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Joseph Esquivel

The ailments of worldly Riches and Power

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    Wisdom from Our Father the Law Giver:

    Why Men like Donald Trump are exempt as President’s

     

    From the Bible to your ears, our law giver “God” knew the down falls of riches brings sinful behavior and lack of belief in our creator and His Son Jesus Christ. Excerpts from the Bible translated by Philo have shown truth from past generations, even unto today in our choices of a good president as a leader of our country.

     

    On The Virtues

    “From the Works of Philo”

     

    (160) You see, therefore, what great humanity and compassion our lawgiver displays, and how he diffuses his kindness over every species of man, even if they are foreigners, or even enemies; and secondly, how he extends it also to brute beasts, (oxen) even though they be not clean, and in fact to everything, to sown crops, and to trees 25. Deut. 20:19 For the man who has learnt the principles of humanity with respect to those natures which are devoid of sense, is never likely to err with respect to those which are endowed with life; and he who never attempts to act with severity towards creatures which have only life, is taught a long way off to take great care of those which are also blessed with reason.

    Deut. 20:19 When thou shalt besiege a city a long time, in making war against it to take it, thou shalt not destroy the trees thereof by forcing an axe against them: for thou mayest eat of them, and thou shalt not cut them down (for the tree of the field is man's life) to employ them in the siege:

    Deut. 20:20 Only the trees which thou knowest that they be not trees for meat 1, thou shalt destroy and cut them down; and thou shalt build bulwarks against the city that maketh war with thee, until it be subdued. 1. Trees capable of bearing fruit, a luxury for man to eat of.

    XXX. (161) Having, then, by such precepts as these, civilized and made gentle the minds of those who live under the constitution of his laws, he has separated them from haughtiness and arrogance, those most grievous and burdensome of evils, which men in general cling to as the greatest of goods, and especially when riches, or glory, or authority supply them with unlimited abundance; (162) for arrogance is very often engendered in men of no reputation or character, just as any other of the passions, or diseases, or infirmities of the soul, but it does not receive any growth or increase in such men, but like fire, it is extinguished for want of fuel. But in great men it is very conspicuous, since they as I said before, have food for this evil in riches, and glory, and authority, with which men are entirely filled, and like those who have drunk great quantities of strong wine become intoxicated, and in their drunkenness they attack slaves and free men all alike, and at times even whole cities; for satiety produces insolence, as the proverb of the ancients tells us.27 The expression occurs in Theognis, 16.7. (163) On which account Moses, when declaring the will of God, enjoins men to abstain from every description of offence, and above all, from arrogance, And afterwards he reminds them of the things which are wont to kindle passion, such as abundance of immoderate eating, and extravagant wealth in houses, and lands, and cattle; for when they possess these things, they presently become unable to restrain themselves, being distended with pride and puffed up; and the only hope that remains of such men being cured, consist in preventing them from forgetting God.

    Note:

    Men of great wealth have a prideful and haughty opinion of themselves, as Donald Trump has displayed through out his life. He does not understand what it is like to suffer, or toil with his hands, being protected from birth with his riches. For what does it say in Proverbs 18:11.

    Prov. 18:11 The rich man's wealth is his strong city, and as an high wall in his own conceit.

    Matt. 19:23 Then said Jesus unto his disciples, Verily I say unto you, That a rich man shall hardly enter into the kingdom of heaven.

    Matt. 19:24 And again I say unto you, It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.

    How can such a man serve the people of our country? When by his very own words believes himself to be overlord of our people, and we are to serve his needs and desires! He is being duplicitous in his desire to serve two masters but has always failed. Being incapable of accepting his mistakes he cannot learn from them.

    Matt. 6:19 Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:

    Matt. 6:20 But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal:

    Matt. 6:21 For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

    Matt. 6:22 The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light.

    Matt. 6:23 But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness!

    Matt. 6:24 No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

     

    For truly Donald Trump serves the god of the world, riches, arrogance, haughty behavior. And although his lips speak of belief in our Lord and Savior and His Father our creator! He has no modest grounding in the wisdom or written scripture. His lips lie and flow with untruths, and continue in lies by denial of his wrong speech, placing his blames and wrong doings on others in an attempt to hide his sinful demeanor.

     

    These are the actions of a non-believer, lost in the evils of the world, accountable only to power, money and riches tainted by the lust of these sinful aberrations. Not all who possess riches and power fail at the faith, but we can see from their speech and behavior, as well as how lofty their opinion of themselves who are sinful in misuse of what they possess in the world.

    Take not the election of our president lightly, we shall suffer for the error of our choices. “Amen”

    Rev. Joseph Esquivel

    God’s Faith in Mankind Church ULC

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