{"id":14984,"date":"2022-06-28T01:31:20","date_gmt":"2022-06-28T04:31:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/retro.piorevangelho.online\/?p=14984"},"modified":"2026-02-18T13:38:16","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T16:38:16","slug":"authorities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/piorevangelho.online\/en\/autoridades\/","title":{"rendered":"Authorities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"has-drop-cap has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">The year 2010 seems so far away that I even feel embarrassed to realize the great need to revive a delicate subject discussed at that time, the conclusion of which seems to remain unknown to many.<br>How many people, now in 2022, still have the ability to read?<br>And among these, how few still have the ability to understand what has been read?!?<br>The growing functional illiteracy, the almost absolute functional deviation of <a aria-label=\"ecclesiastical businesses (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/retro.piorevangelho.online\/2021\/11\/encerrando-ciclos\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"ek-link\">ecclesiastical businesses<\/a> The approach of another election presents opportune moments to introduce important arguments based on Scripture, which, in reality, has never changed and has become even more challenging and relevant than ever.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">At that time I had not yet been affected by deafness, and after having escaped from <a aria-label=\"apostate contamination that consumed my original ecclesiastical enterprise (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/retro.piorevangelho.online\/portfolio\/uma-igreja-com-propositos-estranhos\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"ek-link\">apostate contamination that consumed my original ecclesiastical enterprise<\/a>, I was anxiously searching for another church where there was biblical soundness and where I could become a member\u2026 having even suffered a great deal (psychologically and even physically) from the successive disappointments.<br>In fact, I hadn&#039;t yet reached the understanding I now possess, and I worried about absurd things like the so-called &quot;spiritual covering&quot; or the many threats and curses hurled by people who, claiming to be Christians, were incapable of simply seeking an understanding of the Truth through the Scriptures!<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">ANALYZING SERVITUDE<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">The accounts of my misfortunes ended up encouraging many readers to get in touch, including some who sent words whose ardent hearts were evident, but which lacked deeper biblical argumentation.<br>This was the case with the author of this well-intentioned message:<\/p>\n\n\n<style>#kt-layout-id_471885-04 > .kt-row-column-wrap{align-content:start;}:where(#kt-layout-id_471885-04 > .kt-row-column-wrap) > .wp-block-kadence-column{justify-content:start;}#kt-layout-id_471885-04 > .kt-row-column-wrap{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);row-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);padding-top:var( --global-kb-row-default-top, 25px );padding-bottom:var( --global-kb-row-default-bottom, 25px );padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 1fr);}#kt-layout-id_471885-04{background-color:rgba(255,255,0,0.24);}#kt-layout-id_471885-04 > .kt-row-layout-overlay{opacity:0.30;}#kt-layout-id_471885-04 ,#kt-layout-id_471885-04 h1,#kt-layout-id_471885-04 h2,#kt-layout-id_471885-04 h3,#kt-layout-id_471885-04 h4,#kt-layout-id_471885-04 h5,#kt-layout-id_471885-04 h6{color:#ffffff;}#kt-layout-id_471885-04 .kt-row-layout-bottom-sep{height:100px;}#kt-layout-id_471885-04 .kt-row-layout-bottom-sep svg{width:100%;}#kt-layout-id_471885-04 .kt-row-layout-bottom-sep svg{fill:#ffffff!important;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){#kt-layout-id_471885-04 > .kt-row-column-wrap{grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 1fr);}}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){#kt-layout-id_471885-04 .kt-row-layout-bottom-sep{height:px;}}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){#kt-layout-id_471885-04 .kt-row-layout-bottom-sep svg{width:%;}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){#kt-layout-id_471885-04 > .kt-row-column-wrap{grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 1fr);}#kt-layout-id_471885-04 .kt-row-layout-bottom-sep{height:px;}#kt-layout-id_471885-04 .kt-row-layout-bottom-sep svg{width:%;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-rowlayout alignwide\"><div id=\"kt-layout-id_471885-04\" class=\"kt-row-layout-inner kt-row-has-bg kt-layout-id_471885-04\"><div class=\"kt-row-column-wrap kt-has-1-columns kt-gutter-default kt-v-gutter-default kt-row-valign-top kt-row-layout-equal kt-tab-layout-inherit kt-m-colapse-left-to-right kt-mobile-layout-row\"><style>.kadence-column_39c172-6f > .kt-inside-inner-col{border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;}.kadence-column_39c172-6f > .kt-inside-inner-col,.kadence-column_39c172-6f > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;}.kadence-column_39c172-6f > .kt-inside-inner-col{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-sm, 1rem);}.kadence-column_39c172-6f > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;}.kadence-column_39c172-6f > .kt-inside-inner-col > .aligncenter{width:100%;}.kadence-column_39c172-6f > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{opacity:0.3;}.kadence-column_39c172-6f{position:relative;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kadence-column_39c172-6f > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.kadence-column_39c172-6f > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column inner-column-1 kadence-column_39c172-6f\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\"><em>I would like to share my brief testimony:<br>I used to be &quot;without a church,&quot; because I was converted among ungodly people (without anyone paying a price to consolidate me), but even while walking in sin because I didn&#039;t fully know the Word, I kept praying and resisted setting foot in a church because of the slander that hangs in the mouths of the world.<br>And it was through prayer that God gave me a servant friend who belonged to a wonderful church where I currently attend, and I can say: It is ESSENTIAL to attend church because IT IS ESSENTIAL TO BE UNDER AUTHORITY!<\/em><br><em>Anyone who wants to be king and carry out God&#039;s plan in this life must first be a servant, as Jesus was.<br>Being submissive to someone with more experience, both in the Word and in life, to receive advice filled with the Holy Spirit is essential.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\"><em>You know that the heart is more deceitful than anything else, and that the sheep that does not heed the shepherd&#039;s call is considered rebellious and, becoming separated from the others, is easy prey for wolves!