation from God
SECTION IV: Understanding Salvation
1. The Purpose, Life and Death of Jesus Christ
2. The Mystery that is Mary, Mother of God
  - Queen of Heaven and the Universe
3. The Path of Salvation
4. The Road Less Travelled
5. The Promises of Salvation
SECTION V: Building Your Relationship With God

Section 5 Building Your Relationship With God - 17 The Holy Church And The Holy Sacraments

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Question: What is Your stand on tithing?

God’s answer:

Collection basket with a silver coin

Church donation

You give what you can. This is not obligatory.

Tithing is preposterous.

Meaning: The first word given is perfunctory. Perfunctory means: "used to describe something that is done without energy or enthusiasm because of habit or because it is expected."⁶

As to the meaning of preposterous, the word God used is absurd. The words perfunctory plus the message with the sculpture gives a clear explanation of Jesus reaction in Matthew 17:24-27.

⁶ Merriam-webster.com, 'Perfunctory | &Mdash;Used To Describe Something That Is Done Without Energy Or Enthusiasm Because Of Habit Or Because It Is Expected' (2015) <http://www.merriam- webster.com/dictionary/perfunctory> accessed 26 August 2015.

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After Jesus and his disciples arrived in Capernaum, the collectors of the two-drachma temple tax came to Peter and asked, “Doesn’t Your teacher pay the temple tax?” “Yes, he does,” he replied.
When Peter came into the house, Jesus was the first to speak. “What do You think, Simon?” he asked. “From whom do the kings of the earth collect duty and taxes—from their own children or from others?”
“From others,” Peter answered.

“Then the children are exempt,” Jesus said to him. “But so that we may not cause offense, go to the lake and throw out your line. Take the first fish you catch; open its mouth and you will find a four-drachma coin. Take it and give it to them for my tax and yours.”

(Matthew 17:24-27)

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