During today's Bible Exposition we were taught that nobody has ascended to heaven yet.
Well, according to my old understanding of the doctrine I believed that once people die they're going to heaven for judgement immediately, today I must say my understanding changed I learnt a lot of New things and that nobody has gone to heaven, everybody will be ascended to heaven once according to the book of 1Thesalonia 4:15,all will go to heaven at the same time, Hebrew 11:40,Yes He will definitely return to resurrect the saints John 14:2,God has provided a place for all of us and we read the book of 1Chorintians chapter 15 verses 51 to 54 to confirm that.
Furthermore,we were told that it will be a mystery because it will happen at the same time everywhere and the saints will be taken.
Also we were made to know that collection of tithes is a wrong practice as the book of Hebrew 7:5 and Hebrew 7:11 clearly states that this were the law or commandments that are not of our time.
He further explained that of the 12 tribes it was commanded to collect tithes because they were not given any inheritance,He said tithe is not the law of our time but in the time of Moses Hebrew 7:5.
However, is tight not the law of Christ? This can be found in the book of 2Chorintians 9:7 and 8:3, Christ commandments was for everyone to render according to he proposes in his heart and his ability or what you can give willingly.
I learnt that what matter is not the amount you give, rather it is the willingness to give from the heart provided that it was given cheerfully and voluntarily because the Bible tells us that God loves a cheerful giver.
👉The law of Christ 1Chorintians 9:7 so what you will give to the church is what comes from your heart 2Chorintians 8:3 for they gave according to there own freewill, **and that is not tithe.
In summary, questions were further raised on baptism,in answering this question he said Jesus died to redeem us from our sins or from the sins of men, and baptism is the first thing in the ordinance of the church for sins to be washed,the first thing is baptism and it is for forgiveness of sins 2Timothy 2:2.
Moreover, questions were also asked on the difference between four square church and the church of God
We were told that the major difference is that four square church was founded by a woman and it does not originate from the Bible and it was not in the Bible meanwhile church of God existed in the Bible it started from the Bible book of 1Chorintoans 4:6.
Finally,The last question was on wether gambling is right?..we are to keep off from gambling 1John 1:3 to 4 God is light and in him there is no darkness at all.