<br>This world lies in the power of the evil one, and those who are sheep cannot stray and wander through it, for they become easy prey.<\/em><br><em>Those who read this should remember Samuel, who, in a time when the Word of God was not on the lips of the priests, was faithful to his leaders and to God&#039;s work, being seen by God as his friend: how can someone who cannot serve those they see expect to be used by those they cannot see?<\/em><br><em>The Kingdom of God has come, and kingdoms are composed of hierarchies: open your eyes and see!<\/em><br><em>Ask God: How does God work? What does the Lord want for me?<br>Those who walk according to their dreams and their own strength are not worthy of Jesus!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\"><em>And, Te\u00f3philo, may God open the gates of heaven in your financial life in the name of Jesus Christ, the Nazarene!<br>And more than that, may it fill you with understanding each day, for nothing else matters in this world more than the presence of God in our lives: to obey, to serve, to honor = TO BE FAITHFUL.<br>Shalom Adonai!<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-_3f1ff5-da .kt-block-spacer{height:20px;}.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-_3f1ff5-da .kt-divider{border-top-width:1px;height:1px;border-top-color:#eee;width:80%;border-top-style:solid;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-spacer aligncenter kt-block-spacer-_3f1ff5-da\"><div class=\"kt-block-spacer kt-block-spacer-halign-center\"><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">I sincerely saw pure intentions in those words and loved this young reader, and even though I was almost certain that my response would deeply displease him, I decided to present arguments truly based on Scripture in the expectation that the Holy Spirit would act and give...<mark class=\"annotation-text annotation-text-jetpack-tweetstorm\" id=\"annotation-text-b645b1d6-422b-4244-8a0b-b1e46436d34e\"> <\/mark>An understanding capable of changing this passionate and irrational discourse in defense of the authorities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">THE ROLE OF AUTHORITY<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">May the peace of the Lord be with you!<br>I don&#039;t mean to offend anyone, but I need to say what the Holy Spirit tells me to say, because God loves you and is using me to tell you this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#9b51e0\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Everyone must submit to the governing authorities;<br>For there is no authority except that which God has established. The authorities that exist have been established by God.<br>Therefore, whoever refuses to submit to authority is rebelling against what God has instituted, and those who do so will bring judgment on themselves.<br>Because rulers should not be a source of fear for those who do good, but for those who do evil.<br>Don&#039;t you want to feel threatened by authority?<br>Do good, and she will honor you. <span class=\"uppercase\">For she serves God for your good.<\/span>.<br>But if you do evil, be afraid, for it is not in vain that he bears the sword. <span class=\"uppercase\">She is a servant of God, an agent of justice to punish those who do evil.<\/span>.<br>Therefore, it is essential that we submit to the authorities, not only because of the possibility of punishment, but also because of our conscience.<br>For this reason, you also pay taxes;<br>Because the authorities are at God&#039;s service, and their job is to continually care for society.<br>Give to everyone what you owe them: if you owe taxes, pay taxes; if revenue, then revenue; if respect, then respect; if honor, then honor.<\/mark><\/p><cite><em>(Romans 13:1-7 \u2013 KJA)<\/em><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">These words are from the apostle Paul, and I ask that you pay attention to the passage highlighted in capital letters, because authorities are used by God for our GOOD!<br>It was certainly the Lord God himself who established ORDER, KINGDOMS, and HIERARCHIES to be respected and followed in governments, in the Church, and everywhere else: even in the animal kingdom, it is clearly seen who is the leader of the herds, flocks, packs\u2014or whatever collective\u2014to whom all others submit.<br>Similarly, it is quite clear in the passage above that the minister\u2014or power or authority\u2026\u2014only exercises such a role under the hand of the Lord God as long as he does so in the sense of doing good: from the moment he succumbs to his own \u201cpowers\u201d and becomes subverted, going on to promote and practice anything that is not good\u2026 there are clear instructions about this in the Scriptures:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#9b51e0\" class=\"has-inline-color\">However, now I am writing to you not to associate with anyone who,<\/mark><br><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#9b51e0\" class=\"has-inline-color\"><span class=\"uppercase\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">claiming to be a brother<\/span>, for immoral or greedy, idolatrous or slanderous, drunkard or swindler<\/span>.<\/mark><br><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#9b51e0\" class=\"has-inline-color\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">With people like that <span class=\"uppercase\">You shouldn&#039;t even sit down for a meal.<\/span><\/span>.<\/mark><\/p><cite><em>(1\u02e2\u1d57 Corinthians 5:11 \u2013 KJA)<\/em><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">SUBMISSION LIMITS<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">I found your quote from the Lord Jesus Christ perfect because in Him we find the most perfect and extreme example of submission, for even though He was God, He accepted to submit to the rudimentary and flawed human laws in order to fulfill in Himself the plan of eternal redemption.<br>However, there are certain moments in his life, duly recorded in the Scriptures, that we should observe:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">CHRIST<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\"><span class=\"uppercase\"><strong>1. At only twelve years old<\/strong><\/span> He already demonstrated enough wisdom to preach to the wise men of the temple, yet even though he was skilled enough to &quot;outsmart&quot; any human being... see what is written about his behavior after his mother found him:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#9b51e0\" class=\"has-inline-color\">However, He went with them to Nazareth, <span class=\"uppercase\">because he was obedient to them.<\/span>.<\/mark><br><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#9b51e0\" class=\"has-inline-color\">His mother, however, silently pondered all these events in her heart.<\/mark><\/p><cite><em>(Luke 2:51 \u2013 KJA)<\/em><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">Who holds authority (and assumes responsibility) over a child&#039;s life?