Making Cents

Entitled to deferential treatment
How much is a human and their dignity worth? Maybe it depends on the human? Some people are clearly worth far more than others, wouldn't you say? If I have lots of money, and it is obvious, then deferential treatment is an entitlement for me; meaning I get the automatic respect that I have earned in society. 

If only everyone could see each others bank accounts. This is a great idea, because we could order people accordingly. Hierarchy is a wonderful system that can become an official way for society to function more efficiently.

For goodness sakes

The cost of betrayal

Hierarchy: is defined as a system in which members of an organization or society are ranked according to relative status or authority. 

With this system in place, everyone will know their place, and confusion will disappear. The lessors would give the mores, their rightful financially earned due, without argument about silly human rights. Rights are for the privileged for goodness sakes! When did this get discombobulated in our thinking? 

Let's face it people, the more you have the more you get! Let's not confuse ourselves with equality. Some people are just more important than others. It all makes cents.

Then one of the twelve, called Judas Iscariot, went unto the chief priests, and said unto them, What will ye give me, and I will deliver him unto you?And they covenanted with him for thirty pieces of silver (Matthew 26:14-16)

Judas is an infamous mercenary, an archetype. Mercenary is defined as: primarily concerned with making money at the expense of ethics; a person primarily motivated by personal gain. 

Judas went into the dark with his pitiful desires for gain. He willingly sold his soul to the devil, along with other human accomplices. This is the only way it can work dear reader. We must willingly sell one another out in order to give the devil free range and influence.

Money means nothing to God
Money means nothing to God. What we do with it matters though, it speaks to our hearts. We betray ourselves when we put money before humans;

Then Judas, which had betrayed him, when he saw that he was condemned, repented himself, and brought again the thirty pieces of silver to the chief and elders, saying, I have sinned in that I have betrayed the innocent blood. And they said, What is that to us? see thou to that. And he cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, and departed, and went and hanged himself (Matthew 27:3-5)

Extravagant love of God

Jesus was crucified, not because of the money. He was crucified to pay the price for mercenaries, sinners, people like you and me. Money means nothing to God. Jesus rose from the grave and conquered death-no amount of money can pay for the extravagant love of God:

And God hath both raised up the Lord, and will also raise up us by his power (1 Corinthians 6:14)

Believe in Him dear reader. Believe in Gods power and might, and let the devil have what belongs to him.

January 3rd, 2022

Addendum: Mercenaries about and what is happening globally is reminiscent of the selling out of Jesus, through His saints. As I type, a faith filled pastor, is pending trial, after yet another arrest and short jail stint. His crime? Preaching the Word of God, when illegally ordered not to:

And they called them, and commanded them not to speak at all nor teach in the name of Jesus (Acts 4:18)

But Peter and John answered and said unto them, Whether it be right in the sight of God to hearken unto you more than unto God, judge ye. For we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard (Acts 4:19-20)