JOIN THE WIDOW AND BE COUNTED

JOIN THE WIDOW AND BE COUNTED

Watch out for preachers "who devour widows' properties, and take advantage of the poor, and then to cover it up make long spiritual sounding prayers, and false promises. These phonies will receive a much heavier sentence of condemnation than the average sinner. [41] One day I watched  how the congregation was putting money into the offering plate. Many rich people were throwing in large sums. [42] And a widow who was poverty-stricken put in two copper mites the smallest of coins, which together make half of a cent. [43] You need to mark it down that, this widow, she who was poverty-stricken, put in more in the plate, than all those contributing to the offering. [44] For they all threw in out of their abundance; but she, out of her deep poverty, put in everything that she had--even all she had on which to live." Mark 12:40-44

My Father is the treasurer of the kingdom and He never counts what you give, but only what you have left. The word "all" means complete and total obedience. When there is nothing left but Me, you are ready to receive what I have stored up for you. Pretending, is lying, and to pretend you are totally sold out, giving all, when you have a fat bank account, will bring My Fathers wrath. Many churches have a building fund with thousands of dollars, while they collect offerings from widows who are forced to go on welfare. This is not My church! 

 "If a church has funds in a savings account and sees it's members and fellow believers in need, yet closes their heart of compassion against them, and sends them to welfare, how can you possibly think that My love lives and remains in that church? [18] Kingdom people do not love merely in theory or in speech from the pulpit, but in actions and in truth (in everyday practice and in total sincerity) by having all things common." 1 John 3:17-18 AMP

The western wealth has polluted My people with false teachings on stewardship. They are filling believers with false ideas, that taking care of yourself first, and always having plenty of reserves is good stewardship. They hate what I said to the rich young ruler, and call it a special case, but no, he was not a special case! He wanted to follow Me into the kingdom and that order of all or nothing stands for everyone.  If you or your church ever say, "I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; from a kingdom perspective you are wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked:" Revelation 3:17

Because of this false teaching the world is experiencing cold hearted religion and not relationship. The sacrificing of yourself to to point if pain, shows you have a relationship with Me and are building relationships of kingdom love with the lost. If your brother's car is broke down and he has no money and no transportation, and you have enough money to fix it, then I expect you to fix it. As a believer you must do this, so that they "may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven. If you are a kingdom person you need to let your light shine before men," Matthew 5:16 KJV

My advise to you today is: Join the widow!