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The authoritarian Benefactors and Fathers of the earth! The "early Church" or "called out" rightly divided bread from house to house in a daily ministration of pure religion. They did not go to the rulers of other nations to obtain their daily bread from men who called themselves benefactors because Jesus said, in Luke 22:25 "And he said unto them, The kings of the Gentiles exercise lordship over them; and they that exercise authority upon them are called benefactors. But ye shall not be so: " see also Matthew 20:25, Mark 10:42.
If you choose to oppress your neighbor to obtain benefits at the expense of your neighbor then you have made the choice to give your neighbor the power to do the same to you.

The word Benefactor appears once in the Bible and is translated from the Greek word euergetēs (εὐεργέτης) as benefactor.

A Benefactor is defined as:

1. a person who gives money or other help to a person or cause.

synonyms: patron, from the Latin Patri or Father.

That may sound like a good thing but Christ warned us about rulers who called themselves benefactors who were in the governments of the world because they exercise authority one over the other

If we honestly look at this statement of Christ in the context of the time we can clearly see the Greek term "euegetism" translated benefactor is associated with ancient Roman terms patronage.

The Emperors office of Patronus is created by the same social dependency relationships that are established and/or maintained through a gift exchange "marked by mutual obligations, together with differentiations of status and power between the interlocutors."

The idea of obligations created by interlocutors. The relationship of benefactors and patron is often described as a conversation that may result in binding obligations.

The relationship of binding obligations is related to the warnings on the Bible about the dainties of rulers which we should not desire nor have an appetite for and the tables David and Paul say should have been for your welfare but are in truth a snare and a trap.

Those systems of legal charity can create systems where the the rewards or wages of unrighteousness come from system of Mammon where all the wealth is in one purse controlled by those rulers calling themselves "benefactors".

It was very common in history and has been associated Aristotle's Nichomachean Ethics to Seneca's De beneficiis.

"Although the obligations imposed on participants in these reciprocal processes may vary in time and space along with their status, we can actually speak of a universal norm of reciprocity based on, at least, the minimal demand that people must help those who have helped them."

"He who receives the benefit should also bear the disadvantage."

The famous historian of historians, Polybius speaks of the "degeneration" of the Roman Empire because of the people's Wantonness when it came to the Benefits offered by men who took the means to provide them by forced contributions.

Plutarch said it too:

“The real destroyers of the liberties of the people is he who spreads among them bounties, donations, and benefits.”

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The Blueletter Bible Website gives a second definition of Benefactor as "a title of honour, conferred on such as had done their country service, and upon princes, equivalent to Soter, Pater Patriae".

Emperor Titus Flāvius Caesar Vespasiānus Augustus son of Emperor Titus Flāvius Caesar Vespasiānus Augustus, who founded the Flavian dynasty were the Men called father upon the earth called the Patronus.

A "Pater Patriae" is the father of a country. We see Jesus using the word we see as benefactor in relationship to the governments of the other nations who force the contributions of the people to provide the daily bread offered through their welfare like Corban or in Rome called Qorban offered through the government Temples.

Christ said that his followers should not be that way because it was not The Way of God. It was not a righteous, but a covetous way which is idolatry.

• "And he said unto them, The kings of the Gentiles exercise lordship over them; and they that exercise authority upon them are called benefactors. But ye shall not be so: but he that is greatest among you, let him be as the younger; and he that is chief, as he that doth serve. For whether is greater, he that sitteth at meat, or he that serveth? is not he that sitteth at meat? but I am among you as he that serveth." Luke 22:25-27

The predominant form of free governments throughout history has been self disciplined networks of caring people of honor based on 10s, 100s, 1000s.

This was a primary instruction by Christ to His apostles when He appointed them a kingdom and established His Church.

• "And I appoint unto you a kingdom, as my Father hath appointed unto me;" Luke 22:29

This is what He said He would do. He told the Pharisees that he would take the kingdom away from them because they were not bearing fruit and would give it to another. That other was His little flock. The same reference to governments that exercise authority one over the other is found in:

• Matthew 20:25 But Jesus called them unto him, and said, Ye know that the princes of the Gentiles exercise dominion over them, and they that are great exercise authority upon them.

And

• Mark 10:42 But Jesus called them to him, and saith unto them, Ye know that they which are accounted to rule over the Gentiles exercise lordship over them; and their great ones exercise authority upon them.

All these direct statements and instruction from Jesus include the admonition that "But it shall not be so among you: but whosoever will be great among you, let him be your minister;"

Jesus fed those in need but was not a socialist because unlike the Pharisees He practiced Pure Religion which many Modern Christians fail to do.

The early Church had to take care of the Daily ministration to the needy and feed the flock of Jesus Christ often by sharing free bread from house to house. The benefit of that bread was not the result of forced offerings by men who exercise authority like Cain, Nimrod, Babylon, Caesar' Rome and the Corban of the Pharisees, but the Fervent Charity of early Christians instead of the covetous practices of the Modern Christians which has aid them merchandise and cursed their children.

• Acts 2:46 "And they, continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, did eat their meat with gladness and singleness of heart."

Anyone who got the Baptism of the Apostles instead of the Baptism of Herod were cast out of the system of social welfare run through the temples of the World.

• John 9:22 "These [words] spake his parents, because they feared the Jews: for the Jews had agreed already, that if any man did confess that he was Christ, he should be put out of the synagogue."

At Pentecost thousands and thousands of Jews opted out of the social welfare system set up by Herod and the Pharisees and opted into the social welfare system of Christ which provided for the people in a Daily ministration of mutual Charity.

Christ's system operated by charity and love and the perfect law of liberty while the welfare system of Herod's and the Pharisees operated by forcing its members to pay into through a system of taxation. That system was making the word of God to none effect.

These Apostles and a network of ministers that came together in the upper room and organized the people in the ancient pattern of 10, hundreds and thousands on Pentecost were to feed his sheep and love one another in real ways of righteous social justice based on mutual love and honor.

They would have to take care of the social welfare of the people through faith, hope and charity and that illusive Perfect law of liberty because they would not be a part of the covetous social welfare system set up by Herod and other countries like Rome.

Christians would not apply for the free Bread and circuses of Rome. This is why there was a Christian conflict between the truly faithful and the Roman government.

Modern Christians are daily doing contrary to the direct instructions of Christ. They deny the power of His appointment and seek the benefits of these men who call themselves benefactors but really just take from your neighbor to provide you with benefits. This is Biting one another for personal gain and benefit which has caused them to be devoured. When they Cry out God will not hear them. They are truly Snared and made a Surety for debt.

They even take from the future of your children and neighbor's children because they borrow form their future cursing them with that same debt through their Covetous Practices.

We even make our own selves merchandise through this covetousness.

We are again entangled in the Elements of the World because we do not have the love to practice Pure Religion imagining that the phrase Ye are bought refers to us. Christ did that ye might be saved. But you must truly Repent and seek His ways of righteousness.

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