<br>Although socialists and communists today are eager for the State to assume this role, it is natural, historical, and biblical that such responsibilities are linked to fathers and mothers, and there would simply be no purpose in breaking such an order: Christ, even aware that he was the son of God, simply obeyed, finished his preaching, and left!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\"><span class=\"uppercase\"><strong>2. Later<\/strong><\/span>, After his baptism (when his authority had already been directly confirmed by God), he was sent into the desert and tempted by the Devil himself for forty days. From this account we can transcribe the very important passage:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#9b51e0\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Then the Devil took him to a very high place and showed him, in a fraction of time, <span class=\"uppercase\">all the kingdoms of the world<\/span>.<\/mark><br><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#9b51e0\" class=\"has-inline-color\">And he proposed to her:<\/mark><br><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#9b51e0\" class=\"has-inline-color\">\u201c&quot;I will give you all the power over them and all the glory of these kingdoms, <span class=\"uppercase\">because they were given to me and I have the authority to give them to whomever I see fit.<\/span>.<\/mark><br><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#9b51e0\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Therefore, if you will bow down and worship me, all of this will be yours!\u201d<\/mark><br><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#9b51e0\" class=\"has-inline-color\">However, Jesus said to him:<\/mark><br><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#9b51e0\" class=\"has-inline-color\">\u201c&quot;It is written: &#039;You shall worship the Lord your God and Him only shall you serve.&#039;&quot;.<\/mark><\/p><cite>(Luke 4:5-8 \u2013 KJA)<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">There is so much information to be observed in this passage that a complete analysis would even encompass geopolitics, but for now, let&#039;s limit ourselves to highlighting that Christ didn&#039;t even bother to refute or confront the Devil regarding the powers he claimed to possess: he simply DISOBEYED HIS AUTHORITY and resisted his proposal based on the Scriptures!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">We can add the recurring episode in <strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#9b51e0\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Luke 6:1-5<\/mark><\/strong> as another example of the most spontaneous \u201crebellion\u201d against laws established by authorities while, in an apparent paradox, demonstrating absolute humility (and omniscience) in <strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#9b51e0\" class=\"has-inline-color\">John 13<\/mark><\/strong>\u2026and the lesson to be learned from these episodes is extremely important:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-_dcfe48-58 .kt-block-spacer{height:20px;}.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-_dcfe48-58 .kt-divider{border-top-width:1px;height:1px;border-top-color:#eee;width:80%;border-top-style:solid;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-spacer aligncenter kt-block-spacer-_dcfe48-58\"><div class=\"kt-block-spacer kt-block-spacer-halign-center\"><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">PEDRO<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">The apostle Peter had to deal with this same type of conflict after Christ&#039;s departure and made it very clear how true Christians should proceed when the apostles, miraculously freed from prison\u2014and instead of fleeing, decided to go and preach the Gospel in the courtyard of the church.<mark class=\"annotation-text annotation-text-jetpack-tweetstorm\" id=\"annotation-text-380c07fd-e01f-4810-8423-2da11114e1b8\"> <\/mark>The disused Temple\u2014was brought to the authorities:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><span class=\"tadv-color\" style=\"color:#9b51e0\">And after bringing them in, they presented them to the Sanhedrin.<\/span><br><span class=\"tadv-color\" style=\"color:#9b51e0\">And the high priest questioned them:<\/span><br><span class=\"tadv-color\" style=\"color:#9b51e0\">\u201c<span class=\"uppercase\">Did we not expressly command you not to preach in that Name?<\/span><\/span><br><span class=\"tadv-color\" style=\"color:#9b51e0\">&quot;Yet you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching and are determined to make us guilty of this man&#039;s blood?&quot;\u201d<\/span><br><span class=\"tadv-color\" style=\"color:#9b51e0\">Peter and the other apostles replied:<\/span><br><span class=\"tadv-color\" style=\"color:#9b51e0\">\u201c<span class=\"uppercase\">It is necessary that <span class=\"underline\" style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Let us obey God first, then human authorities.<\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/p><cite>(Acts 5:27-29 \u2013 KJA)<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">The context in which this passage occurred allows for even broader reflections, less perceptible to most Christians today, but\u2014just as the men currently called &quot;pastors&quot; are not unquestionable\u2014ecclesiastical enterprises are following a trajectory of open rupture against the true Church of Christ, and I invite the reader to reflect on this by reading another article entitled \u201c<a aria-label=\"Closing Cycles (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/retro.piorevangelho.online\/2021\/11\/encerrando-ciclos\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"ek-link\">Closing Cycles<\/a>\u201c&quot;Because it is a topic that perfectly complements what is being discussed here.&quot;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">PAUL<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">Young Saul grew up among the Pharisees, was a follower and profound scholar of the law of the prophets and the Torah, and, in the utmost obedience to the authorities and perfectly within the law, <span id=\"su_tooltip_6ab07211155ec_button\" class=\"su-tooltip-button su-tooltip-button-outline-yes annotation-text annotation-text-jetpack-tweetstorm\" aria-describedby=\"su_tooltip_6ab07211155ec\" data-settings='{\"position\":\"top\",\"behavior\":\"hover\",\"hideDelay\":0}' tabindex=\"0\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>It was devastating the Church.<\/em><\/span><\/span><span style=\"display:none;z-index:100\" id=\"su_tooltip_6ab07211155ec\" class=\"su-tooltip annotation-text annotation-text-jetpack-tweetstorm\" role=\"tooltip\"><span class=\"su-tooltip-inner su-tooltip-shadow-no\" style=\"z-index:100;background:#222222;color:#FFFFFF;font-size:16px;border-radius:5px;text-align:left;max-width:400px;line-height:1.25\"><span class=\"su-tooltip-title\">Acts 8:3 - KJA<\/span><span class=\"su-tooltip-content su-u-trim\">Tooltip content<\/span><\/span><span id=\"su_tooltip_6ab07211155ec_arrow\" class=\"su-tooltip-arrow\" style=\"z-index:100;background:#222222\" data-popper-arrow><\/span><\/span> and threatened to kill all the followers of the Lord Jesus Christ, including the disciples.