Benefactors

Benefactor ben·e·fac·tor ˈbenəˌfaktər,ˌbenəˈfaktər/
noun
plural noun: benefactors

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

synonyms: patron, from the Latin Patri Father

"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

This was a primary instruction by Christ to his apostles when he appointed them a kingdom.

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

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 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;"

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.

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 o the Baptism of Herod were cast out of the system of social welfare run through the temples.

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.

Christ system operated by charity and love and the perfect law of liberty while the one of Herod's operated by forcing its members to pay in but making the word of God to none effect.

These Apostles and a network of ministers that came together in the upper room were to feed his sheep and love one another.

They would have to take care of the social welfare of the people through faith, hope and charity and the perfect law of liberty because they would be kicked out of the social welfare system set up by Herod and other countries like Rome.

A lot of people think the phrase "Taxation without representation is in the declaration of independence.

Not so.

They were complaining about "taxation without consent".

Consent was not collective for America was not a democracy. Most of the colonies were talking about being a republic. That does not mean an indirect democracy but a society of freemen owning their own land and untaxed on that land.

How do they get consent? Contract. You have to apply for benefits or protection from your liege.

It is to him you owe your allegiance. A liege is "concerned with or relating to the relationship between a feudal superior and a vassal."

These applications for benefits from someone who exercises authority to be a benefactor to you diminishes your rights or at least the access to them and increase the power and authority of your liege.

This is why Paul, James, Jesus,Moses and the ten commandments told you not to make either application nor contract with these men who call themselves benefactors but exercise authority one over the other.

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