Discernment

Early Christians had discernment and a daily ministration of love through charity to care for all their social welfare.

They rejected the public welfare of governments like Rome and the "free bread" offered by their rulers because Jesus said we were "not to be that way "in Luke 22:25,26.

Paul told us in 2 Timothy 3 to "turn away" from those who are "covetous" and in 1 Corinthians 6 he tells us that they will 'not inherit the kingdom of God'.

Peter warned they will become "merchandise" and "[]curse children]]" with those "covetous practices" which oppose the will of God.

The refusal to sign up for the benefits of those governments was at the core of the Christian conflict with Rome.

Many modern Christians do not have enough discernment to see that when they apply for benefits at the tables of governments that take away from their neighbor by "exercising authority" they are engaging in "covetous practices" which are in opposition to the teachings of Christ which makes them workers of iniquity.

http://preparingyou.com/wiki/Workers_of_iniquity

Even Seneca warns the masses as Polybius had done 150 years earlier.

In his "ON BENEFITS DEDICATED to AEBUTIUS LIBERALIS" BOOK 1

"We ought... if it be given neither with discernment nor with good will, is no more a benefit than if it remained hoarded."

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1) knowledge

1a) knowledge, perception, skill

1b) discernment, understanding, wisdom

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