Are We Selling Our Brethren For Profit?
This slot on Friday evening is usually reserved for some good funny church jokes. However, today I pause for a while.
I saw the following post on Facebook and I did not know whether to laugh or cry.
(I apologize for the poor quality of the images. You can view the original on the Facebook link)
My dear friends, do you think the church should join the money hungry merchants in the world to prophet from the pain and suffering of the sick and helpless who are suffering and some even dying from this deadly demonic virus?
My friends, after seeing this post, I chose to cry because God is also weeping.
When will we learn? When will we repent of our wicked ways so that God will heal our land?
I choose to repent!
So once again, I found myself crying out to God in repentance.
Lord, we have sinned and done evil in your sight. Please forgive us Lord. Have mercy upon us!
And I said unto them, We after our ability have redeemed our brethren the Jews, which were sold unto the heathen; and will ye even sell your brethren? or shall they be sold unto us? Then held they their peace, and found nothing to answer.
Also I said, It is not good that ye do: ought ye not to walk in the fear of our God because of the reproach of the heathen our enemies? (Nehemiah 5:8)
After the Lord Jesus Christ has redeemed us from the bondage of sin and gave us a new life so that we are now children of the living God, should we indeed enslaved our brethren in the bondage of poverty by selling them the free gift of healing and salvation for money?
God forbid!
Lord, I repent on behalf of your people.
We have done foolishly in your sight.
Forgive us, Lord, and let your mercy dispel the fury of your great wrath that is upon this land.
Forgive us and heal our land. It is not because of our righteousness, which is like filthy rags in your sight.
But, you will do it because of your everlasting mercy and your great name.
Lord, we repent! In Jesus name, Amen.
If I shut up heaven that there be no rain, or if I command the locusts to devour the land, or if I send pestilence among my people; If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land. Now mine eyes shall be open, and mine ears attend unto the prayer that is made in this place. (2 Chronicles 7:13-15)
AMEN!
So sad. Are we just like the Israelites? It seems they kept turning their back on God as well. This truly grieves me as I know it hurts our Father. Oh Lord, have mercy on us for Your names sake. We humbly come before You, hear our cry and forgive us for it is in Jesus name we pray.
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Amen may the Lord hear and answer our prayers. May our hearts be humble before Him and we reject all selfish gain and seek to please the Lord our savior.
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Amen
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In Jesus name, Amen. Thank you Lord for your everlasting mercy to mankind. God bless you, my brother.
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God bless you my sister, Jesus Christ never fail even as He intercedes for us we must remember He is the righteous judge
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He is our great intercessor. That is why we are alive right now.
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He is our keeper, thank God that Jesus eyes are upon us.
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I second that. His eyes are always watching over us.
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Amen thank God for His Omnipresence
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Yes and no. The nature of sin doesn’t change. If we look to those in the Bible and think that we are different then we are deluding ourselves. The Israelites, as we can see throughout the Bible, especially in books like Judges, turned back toward God and had cycles of peace in the land. Forty years here, eighty years there. In this respect, we can’t even say that we’ve had so many years of peace in our lands. Thankfully, God’s love toward us doesn’t change.
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Amen. It is because of God’s love and mercy to us that we are all not consumed.
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Yes thank You Lord for Your great love.
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We are just like the Israelites. God is constantly being merciful to us yet we have no mercy on our brothers and sisters. In times of crisis we seek ways to collect tithes and offerings. That is the most important thing on the agenda of the church.
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God have mercy on our souls. ♡
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Yes, He will.
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There will always be those who try to profit from the loss of others. Meanwhile there are many other churches who are just going about the business of ministering quietly in the midst of this pandemic and trying to keep their doors open (whenever next they can open). I will not repent for the sins of people who are not even part of the body I serve. They will answer to God for themselves. I will pay attention to what God has put in front of my face and do what I see Him doing.
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Everyman has to give account for his sins, but we can repent on behalf of the people for the healing of the land. We need this earth to heal and so we need to pray. Thanks for your input and for your prayers. God bless you.
