From: theadvancedmarketinggroup@gmail.com   
      
   It's interesting to note that the First Fruits offering, which was FRUIT, not   
   money, and was consumed by the Levite Priest, not a New Testament church or   
   New Testament pastor. The Church's First Fruit is Jesus, not money.   
      
   1 Corinthians 15:20 - "But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the   
   firstfruits of them that slept."   
      
   They have taken a beautiful type of Jesus Christ (Jesus, the First Fruits by   
   His resurrection), and turned it into a money making scam.   
      
   Leviticus 23:10. - "The first of all first fruits of every kind and every   
   contribution of every kind, from all your contributions, shall be for the   
   priests: you shall also give to the priest the first of your dough to cause a   
   blessing to rest on your    
   house."   
      
   And...   
      
   Proverbs 3:9-10 - "Honor the Lord with thy substance, and with the first   
   fruits of all thine increase: So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and   
   thy presses shall burst out with new wine."   
      
   The word "honor" does not mean "give it away, give money, or tithe," it   
   clearly means to give God the credit, the praise, the thanks for what he has   
   provided you, to brag on God for what He has done for you. It doesn't say a   
   word about handing cash over    
   to a deceptive con artist twisting scripture to get money out of you.   
      
   HONOR;   
   Original: כּבד כּבד    
   Transliteration: kâbad kâbêd    
   Phonetic: kaw-bad'    
   Definition: A primitive root; to be heavy, that is, in a bad sense   
   (burdensome, severe, dull) or in a good sense (numerous, rich, honorable);   
   causatively to make weighty (in the same two senses): - abounding with, more   
   grievously afflict, boast, be    
   chargeable, X be dim, glorify, be (make) glorious (things), glory, (very)   
   great, be grievous, harden, be (make) heavy, be heavier, lay heavily, (bring   
   to, come to, do, get, be had in) honour (self), (be) honourable (man), lade, X   
   more be laid, make self    
   many, nobles, prevail, promote (to honour), be rich, be (go) sore, stop.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)