Don’t Steal! // Gateway Church Podcast Episode 146

Release Date: February 28,  2023

Questions

I have an odd question. I am seeing and hearing some about 1 Enoch and how this collection of writings from yr 2/3 BC was supposedly referred to in Jude and how some believe that Jesus referred to it in a rebuke of the sadducees question about the wife with multiple husbands. I have done a little research and realize it is not considered inspired and not included in the Hebrew or vast majority of Christian Bibles. My question is, does the book contradict the canonical Christian Bible, and if not, is it a reliable source for information in early jewish theology. Meaning, definitions of the sons of God and daughters of men and where the nephilim came from? (2:05)

What should tithing look like for teenagers? (7:20)

Can you tithe things like time or service? (9:05)

What does racketeering mean? (11:00)

If someone claims faith in Christ and is a believer but leaves the faith or doesn’t live a glorifying life to God, is his or her inheritance still guaranteed? (11:55)

Beyond the tithe, what can giving generously look like? How do you know who or what to give to? (16:00)

As teenagers, what are some practical ways they can start giving generously? (20:15)

I know I heard one asked on this topic….10% of net or gross for tithing (23:10)

Why are there all these different ancient cultures with the same creation and flooding accounts? (29:00)

In Genesis 35: 11, God promises to Jacob that kings shall come from him, however in 1 Samuel 8 when the men of Israel ask Samuel for a king, God tells Samuel that the people have rejected him [God] as king. So what is going on here? The text is very clear that the people wanted a king for the wrong reasons, but is God very subtly foretelling of Israel’s rejection to Jacob? Is this a moral failure on Jacob’s behalf? Would it have been righteous of him to affirm that only God is to be king over his offspring? Obviously hindsight is 20/20, but seeing how most of the kings of Israel and Judah were evil, is this an instance of a generational sin? (31:20)