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I have been asking for many years when the judgment will come which we cannot avoid. I believe what we are seeing is the fulfillment of Mattthew 24. This time I think the land shall heal through judgment. We are in the beginning of birth pangs and I think the last verses of revelation apply….Then he told me, “Do not seal up the words of the prophecy of this scroll, because the time is near. 11 Let the one who does wrong continue to do wrong; let the vile person continue to be vile; let the one who does right continue to do right; and let the holy person continue to be holy.”
Epilogue: Invitation and Warning
12 “Look, I am coming soon! My reward is with me, and I will give to each person according to what they have done. 13 I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End.
14 “Blessed are those who wash their robes, that they may have the right to the tree of life and may go through the gates into the city. 15 Outside are the dogs, those who practice magic arts, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idolaters and everyone who loves and practices falsehood.
16 “I, Jesus, have sent my angel to give you[a] this testimony for the churches. I am the Root and the Offspring of David, and the bright Morning Star.”
17 The Spirit and the bride say, “Come!” And let the one who hears say, “Come!” Let the one who is thirsty come; and let the one who wishes take the free gift of the water of life.
18 I warn everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this scroll: If anyone adds anything to them, God will add to that person the plagues described in this scroll. 19 And if anyone takes words away from this scroll of prophecy, God will take away from that person any share in the tree of life and in the Holy City, which are described in this scroll.
20 He who testifies to these things says, “Yes, I am coming soon.”
Amen. Come, Lord Jesus.
21 The grace of the Lord Jesus be with God’s people. Amen.
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Praise God. Thank you for sharing those scripture verses to comfort our hearts. Blessings.
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I have to think scams like this & the people that run them are in the same category as cult leaders in the eyes of God. Fear mongering in the name of God makes me sick to my stomach.
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Pray for them for they know not what they do.
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May the Lord have mercy on us.
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Amen. Have mercy Lord and move our limitations
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Praise the Lord. We need your mercy, Lord.
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Amen we thank you Lord for your mercies.
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They have no fear of God, my sister. It is a sad situation. May God have mercu upon us.
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*mercy
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Well said Beverley. That very scripture that you referred to (2 Chronicles 7:13-15), came to my mind before I had finished reading your post. Blessings to you. ♡
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Thanks, Susan. God does confirm His words. Have a blessed weekend.
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It’s easy to pray for our world, to plead with God to stop the spread of this disease. But the disease that concerns God the most is the disease of sin in our heart. We all need to repent in order for the Lord to heal our land. We must REPENT or Perish. Lord I repent. Please have mercy on those who are yet to acknowledge and confess their sins before you and ask for your forgiveness
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I come in agreement with this prayer.
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Bless the Lord
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Amen
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You're right Fay Ann! Your prayer is powerful and succinct. I hope your post is read by many others and that it penetrates in to the very depths of our souls. ♡
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Thank you for reading and commenting.
Feel free to share so that it will reach many others. Blessings to you
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I am so sorry Fay Ann that I did not proofread my comment. I wish there was an edit your comment button so I could change what I wrote in your name. My sincerest apologies. God bless. ♡
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I did not notice the mistake, Susan. I corrected the spelling error. We understand that these cell phones think that they are smarter than us and write their own things. It happens to me all the time.
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Thank you Beverley. Very sweet and thoughtful of you. God bless. ♡
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Yes, each person must repent of their sins and acknowledge that Jesus is their Saviour. It is even more critical now because His coming can be anytime. Thank you, Fay for sharing.
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Indeed. The Lord is coming soon, and the event draws nearer every moment
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Yes, He is closer than we think. May we be prepared.
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I pray we all be ready for his return
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I stand to repent too, When will we become more giving than grabbing and getting, It is more bless to give than to receive. I had recently read the Nehemiah 5 scripture and it was so sad they he had to stand against their wicked act to let them realize that they were only selling their own people for their own selfish gain. The title of my latest writing “Open My Eyes Oh Lord” is so important so we can be lead by God and escape the many traps the devil set out to rob us. Here is the link to it https://mauriceomalcolm.com/2020/03/27/open-my-eyes-oh-lord/
Let us continue to pray because we need God’s mercies and intervention. Don’t worry many people might over look giving $19 God rule in the affairs of His people just pray and watch God work.
