There are a lot of Christians that go to church every Sunday,
praying to God to change their lives albeit concealing criminal activity. They give the excuse that it is just to help
solve a problem or issue that arises, but they fail to look at the sacrifices
they will have to make.
Unfortunately, these
Christians are unconsciously telling God that they value being under the
covering of a thief, rather than the covering of Christ alongside their pastor. 1st Corinthians
10:21(Amplified)says “You can not drink the Lord’s cup and the demons’
cup. You
cannot partake of the Lord’s table and the demons’ table.” Verse 22 asks the question “…..Are we
stronger than He(God)[that we should defy him]?”
During a time when we were experiencing some serious
financial challenges, God led me to
watch a film called “TAKERS.” I wasn’t
even aware that I had become so engulfed by the illusion of glamor, easy life,
swagger, class and riches in the film-that this thought flashed across my brain
“wow! it would be so much easier to just rob a bank.”
It was quite a good
action packed film-about rich young guys who call them selves “Takers,” but it
also included a policeman who was a
“Taker” as well. Together with this,
the question of how to effectively evangelize to a rich robber or poor thief
became a serious thought.
How do you convince them that all the money, power, etc that
they are taking from others they can get from God? Well
we decided to take a few of the reasons and compare.
Covering Of A Thief
Under anointing /covering of Sin/Evil
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Controlled by flesh
drinking, and drugs to deal with stress and burdens. Which leads to more
problems-addiction.
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Gives you protection from
people or issues after they attack you
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Can not heal you
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You Pay weekly or monthly
for your protection with no reward
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You consciously assist
criminals to launder their money or use your business to protect or cover up
their criminal activity-You have no peace because
you have to consistently live in dishonesty.
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If the criminal goes down
and gets caught, you name will be associated with them as an accessory
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You will loose eventually. Life
is a full circle of events, what you take will
surely be taken from you.
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You have to be careful who
your kids or family talk to, you don’t want them to get too close or mix with
these criminals. They could be used as
pawns if you choose to stop assisting or make a mistake with these criminals
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You are always paranoid and
watching your back
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Recruit others by force,
money or a temporary illusion that life is of better quality.
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With crime either you are in
or out. You can’t ride the fence. All
famous people in crime are in jail or dead.
Their families pay a price of pain
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You have to hide what you
do, you are ashamed to tell others what you do in secret.
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Criminals know if you get
too rich, you might not want to help them any more, so they always keep some
negative secret to use against you as back up to keep you in check -just in
case.
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