NOT FOR SALE!
THIS PREACHER AND APOSTLE, I AM NOT FOR SALE: ARE YOU?
I'm Mandated By The Lord To Cultivate, Enlighten, And Empower, Jesus Christ's Nations Son's And Daughters In His Love And Grace, Please Know This, I'm Not In The Work Of Ministry To Beg For Money, But I do need financial supporters. ( Still,) I Am In Christ's Work And Ministry To Hear Jesus Christ Say, Well Done Good, And Faithful Minister, This Is The Everlasting Reward, We Are Expecting To Hear And Receive. Glory To God in Jesus Christ.
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1 Timothy 6:9-11, 9 But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and harmful lusts which drown men in destruction and perdition. 10 For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil, for which some have strayed from the faith in their greediness, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
11 But you, O man of God, flee these things and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, gentleness.
I'm not for sale and not for the highest bidder as the Lord's Apostle and Messenger...The Bible records two instances of Jesus Christ cleansing the temple of money changers and those selling sacrificial animals. Jesus Christ’s first encounter with money changers was at the beginning of His three-year ministry ( John 2:14–16 ). He made a whip of cords and drove them out. The second time He confronted the money changers was the week before His trial and crucifixion. Seeing that the money changers had returned, He again drove them out, saying, “It is written, ‘My house will be called a house of prayer,’ but you are making it a den of robbers’” ( Matthew 21:13 ).
Because Jewish law required a temple tax of a half-shekel ( Exodus 30:11–16 ), Jews and visitors from other nations came to pay their taxes when they offered their sacrifices. But foreign coins with the likeness of pagan emperors would not be accepted in God’s temple. So money changers exchanged those foreign coins for Jewish money, but they did so at an exorbitant profit. Rather than provide this service as a business in another part of town, they exploited the religious zeal of the visitors to Jerusalem and did their business on temple grounds. Because they determined their own exchange rate, money changers easily took advantage of the poor and the foreigners pouring into Jerusalem for Passover.
These same money changers were associated with others who engaged in shady business practices in the temple courts. Some sold sacrificial animals, overcharging people who did not bring their own. Others were in charge of examining the animals to be sacrificed, and it was a simple matter to declare an animal “unapproved” and force the worshiper to buy another animal, at an inflated price, from the temple vendors. Such goings-on, exploiting the poor and the foreigner, angered the Lord Jesus Christ and was strictly forbidden in the Mosaic Law ( Exodus 22:21; ) ( Leviticus 19:34 ).
The money changers in the temple courts were similar to tax collectors in that they extorted money from their own people. They were more than ordinary businessmen. They were seeking to profit financially from the worship of God. Wherever passion and zeal are found, there will also be those who seek to profit from that zeal. Apostle Paul wrote to Timothy about such people, false teachers who found a way to make a fortune off the gospel ( 1 Timothy 6:5 ). Modern versions of the money changers flood the airways, promising to exchange your hard-earned dollars for blessings such as outdated Hebrews tithing, healing, and God’s favor. For a suggested donation, they will supposedly pray for you or promise virtually anything you want. For another twenty bucks, they will sell you a book about how to wrangle prosperity, health, or spiritual insights from God. And, like the simony of the first-century money changers, the practices of modern religious price gougers only aid those worshipers who have enough cash to purchase their wares.
Apostle Paul often clarified the difference between his ministry and that of false teachers by pointing out their greed. In ( 2 Corinthians 2:17 ) he wrote, “Unlike so many, we do not peddle the word of God for profit. On the contrary, in Christ, we speak before God with sincerity, as those sent from God.” Apostle Peter also warned that one way to spot a modern-day money changer is to notice his or her fascination with financial gain ( 2 Peter 2:3 ). Jesus Christ hated the money changers’ exploitation of the devout two thousand years ago, and He still hates it. We may not have shady characters collecting idol sinful Old Testament Hebrew temple taxes outside our places of worship, but we have them invading our homes through radio and television.
On Christ, The Solid Rock I stand, All other ground- ( Religions ) is sinking sand. Amen.
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Matthew 6:24
You Cannot Serve God and Riches The Lord Jesus Christ True Believers:
“No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will be loyal to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon.
We are wise to remember how Jesus Christ reacted to such Selfish Swindlers. With no apologies, He drove them out of His Father’s house which were under the Law and not under grace. When we identify a modern money changer, we should do the same if we are real true chosen and called out ones. Amen.
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