π₯ The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart: and merciful men are taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil to come.
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The sins of this world get worse and worse and more open before all and it is very difficult for those who are righteous to see what they do.
The apostle Paul says: But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived. (2 Timothy 3:13)
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Churches today fall away from certain scriptures and set up doctrines for men to follow which are opposite from Bible.
It is hard to encounter this in church people.
I am exceedingly happy and joyful and peaceful because God has enabled me to pay my bills even without taking a salary from the church. I have the right to take a salary but choose not to do so as Paul choose not to do so.
The Love of Money is the root of all evil. (I Timothy 6:10)
The USA government sends me approximately $1000 per month. With that I pay my personal needs: food, raiment
The ministry offerings pay for my housing expenses as an ordained minister. (I pay $1000 a month for my room at Pam Padgett's house. She doesn't want me to do this but I insist. She uses that money as needed for upkeep of the property, taxes, bills, utilities, TV, internet.)
I lack nothing. (I don't want anything and I don't need anything.)
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(Recently I saw a TV show on Netflix concerning Bernie Madoff, called "Madoff.") 3 episode series which I recommend to everyone.
Very recently I encountered great evil caused by a savings plan 40lK, which a woman chose to enroll in at her secular job. It is a deferred tax payment plan which seems wise to people of this world and also places great temptation and eats at the soul of church people who choose to participate. As she did this plan for her years at work, she also deferred paying tithes. Then when she wanted to move to another city and was confronted with needing to pay both taxed and tithes and it caused great grief to her.
(One woman in our church group fell into lying by withholding information from Pam and I and it all caused great grief and trouble to several other people who were trying to help her.) She was blinded and didn't know what evil she did until we revealed it to her. (Then she repented.)
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There are many worldly traps which lead to evil.
Therefore the apostle Paul says:
Romans 12:2 And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
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