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#9b51e0\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Meanwhile, Saul was still breathing out murderous threats against the Lord&#039;s disciples.<br>Going to the high priest, he asked him for letters to the synagogues in Damascus, so that if he found any men or women there who belonged to the Way, he would be authorized to bring them as prisoners to Jerusalem.<\/mark><\/p><cite>(Acts 9:1-4 \u2013 KJA)<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">Contrary to what it is <a aria-label=\"necessary in our times (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/retro.piorevangelho.online\/2020\/10\/tautologia-da-maior-bem-aventuranca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"ek-link\">necessary in our times<\/a>, Saul&#039;s conversion was miraculous and, if we observe carefully, it occurred not only outside of, but completely against his will: he never planned to be among that rebellion of outlaws whom he longed to kill. The sovereign and supernatural operation of God not only subverted his convictions, but placed him, from his &quot;Christian birth,&quot; precisely alongside those he so hated!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#9b51e0\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Immediately, something like scales fell from his eyes, and he could see again.<\/mark><br><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#9b51e0\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Then he got up and was baptized.<\/mark><br><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#9b51e0\" class=\"has-inline-color\">After eating, he regained his strength and spent several days with his disciples in Damascus.<\/mark><br><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#9b51e0\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Soon after, Saul began preaching in the synagogues that Jesus is the Son of God.<\/mark><\/p><cite>(Acts 9:18-20 \u2013 KJA)<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">It was not Saul&#039;s initiative, but God himself arranged for him to absorb knowledge directly from the disciples who, not without reason, still feared him because of his former reputation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#9b51e0\" class=\"has-inline-color\">As soon as he arrived in Jerusalem, he sought to join the disciples there.,<\/mark><br><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#9b51e0\" class=\"has-inline-color\">However, everyone was frightened and afraid of him, because they could not believe that Saul was a true disciple.<\/mark><br><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#9b51e0\" class=\"has-inline-color\">But Barnabas took him and brought him to the apostles and told them how Saul had seen the Lord on the road, and that the Lord had spoken to him, and how in Damascus he had preached boldly in the name of Jesus.<\/mark><\/p><cite>(Acts 9:26-27 \u2013 KJA)<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">The passage above recounts exactly when Barnabas appears, who\u2014using the words of his message\u2014&quot;paid the price&quot; to &quot;be the authority&quot; over the life of the future last apostle, bringing him to himself, teaching him, and making him his disciple:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#9b51e0\" class=\"has-inline-color\">And it happened that Barnabas decided to travel to Tarsus to meet Saul.<\/mark><br><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#9b51e0\" class=\"has-inline-color\">And when he found it, he took it with him to Antioch.<\/mark><br><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#9b51e0\" class=\"has-inline-color\">So, for a whole year, Barnabas and Saul met with that church and taught a great many people.<\/mark><br><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#9b51e0\" class=\"has-inline-color\">In Antioch, the disciples were first called Christians.<\/mark><\/p><cite>(Acts 11:25-26 \u2013 KJA)<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">At the beginning of that Christian life, we can see mention of &quot;Barnabas and Saul&quot; in several passages (<strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#9b51e0\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Acts 11:30<\/mark><\/strong> \/ <strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#9b51e0\" class=\"has-inline-color\">12:25<\/mark><\/strong> \/ <strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#9b51e0\" class=\"has-inline-color\">13:2<\/mark><\/strong>This allows us to understand that Barnabas was ahead of Paul, meaning: wherever Barnabas went, his disciple was there!<br>It is interesting to note that in all these passages the reference mentions the name &quot;Saul,&quot; that is, the old man, the man who still had a long way to go.<br>And, in fact, it is only from <strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#9b51e0\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Acts 13:9<\/mark><\/strong> ...and from the bold rebuke delivered against Elymas the magician, his name came to be spelled &quot;Paul&quot; and, a detail little commented on but quite relevant to the topic we are addressing, from then on... <strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#9b51e0\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Acts 13:43<\/mark><\/strong> we see the quotation from \u201cPaul and Barnabas\u201d (repeated in <strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#9b51e0\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Acts 14:1<\/mark><\/strong>In other words, the disciple not only received a diploma but, more than that, became a leader\u2026 an authority!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">Unlike modern pastors who cultivate subservient individuals (as they do to secure a living for their entire lives), Barnabas was such a good and authoritative instructor that his disciple achieved such a capacity for expressing the Gospel that the crowd in the city of Lystra mistakenly came to consider him the incarnation of one of the gods of the Greek pantheon!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#9b51e0\" class=\"has-inline-color\">In light of what Paul had done, the crowd began to shout:<\/mark><br><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#9b51e0\" class=\"has-inline-color\">\u201c&quot;The gods have descended to us in the form of human beings!&quot;\u201d<\/mark><br><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#9b51e0\" class=\"has-inline-color\">And so, they gave Barnabas the name Zeus,<\/mark><br><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#9b51e0\" class=\"has-inline-color\">And they called Paul Hermes, because he was the one who spoke with power.