Can you know God?  I would rather boast that I understand and know Him.

Jer 9:24 - but let him who boasts boast of this, that he understands and knows Me, that I am the LORD who exercises lovingkindness, justice and righteousness on earth; for I delight in these things," declares the LORD.

But, obviously there are some who claim to know Him, but actaully don't, since they don't judge with righteous judgment.

John 7:24 "Do not judge according to appearance, but judge with righteous judgment."

Of course, that would never happen with the rulers of this forum or the rulers of this country since only righteous men who love justice rule. (This sentence is seasoned with just a hint of sarcasm)

Job 34:17 "Shall one who hates justice rule? And will you condemn the righteous mighty One,

aw said "Concuurrently, we are to be a Beacon of LIGHT to a lost and dying world."

I was just wondering how brightly this beacon is shining when the "faithful" are asking for an undeserved, double blessing?  Since the "faithful" send in records of their charitible donations (church, poor, etc) to Caesar to get a monetary gain from him, why would the "faithful" expect to get another  gain (blessing) from God?  How is that being a "beacon"?

Matthew 6:1-4  "Beware of practicing your righteousness before men to be noticed by them; otherwise you have no reward with your Father who is in heaven. "So when you give to the poor, do not sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, so that they may be honored by men. Truly I say to you, *****they have their reward in full*******. "But when you give to the poor, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, so that your giving  will be in secret; and your  Father who sees what is done in secret will reward you.

Just like in the times of the Scriptures, if you don't run your church/corporation according to the dictates of the ruling authority they take your authority to run your church/corporation.  No tax free tax status means, No right off on the "faithful's" income tax then the "faithful" stop funding your church/corporation.

Joh 11:48 - "If we let Him go on like this, all men will believe in Him, and the Romans will come and take away both our place and our nation."

When did Christ sign up to be "tax free"?

Really, then why does the church have a board just like a corporation?  

And why does the church have a tax status, like a corporation,  which can be issued or revoked by the governenment?

What is the saying:  If it quacks like corporation and walks like a corporation, then it must be a coporation. A corporation is a

Who was on the board at the time of Christ?