Joseph Hallam

Jesus physically whipped and turned over the tables of the merchants in the temple... He hates God being used for making money. The tithe was NEVER money. It was food. The tithe is NOT for the church age. It was for the people living under the law of Moses. If people would study the Bible themselves instead of attending the megachurch entertainment venues where they are fed a constant diet of a watered down gospel and awful jokes by prosperity fleecing false teachers they would discover that NOWHERE in the New Testament is mentioned that we should be giving financially to the "church", to the poor, yes! I even had one pastor tell me that some give 80% of their income!!! This is beyond even false teaching, this is sheer criminal activity and will not go unpunished by God. Clearly, Jesus was WARNING the disciples starting at Luke ch:20 vs:45 where he LITERALLY TELLS THEM THAT THIS FALSE TEMPLE SYSTEM IS DEVOURING WIDOWS HOUSES! It could not be any more obvious that Jesus was NOT praising in any way, or using the foolish widow as an example for us to follow at all, in fact it is the opposite. The fact is, the poor widow has been, and still is today being used to shame and guilt ignorant Christian people into handing over money to the so called church. One simply has to look at the CONTEXT of these nine verses finishing at ch:21 vs:6 Jesus made a simple statement of fact that she gave more than the rich... NOTHING MORE. For anyone, let alone a pastor to falsely claim that Jesus heart was swelling up with pride towards the widows giving is not only ridiculous but is bordering on blasphemy and you should remove it or yourself from any kind of a pastoral role.

Wow, talk about adding to the word of God, twisting and perverting the whole context of Luke! The whole point of this description of the false and wicked temple system is to show how the foolish widow is being deceived and robbed. Nowhere does Jesus praise the widows foolish actions. You falsely claim that Jesus heart swelled with pride?.... That is ridiculous! The disciples even comment on the lavishness of the temple and Jesus rightly says this temple will be destroyed because it is devouring widows homes! Honestly, if you cannot rightly divide the word of God, then you are as spiritually blind as the widow...