<\/mark><\/p><cite>(Acts 14:11-12 \u2013 KJA)<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">Finally, once Paul had reached the maturity of his faith, we encounter another very important episode:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#9b51e0\" class=\"has-inline-color\">After a few days, Paul proposed to Barnabas:<\/mark><br><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#9b51e0\" class=\"has-inline-color\">\u201cLet us now return and visit the believers in every city where we preached the word of the Lord, to see how they are doing.\u201d.<\/mark><br><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#9b51e0\" class=\"has-inline-color\">And Barnabas wanted John, also called Mark, to accompany them.<\/mark><br><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#9b51e0\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Paul, however, could see no reason to take with them the one who had decided to leave them in Pamphylia and had not accompanied them to the end of the mission.<\/mark><br><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#9b51e0\" class=\"has-inline-color\">For this reason, they had such a heated disagreement that they decided to separate.<\/mark><br><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#9b51e0\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Barnabas left, taking Mark with him, and they sailed to Cyprus.<\/mark><br><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#9b51e0\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Paul, however, preferred the company of Silas, and departed entrusted to the Lord&#039;s care by the brothers.<\/mark><\/p><cite>(Acts 15:36-40 \u2013 KJA)<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n<style>#kt-layout-id_58b058-48 > 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src=\"https:\/\/ml2ugjuzjm5e.i.optimole.com\/_5QBFgU.6Dto~587fd\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/process:5840\/id:5170d2e1c4f1c27733353a29bccdf9ed\/https:\/\/retro.piorevangelho.online\/SantoEmbate.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5840\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Christian Disagreements Analyzed in<br><a href=\"https:\/\/retro.piorevangelho.online\/2018\/05\/os-prostibulos-da-ira\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"THE BROTHELS OF WRATH (opens in a new tab)\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"ek-link\">THE BROTHELS OF WRATH<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<style>.kadence-column_659db9-c2 > .kt-inside-inner-col{display:flex;}.kadence-column_659db9-c2 > .kt-inside-inner-col{border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;}.kadence-column_659db9-c2 > .kt-inside-inner-col,.kadence-column_659db9-c2 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;}.kadence-column_659db9-c2 > .kt-inside-inner-col{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-sm, 1rem);}.kadence-column_659db9-c2 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}.kadence-column_659db9-c2 > .kt-inside-inner-col > .aligncenter{width:100%;}.kt-row-column-wrap > .kadence-column_659db9-c2{align-self:center;}.kt-inner-column-height-full:not(.kt-has-1-columns) > .wp-block-kadence-column.kadence-column_659db9-c2{align-self:auto;}.kt-inner-column-height-full:not(.kt-has-1-columns) > .wp-block-kadence-column.kadence-column_659db9-c2 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}.kadence-column_659db9-c2 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{opacity:0.3;}.kadence-column_659db9-c2{position:relative;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kt-row-column-wrap > .kadence-column_659db9-c2{align-self:center;}}@media all and 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class=\"wp-block-kadence-column inner-column-2 kadence-column_659db9-c2\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">Most of those who call themselves Christians today have such a mediocre understanding of the Scriptures that if they could actually read this passage, they would probably reveal their ignorance to the point that we would hear phrases like:<br>But didn&#039;t Paul offer the other cheek? <a aria-label=\"A Christian is not obligated to forgive seventy times seven.\" href=\"https:\/\/retro.piorevangelho.online\/2018\/05\/os-prostibulos-da-ira\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"ek-link\">A Christian is not obligated to forgive seventy times seven.<\/a>?<br>But if Paul did not accept his leader&#039;s vision, then he rebelled... and rebellion is witchcraft!!!<br>Paul was left without <a href=\"https:\/\/estiloadoracao.com\/cobertura-espiritual\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"spiritual covering (opens in a new tab)\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"ek-link\">spiritual covering<\/a>?!?<br>The truth is that\u2014similar to Rahab, who believed in God without seeing any sign, hid the Israelite spies from the authorities in Jericho, and therefore survived to be the mother of Boaz, the great-grandmother of David, and to be included in the genealogy of the Lord Jesus Christ himself!\u2014Barnabas fulfilled his role, and is later mentioned in a realistic recollection by Paul:<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#9b51e0\" class=\"has-inline-color\">But when Peter arrived in Antioch, I opposed him to his face, because he stood condemned.<\/mark><br><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#9b51e0\" class=\"has-inline-color\">For before certain men came from James, he used to eat with the Gentiles;<\/mark><br><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#9b51e0\" class=\"has-inline-color\">However, when they arrived, Peter began to withdraw and separate himself from the uncircumcised, solely because he was afraid of those who advocated circumcision.<\/mark><br><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#9b51e0\" class=\"has-inline-color\">And the other Jews likewise joined him in this hypocritical attitude.,<\/mark><br><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#9b51e0\" class=\"has-inline-color\">so that even Barnabas was influenced.<\/mark><\/p><cite>(Galatians 2:11-13 \u2013 KJA)<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">In this passage, Paul details his perfect understanding of the operation of error that had been presented in a generalized way in <strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#9b51e0\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Acts 15:1-29<\/mark><\/strong>, ...where, incidentally, this insecurity that afflicted Barnabas was not even mentioned: the complete and unomitted account is, far from any offensive intention, a legacy so that future generations of Christians will not be afraid to promote the Truth, without attributing false qualities of perfection or omitting the flaws and insecurities that can afflict any human being, regardless of their position.