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2 Thessalonians 3:6-12
Warning Against Idleness
6 In the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, we command you, brothers and sisters, to keep away from every believer who is idle and disruptive and does not live according to the teaching you received from us. 7 For you yourselves know how you ought to follow our example. We were not idle when we were with you, 8 nor did we eat anyone’s food without paying for it. On the contrary, we worked night and day, laboring and toiling so that we would not be a burden to any of you. 9 We did this, not because we do not have the right to such help, but in order to offer ourselves as a model for you to imitate. 10 For even when we were with you, we gave you this rule: “The one who is unwilling to work shall not eat.”
11 We hear that some among you are idle and disruptive. They are not busy; they are busybodies. 12 Such people we command and urge in the Lord Jesus Christ to settle down and earn the food they eat.
Matthew 6 1-4
Giving to the Needy
1 “Be careful not to practice your righteousness in front of others to be seen by them. If you do, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven.
2 “So when you give to the needy, do not announce it with trumpets, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and on the streets, to be honored by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full. 3 But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, 4 so that your giving may be in secret. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.
Our Lord directs us to give to the needy as part of our spiritual growth. Obama directs us to give to the government in order to have us become dependent on man instead of God. What is our “fair share”? The Bible directs us to give tithes and offerings. The normally accepted 10% tithe was used to finance the government since the Israelites lived under a theocracy.
Our government will not quantify what is considered to be our “fair share” of taxes. I can quantify the percentage of redistribution: more. It will never be enough as the goal of the government is to enslave us with debt. How can we justify enslaving our children to this evil?
David DeGerolamo
