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. 
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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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