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">UNITY IN FAITH<\/h3>\n\n\n<style>#kt-layout-id_a87b73-aa > .kt-row-column-wrap{align-content:center;}:where(#kt-layout-id_a87b73-aa > .kt-row-column-wrap) > .wp-block-kadence-column{justify-content:center;}#kt-layout-id_a87b73-aa > .kt-row-column-wrap{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);row-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);padding-top:var( --global-kb-row-default-top, 25px );padding-bottom:var( --global-kb-row-default-bottom, 25px );padding-top:0px;grid-template-columns:minmax(0, calc(65% - ((var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem) * 1 )\/2)))minmax(0, calc(35% - ((var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem) * 1 )\/2)));}#kt-layout-id_a87b73-aa > .kt-row-layout-overlay{opacity:0.30;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){#kt-layout-id_a87b73-aa > .kt-row-column-wrap{grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 2fr) minmax(0, 1fr);}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){#kt-layout-id_a87b73-aa > .kt-row-column-wrap{grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 1fr);}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-rowlayout alignnone\"><div id=\"kt-layout-id_a87b73-aa\" class=\"kt-row-layout-inner kt-layout-id_a87b73-aa\"><div class=\"kt-row-column-wrap kt-has-2-columns kt-gutter-default kt-v-gutter-default kt-row-valign-middle kt-row-layout-left-golden kt-tab-layout-inherit kt-m-colapse-left-to-right kt-mobile-layout-row  kt-custom-first-width-65  kt-custom-second-width-35\"><style>.kadence-column_3c4092-a5 > .kt-inside-inner-col{border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;}.kadence-column_3c4092-a5 > .kt-inside-inner-col,.kadence-column_3c4092-a5 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;}.kadence-column_3c4092-a5 > .kt-inside-inner-col{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-sm, 1rem);}.kadence-column_3c4092-a5 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;}.kadence-column_3c4092-a5 > .kt-inside-inner-col > .aligncenter{width:100%;}.kadence-column_3c4092-a5 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{opacity:0.3;}.kadence-column_3c4092-a5{position:relative;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kadence-column_3c4092-a5 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.kadence-column_3c4092-a5 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column inner-column-1 kadence-column_3c4092-a5\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">Having seen all these examples, it becomes evident that the Christian life is composed of phases in whose initial stage the action of an authority is truly essential\u2014men to whom experience has provided greater background and capacity to instruct and edify other brothers and sisters, who do not eagerly seek the weight of glory upon their names here on earth and who are capable of presenting the Scriptures in the most complete way possible, avoiding things like denominational biases or unfounded mysticism, exactly the opposite of how most of today&#039;s &quot;great leaders&quot; act, who contaminate the purity of the Word with personal marketing and the ecclesiastical franchises they manage.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<style>.kadence-column_29e58e-3b > .kt-inside-inner-col{border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;}.kadence-column_29e58e-3b > .kt-inside-inner-col,.kadence-column_29e58e-3b > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;}.kadence-column_29e58e-3b > .kt-inside-inner-col{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-sm, 1rem);}.kadence-column_29e58e-3b > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;}.kadence-column_29e58e-3b > .kt-inside-inner-col > .aligncenter{width:100%;}.kadence-column_29e58e-3b > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{opacity:0.3;}.kadence-column_29e58e-3b{position:relative;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kadence-column_29e58e-3b > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.kadence-column_29e58e-3b > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column inner-column-2 kadence-column_29e58e-3b\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized caption-align-center is-style-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ml2ugjuzjm5e.i.optimole.com\/_5QBFgU.6Dto~587fd\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/process:15018\/id:ffea1e8a36cc608ffea2e16db0b13c14\/https:\/\/retro.piorevangelho.online\/knowledgesharing.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ml2ugjuzjm5e.i.optimole.com\/_5QBFgU.6Dto~587fd\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/process:15018\/id:ffea1e8a36cc608ffea2e16db0b13c14\/https:\/\/retro.piorevangelho.online\/knowledgesharing.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15018\" width=\"480\" height=\"435\"\/><\/a><figcaption>SIDE BY SIDE, UNTIL UNITY (BALANCE) IS REACHED<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#9b51e0\" class=\"has-inline-color\">He who descended is the same one who ascended higher than all the heavens, in order to fill all that exists.<\/mark><br><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#9b51e0\" class=\"has-inline-color\">So, He appointed some to be apostles, some to be prophets, some to be evangelists, and some to be pastors and teachers.,<\/mark><br><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#9b51e0\" class=\"has-inline-color\">with the purpose of equipping the saints for the work of ministry,<\/mark><br><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#9b51e0\" class=\"has-inline-color\">so that the Body of Christ may be built up, <span class=\"uppercase\">until <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">all<\/span> that we may attain unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God.<\/span>,<\/mark><br><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#9b51e0\" class=\"has-inline-color\">e <span class=\"uppercase\">Let us reach maturity, attaining the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ.<\/span>.<\/mark><br><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#9b51e0\" class=\"has-inline-color\"><span class=\"uppercase\">The goal is that <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Let&#039;s not be like children anymore.<\/span><\/span>, carried from one side to the other by <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">theological waves<\/span>,<\/mark> <mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#9b51e0\" class=\"has-inline-color\">nor tossed here and there all over the place <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">wind of doctrine<\/span> and by <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">The malice of certain people who lead the unwary into error.<\/span>.<\/mark><\/p><cite>(Ephesians 4:10-14 \u2013 KJA)<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">This passage makes it clear that the objective of all the enumerated authorities is not to dominate people so that they remain submissive to them for the rest of their lives, but rather the improvement and formation of new authorities of exactly the same caliber as themselves; that is, a work where all Christians have access and the possibility of achieving the biblically desirable &quot;unity in faith.