submitted by SHT
So lets get this straight. Herbert saw it as his commision to BLOT out any COG member that did not follow HIS edicts, especially those not tithing 10%. That became a MAJOR SIN in Herb's eyes!
Considering tithing is NOT a New Covenant command, it is still amazing the COG had to determine it was a sin to not pay it.
Everything in the law-based church was a MAJOR sin. Everything imaginable was used as a weapon to keep people living in fear of being turned away at the gates of Petra.
Fear is the greatest legacy of the Church of God. Not things like grace and mercy, but FEAR. Death ending fear that is meant to keep people in submission. It is still the tool today of the merchants of the law in the church.
Damnation and death is the order of the day.
