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Why the World hates the Poor (5): Vanity and chasing the wind

  All go to the same place; all come from dust, and to dust all return (Ecclesiastes 3:20). "Vanities of vanity", says the Preacher, "All is vanity". This is the phrase that is repeated throughout the book of Ecclesiastes. The book of Ecclesiastes opens with this phrase, and ends with this phrase before concluding at Ecclesiastes 12:13-14:  Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.   For God shall bring every work into judgment , with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil . Ecclesiastes is a book that has the effect of making one wiser and sharper by just reading it. The book of Ecclesiastes make it very clear at as long as the purpose of what one does is not to draw closer to God, it is vanity. Vanities of vanities. For all will die one day and be returned to dust, before one knows it. Many will die much sooner than they thought they would. Most people wi

Why the World hates the poor (4): Poverty is an indictment of a wicked world

The existence of the poor, that is, those who are oppressed, and bullied by others with greater access to earthly security is itself an indictment of a wicked, vile world. Just as war is an indictment of a wicked, vile world, the existence of the poor, not a lower access to material things, but the oppressed and bullied people who have lower access to material things, is an indictment of a wicked, vile, godless world.  The Bible makes it very clear that the 'poor' as it uses the term are hated by their neighbours, hated by his "friends", and bullied by the so-called "rich" of the world. It is not the lack of absolute 'equality' to material things that indicts the world, but the manipulation, hatred and oppression of the poor.  The root of oppression is hate. Hate is murder in the eyes of God (1 John 3:15). Hatred does not necessarily manifest in outright abusive treatment, or even indifference although such are manifestations of hatred. Hatred is

The spirit of harlotry works through witchcraft

There should be no surprise the witchcraft religions involve ritual fornication and prostitution. The same spirit works behind them both.  Revelation 18:23 says: " And the light of a candle shall shine no more at all in thee; and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all in thee: for thy merchants were the great men of the earth; for by thy sorceries were all nations deceived ."  Sorceries in this context refers to witchcraft, the seeking of power outside of God's authority. This occurs through challenging the authority of God by redefining it, to twist the Word of God by deception. Satan's favourite technique to to twist the truth, by combining a very confronting truth that many accept, with a more palatable lie to make another truth that is hard to accept, ignored.  The spirit of witchcraft is one that is behind sorceries and deception, for the spirit of witchcraft works through manipulation by deception. This is the most evident

Why the World hates the poor (3): They remind the world of its idolatry

The world and the things that of of it are the lust of the eyes, lust of the flesh and the pride of life (1 John 2:16). This is a very crucial concept to understand for the Christian, and understanding it will help Church as the body of Christ with exposing evils. So, if one wants to expose evil as per the Ephesians 5:11 and fight it, one must understand lust of the eyes, lust of the flesh and the pride of life. This, in your view, may be a "minor" issue. You may accuse me of having this "view". However, this is not a "view" - it is truth.  Understanding lust of the eyes, lust of the flesh and pride of life will help the Christian with understanding how to live that obeys God in a dirty, vile, wicked and evil world.  It is also important to understand what the Bible means by poor, that is, who it refers to when it refers to the poor. You may simply argue, it refers to who has 'little'. However, the question is how little is little? Thus, defining

The spirit of harlotry

The Bible has much to say about harlotry. The spirit of harlotry is: Unsubmissive (Proverbs 7:11) Rebellious (Proverbs 7:11) Deceitful (Proverbs 7:5) Pure in her own eyes (Proverbs 30:20). Lustful The world thinks being able to live by these things is to be wise. Such wisdom thrives on bitter envying and strife, as opposed to meekness. 13  Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? let him shew out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom. 14  But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth. 15  This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish. 16  For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work. (James 3:13-16)

Hell's Best Kept Secret and True & False Conversion

Absolute must-watch sermons by Ray Comfort. Please like his facebook page at : https://www.facebook.com/official.Ray.Comfort

God gives us things not for us, but for Him

The earth is the  Lord 's, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.  For he hath founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the floods (Psalm 24:1-2). God owns absolutely everything which means none of us humans own anything.  The Parable of the Talents verifies this. God gives us things not for us to own, but to serve Him. Private property is against this doctrine. Then he which had received the one talent came and said, Lord, I knew thee that thou art an hard man, reaping where thou hast not sown, and gathering where thou hast not strawed: 25  And I was afraid, and went and hid thy talent in the earth: lo, there thou hast that is thine. 26  His lord answered and said unto him, Thou wicked and slothful servant, thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where I have not strawed: 27  Thou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the exchangers, and then at my coming I should have received mine own with usury. 28  Tak

Why the world hates the poor (2): Reminder of their emptiness which comes from not seeking God

Another reason the world hates the poor is that the poor remind them of their emptiness without God. Many people today are working so hard just to pay off their debts, in order to enjoy earthly luxury or comfort. The manner of spirit in which they act is in the spirit of anxiety to obtain their so-called "basic" earthly needs. If a person loses his job today, his family is most likely to be a high risk of facing a foreclosure, which leads to homelessness. Such is the spirit of the modern world. It is true that on one hand, anxiety comes from pride in the heart. However, the role of the devil and the spirit of mammon, who is  a real demon play cannot be neglected. They actively seek to tempt all people every day into anxiety for earthly things. You may argue that sin does not come from evil spirits, but the heart. This is true. However, there are evil spirits that do seek to tempt and enslave people to sin.  1 Corinthians 10:20 explains that food sacrifices to idols are re

How doing "good works" feeds on envy

One might argue, how exactly is it that the world hates the poor and needy. After all, you may say, it is full of charities that help the victims of sex abuse, domestic violence, children with diseases and mentally ill people. One must also notice what types of causes the world does not usually support, if ever. It does not support: Children in the womb who are headed for the slaughter (through abortion); Elderly people who are not the typical favoured groups of the secular liberals: that is, elderly non-homosexual males who are Christians and not liberal; Widows who are poor and virtuous  (true widows as 1 Timothy 5:3-16), not promiscuous, self-sufficient and proud, under the guise of "independence", and thus, mammonised Orphaned children The needy The poor The disabled The Bible already identifies these "groups" to be vulnerable and ignored by the world, by commanding the true Church to help these groups. These "groups" that the world ig