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Fight Satan even when Touching Money
Christ Jesus did not work to earn money, neither asking any wages nor requesting any considerations for his spiritual work to heal the sick or the maimed, help the poor, and teaching of truth. However, for his Disciples to buy foods, clothes, etc., He received money offered by people as gratuities or fees with a sense of gratitude for his healing, helping, or teaching. And, Satan did not miss the chance to harm and destroy Christ Jesus in these humble monetary transactions between the band led by Christ Jesus and people. Indeed, some Disciples, including Judas the Iscariot, betrayed the teachings of the God and Christ Jesus for getting money in no mater what circumstances they were put.
However, Christ Jesus told to follow 100% the teaching of the God.
Matthew 5
46 For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same?
47 And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others? do not even the publicans so?
48 Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.
Money is a tool of Satan with which it brainwashes men and for which it makes people sell their souls to Satan, since in the society under Satan's influence none can earn any money to be happy unless selling any bit of his soul to Satan. Therefore, where money is involved, Satan can act, having influence on parties concerned. It must apply in a similar way to Christ Jesus and His Disciples. To get rid of Satan's influence 100%, Christ Jesus and His Disciples should have not touched any money, but they used money, too.
John 6
5 When Jesus then lifted up his eyes, and saw a great company come unto him, he saith unto Philip, Whence shall we buy bread, that these may eat?
Although, finally Christ Jesus performed a miracle to feed people in a mountain without using money, Judas the Iscariot and other Disciples must have used money in other various occasions like ordinary people even today.
Luke 16
9 And I say unto you, Make to yourselves friends of the mammon of unrighteousness; that, when ye fail, they may receive you into everlasting habitations.
10 He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much: and he that is unjust in the least is unjust also in much.
11 If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches?
Nonetheless, Christ Jesus turned the rule by Satan to promote faith in the God.
Luke 16
13 No servant can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
The Mammon is another form of Satan using money as a tool to rot and degrade people. If you try to 100% faithfully follow the teachings of the God and Christ Jesus, you should live in wilderness without money and any materials, products, and produce that can be bought with money. However, as it is impossible, people accept any minor evil so as to earn money, following the rule of Satan. But, Christ Jesus would not blame such poor people unless they forget the teachings of the God and Christ Jesus.
Finally all we have to do when earning necessary money for life is to assert to ourselves that we are not serving the God and the Mammon in parallel but pursing true riches by using unrighteous riches. Or otherwise, we have to fight Satan even when we are touching money.
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John 1, King James Version
31 And I knew him not: but that he should be made manifest to Israel, therefore am I come baptizing with water.
32 And John bare record, saying, I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and it abode upon him.
33 And I knew him not: but he that sent me to baptize with water, the same said unto me, Upon whom thou shalt see the Spirit descending, and remaining on him, the same is he which baptizeth with the Holy Ghost.
34 And I saw, and bare record that this is the Son of God.