&quot;.<br>Let us never confuse such unity with the manifold gifts distributed by God through His grace, nor should we attempt to establish a scale to glorify personal achievements: the brevity with which Rahab or Barnabas are mentioned in Scripture is in no way equivalent to the relevance of their actions!<br>So, the role God has determined for you to play in this life may have been to evangelize that person you don&#039;t even remember anymore: we never had the power to choose who will be saved, much less can we override that power. <a aria-label=\"exclusive persuasive action of the Holy Spirit (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/retro.piorevangelho.online\/2020\/10\/qual-o-verdadeiro-espirito-santo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"ek-link\">exclusive persuasive action of the Holy Spirit<\/a>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-_53ec61-39 .kt-block-spacer{height:20px;}.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-_53ec61-39 .kt-divider{border-top-width:1px;height:1px;border-top-color:#eee;width:80%;border-top-style:solid;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-spacer aligncenter kt-block-spacer-_53ec61-39\"><div class=\"kt-block-spacer kt-block-spacer-halign-center\"><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#9b51e0\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Then Jesus said to the Jews who had believed in him:<\/mark><br><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#9b51e0\" class=\"has-inline-color\">\u201c&quot;If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples.&quot;.<\/mark><br><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#9b51e0\" class=\"has-inline-color\"><span class=\"uppercase\">And you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.<\/span>\u201d<\/mark><br>(\u2026)<br><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#9b51e0\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Jesus assured them:<\/mark><br><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#9b51e0\" class=\"has-inline-color\">\u201c<span class=\"uppercase\">I am<\/span> the Way, <span class=\"uppercase\">The Truth<\/span> and Life.<\/mark><br><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#9b51e0\" class=\"has-inline-color\"><span class=\"uppercase\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">No one comes to the Father except through me.<\/span><\/span>.&quot;\u201d<\/mark><br>(\u2026)<br><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#9b51e0\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Sanctify them by your truth; <span class=\"uppercase\">Your word is truth.<\/span>.<\/mark><\/p><cite>(John 8:31-32 \/ 14:6 \/ 17:17 \u2013 KJA)<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">KINGS AND PRIESTS<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">Your quotation from Samuel the priest and the use of the words &quot;who wants to be king...&quot; are also interesting, as they highlight a great confusion that ensnares you and practically 95% of those who claim to be Christians in our time, whose careful reading of two simple passages has the power to definitively clarify:<\/p>\n\n\n<style>#kt-layout-id_f904dd-4b > .kt-row-column-wrap{align-content:center;}:where(#kt-layout-id_f904dd-4b > .kt-row-column-wrap) > .wp-block-kadence-column{justify-content:center;}#kt-layout-id_f904dd-4b > .kt-row-column-wrap{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-sm, 1rem);row-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);padding-top:var( --global-kb-row-default-top, 25px );padding-bottom:var( --global-kb-row-default-bottom, 25px );padding-top:0px;grid-template-columns:minmax(0, calc(60% - ((var(--global-kb-gap-sm, 1rem) * 1 )\/2)))minmax(0, calc(40% - ((var(--global-kb-gap-sm, 1rem) * 1 )\/2)));}#kt-layout-id_f904dd-4b > .kt-row-layout-overlay{opacity:0.30;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){#kt-layout-id_f904dd-4b > .kt-row-column-wrap{grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 2fr) minmax(0, 1fr);}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){#kt-layout-id_f904dd-4b > .kt-row-column-wrap{grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 1fr);}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-rowlayout alignnone\"><div id=\"kt-layout-id_f904dd-4b\" class=\"kt-row-layout-inner kt-layout-id_f904dd-4b\"><div class=\"kt-row-column-wrap kt-has-2-columns kt-gutter-skinny kt-v-gutter-default kt-row-valign-middle kt-row-layout-left-golden kt-tab-layout-inherit kt-m-colapse-left-to-right kt-mobile-layout-row  kt-custom-first-width-60  kt-custom-second-width-40\"><style>.kadence-column_07347a-2c > .kt-inside-inner-col{border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;}.kadence-column_07347a-2c > .kt-inside-inner-col,.kadence-column_07347a-2c > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;}.kadence-column_07347a-2c > .kt-inside-inner-col{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-sm, 1rem);}.kadence-column_07347a-2c > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;}.kadence-column_07347a-2c > .kt-inside-inner-col > .aligncenter{width:100%;}.kadence-column_07347a-2c > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{opacity:0.3;}.kadence-column_07347a-2c{position:relative;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kadence-column_07347a-2c > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.kadence-column_07347a-2c > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column inner-column-1 kadence-column_07347a-2c\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full caption-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ml2ugjuzjm5e.i.optimole.com\/_5QBFgU.6Dto~587fd\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/process:6819\/id:3adad7a62aae4678a864e7b120d06aa1\/https:\/\/retro.piorevangelho.online\/HeroesOfFaith.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ml2ugjuzjm5e.i.optimole.com\/_5QBFgU.6Dto~587fd\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/process:6819\/id:3adad7a62aae4678a864e7b120d06aa1\/https:\/\/retro.piorevangelho.online\/HeroesOfFaith.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6819\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Follow examples of faith, never ritualism!