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The Lord needs to open our eyes to the evil that is taking place around us. I want to tell you a lot of people are going to try to find the money to give because they are very gullible and desperate. We will comtinue to pray.
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Yes continue to pray so we all can walk on the right path
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We will, my dear.
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God bless you
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So sad that a “ministry” would do this.
Rather than sending money to places like those, I think it is more honoring to God to give to local church a person is part of and to ministries that are actually sharing the gospel while helping others during this time such as Samaritans Purse. Samaritans Purse opened a field hospital in Northern Italy to help treat COVID-19 victim.
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I agree with you, Matt. The money should be sent to front line workers who are risking their lives and family to help heal the sick. May God give us wisdom in these times.
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Thank you little sister. How are you today?
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I am great thank God. How are you? Are you enjoying the service at home?
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I am ok.
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Be encouraged. There have always been those who preach the Word for their own reasons.
It is true that some preach Christ out of envy and rivalry, but others out of goodwill. The latter do so out of love, knowing that I am put here for the defense of the gospel. 17 The former preach Christ out of selfish ambition, not sincerely, supposing that they can stir up trouble for me while I am in chains. 18 But what does it matter? The important thing is that in every way, whether from false motives or true, Christ is preached. And because of this I rejoice.
Yes, and I will continue to rejoice,
Philippians 1:15-18 (NIV)
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Christ is indeed preached, but we need to examine our motives and change our ways. Thank you for sharing.
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Amen!
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Father, please forgive us your people, for not operating in Truth and Love. May the light of your Truth and Love, shine exposing the darkness. And may your kindness lead us to repentance.
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Amen. God will expose the darkness and turn the night into day with His glorious light.
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Amen, He is an Awesome, gracious God of Love and Justice.
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Yes He does. Praise the Lord!
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This is very sad that people, especially those in the church, are using this crisis for personal gain. But it just shows how many are being used by the enemy. We have to be careful and stay in prayer. Broad is the road that leads to destruction and narrow is the road that leads to life! Thanks for sharing this.
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It is bad enough going to the supermarkets and seeing the escalation in prices on the items that they said we need, but when the church is also seeking financial gain that is even worst. Some of the churches are providing bank acccounts etc to ensure that the people still pay their tithes and offering. It appears as if on that broad road are many christians especially pastors. Thanks for your views.
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I saw a gallon of hand sanitizer online today for $79.95 😳. Crazy! You’re welcome!
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Wow! May God have mercy upon us.
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I nominated you for the real neat blog award 😇
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Thank you my dear. I think I nominated you for an award also but it will be published next Saturday in April. I will tell you more later.
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OK thank you
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Hi Beverley : You used a very appropriate word when you wrote that God’s ‘fury’ is upon the land.
We know from scripture that God is slow to anger, but his indignation has been building up for a long time. Yes, may we be led to repentance.
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Yes, indeed Sally. It is a built up of emotion. Indeed, Jesus is our great intercessor who stands in the gap for us. But, the sin of men on earth is grieving the heart of God. Thank you for sharing. I was just thinking about you saying to myself that I need to visit your blog.
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Yes my friend, and what grieves the heart of God also grieves the hearts of those who love Him, and naturally therefore draws us to repentance. 🙏♡
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So true! You have said it well. Thank you.
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Smh! I’m appalled at the gall of our people. Tsk tsk. May the Lord help us to take heed and be sober during these times. May we also learn from this example in our conduct and speech always 🙏🏽
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We should give from the heart and pray to our Heavenly Father for help in times of crisis. Paying money does not cure or heal, nor does profiting from ours to make self rich bring healing.
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Well said, my friend. Money cannot buy salvation and peace of mind.
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Amen!
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Bless you.
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