You must be in fellowship prior to your Bible study, so that the spiritual information you receive can become a source, of blessing to your soul and produce spiritual growth.
6 Let [de] him that is taught [katecheo] in the word [logos]
communicate [koinoneo] unto him that teacheth [katecheo] in [en] all [pas] good things [agathos]. KJV-Interlinear
6 And let
the one who is taught the word share all good things with him who teaches. NASB
One of the most avoided topics in Christianity, is the concept of tithes and offerings. Christians have an obligation to support and promote the teaching of the word of God, to others, but most fail because they ignore the subject and pretend that someone else will carry the load or burden of this obligation, thus relieving them of having to do it, just as they avoid reading their daily study, which too is mandated by God.
It is easy to talk the talk and in effect do nothing, but to fulfil your obligations as taught in the prior verses where we studied that every person has to carry their own spiritual burden, this includes supporting the instruction of doctrine so that the entire world in effect, can have an opportunity to learn and grow up in their spiritual lives.
Selfishness is not an option. But selfishness and greed are what occur when obligations are ignored.
This is a two way street, however.
The teacher, or the one who gives instruction, ‘katecheo,’ means to inculcate with repetition of instruction.
The teacher teaches, and the hearer hears and takes in the instruction into their soul, thus building up a spiritual structure toward the completion of the hearers, or students, soul, thus establishing them for reward and blessings because of their spiritual resources learned.
Likewise, the hearer has an obligation of communicate, or share, ‘koinoneo,’ which means to link, join, transfer, to share, to distribute, from their resources, all of which come from God, as we should already know.
All that we have comes from God, and thus to withhold anything which God provides, and not fulfill His mandated obligations, which He provides for, is again taking from God and then not using it in the proper fashion, is greed or selfishness.
Now, unlike many of the religious organizations out there, the giving part is not a percentage defined by the Bible. Most like to collect ten percent, but that too is a sort of organizational greed.
The Mosaic Law specified ten percent to the Temple each year, ten percent to the government each year, which is a total of twenty percent, and then ten percent every third year, for the poor or what we would call charity today.
But we know that the Mosaic Law has been abrogated and is no longer in force. We also know that most governments demand far more than ten percent when you add up all of the taxes for national, state, local and the many hidden excise taxes added into products, and so forth. The governments of the world take far more than they should, which is regulatory abuse of powers.
But, nevertheless, all Christians have an obligation to support the teaching of the word of God, or to find a way to support it, to the best of their ability, just as the instructor has an obligation to teach daily.
We each have our burdens of obligations. We each have to fulfill our own obligations and not sit back and presume that someone else will do them for us. And, we each will one day stand before Christ and answer for our decisions.
It would be embarrassing if others did their part and you did not.
God does not place a burden on anyone, greater than a person can handle. God always makes provision so that you can fulfill your obligations.
It is left to you, then, to figure out your obligations, figure out how you are to carry them out, and then to carry out your responsibilities, and then of course face the consequences, be they good or not.
As for this bible study, donation links are available for donations, but since many people around the world cannot afford that, there is advertising included on the many internet pages, but of course you have to visit the page in order for those ads to be displayed and in effect generate revenue courtesy of your effort. All in all, the ads are only pennies, but bit by bit it helps pay the bills and promotional costs that help get the teaching of bible doctrine to people throughout the entire world. And of course you can help in that effort if you wish.