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<style>.kadence-column_5f3714-de > .kt-inside-inner-col{display:flex;}.kadence-column_5f3714-de > .kt-inside-inner-col{border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;}.kadence-column_5f3714-de > .kt-inside-inner-col,.kadence-column_5f3714-de > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;}.kadence-column_5f3714-de > .kt-inside-inner-col{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-sm, 1rem);}.kadence-column_5f3714-de > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}.kadence-column_5f3714-de > .kt-inside-inner-col > .aligncenter{width:100%;}.kt-row-column-wrap > .kadence-column_5f3714-de{align-self:center;}.kt-inner-column-height-full:not(.kt-has-1-columns) > .wp-block-kadence-column.kadence-column_5f3714-de{align-self:auto;}.kt-inner-column-height-full:not(.kt-has-1-columns) > .wp-block-kadence-column.kadence-column_5f3714-de > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}.kadence-column_5f3714-de > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{opacity:0.3;}.kadence-column_5f3714-de{position:relative;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kt-row-column-wrap > .kadence-column_5f3714-de{align-self:center;}}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kt-inner-column-height-full:not(.kt-has-1-columns) > .wp-block-kadence-column.kadence-column_5f3714-de{align-self:auto;}}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kt-inner-column-height-full:not(.kt-has-1-columns) > .wp-block-kadence-column.kadence-column_5f3714-de > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kadence-column_5f3714-de > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.kt-row-column-wrap > .kadence-column_5f3714-de{align-self:center;}.kt-inner-column-height-full:not(.kt-has-1-columns) > .wp-block-kadence-column.kadence-column_5f3714-de{align-self:auto;}.kt-inner-column-height-full:not(.kt-has-1-columns) > .wp-block-kadence-column.kadence-column_5f3714-de > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}.kadence-column_5f3714-de > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column inner-column-2 kadence-column_5f3714-de\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#9b51e0\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Whoever believes in me, as Scripture has said, rivers of living water will flow from within them.<\/mark><br><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#9b51e0\" class=\"has-inline-color\">And this he said concerning the Spirit, which those who believed in him were to receive;<\/mark><br><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#9b51e0\" class=\"has-inline-color\">why <span class=\"uppercase\">The Holy Spirit had not yet been given.<\/span>,<\/mark><br><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#9b51e0\" class=\"has-inline-color\">because Jesus has not yet been glorified.<\/mark><\/p><cite>(John 7:38-39 \u2013 ACF)<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#9b51e0\" class=\"has-inline-color\">And from Jesus Christ,<\/mark><br><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#9b51e0\" class=\"has-inline-color\">who is the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth.<\/mark><br><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#9b51e0\" class=\"has-inline-color\">To him who loved us and freed us from our sins by his own blood,<\/mark><br><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#9b51e0\" class=\"has-inline-color\">E <span class=\"uppercase\">He has made us kings and priests to God and his Father.<\/span>;<\/mark><br><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#9b51e0\" class=\"has-inline-color\">To Him be glory and power forever and ever.<\/mark><br><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#9b51e0\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Amen.<\/mark><\/p><cite>(Revelation 1:5-6 \u2013 ACF)<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">Indeed, in Old Testament times, several procedures were necessary before, through anointing with oil, priests and kings were established, distinct and essential functions for the existence of the Israelite theocratic government: there are many accounts of kings going to war against peoples led by priests whose gods were not the Lord, just as there were many rebukes from priests against kings of improper conduct, and, finally, one ministry ended up underpinning the activities of the other because, despite being eventually inspired by the Holy Spirit, all those men, without exception, were simply not inhabited by it.<br>Christians, in light of the passages cited, in addition to encompassing BOTH functions, simply do not have the option of &quot;wanting to be king&quot; or &quot;wanting to be priest&quot;... in fact, just as in the case of Paul, a Christian does not even have the option of wanting or not wanting to be a Christian or controlling other people&#039;s access to the gospel!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#9b51e0\" class=\"has-inline-color\"><span class=\"uppercase\">No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws them.<\/span>;<\/mark><br><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#9b51e0\" class=\"has-inline-color\">And I will raise him up on the last day.<\/mark><br><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#9b51e0\" class=\"has-inline-color\">It is written in the Prophets:<\/mark> <mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#9b51e0\" class=\"has-inline-color\">\u2018&#039;And they will all be taught by God&#039;.<\/mark><br><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#9b51e0\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Therefore, <span class=\"uppercase\">Everyone who hears the Father and learns from him comes to me.<\/span>.<\/mark><br>(\u2026)<br><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#9b51e0\" class=\"has-inline-color\">As a consequence, <span class=\"uppercase\">Faith comes from hearing the good news.<\/span>,<\/mark><br><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#9b51e0\" class=\"has-inline-color\"><span class=\"uppercase\">And the good news comes through the Word of Christ.<\/span>.<\/mark><\/p><cite>(John 6:44-45 \/ <em>Romans 10:17<\/em> (KJA)<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">Indeed, the principal characteristic of a genuine Christian is his faithfulness to the unity of faith\u2014namely, the Scriptures\u2014and only in this way can he be filled with the Holy Spirit and simultaneously exercise his dual role as king and priest, that is, be both willing to be exhorted and to take upon himself the responsibility of exhorting!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">The greatest catastrophe among those who call themselves Christians today is that a large part of them have approached the community WITHOUT EVER TRULY HAVING KNOWN THE SCRIPTURES!<br>Church authorities have simply been filling their institutions with a crowd manipulated by emotions, eager for material benefits, healings, miracles, sensations, social interaction, tolerance, inclusion\u2026 people gathered around pretexts that appear to be many things, BUT NOT THE TRUE UNITY OF FAITH DEFINED STRICTLY THROUGH THE SOLIDITY OF THE WORD OF GOD!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#9b51e0\" class=\"has-inline-color\">\u2026with an appearance of piety, yet denying its true power.<\/mark><br><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#9b51e0\" class=\"has-inline-color\">So stay away from those people too.<\/mark><\/p><cite>(2\u207f\u1d48 Timothy 3:5 \u2013 ACF)<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">Only this pernicious kindness can explain why, among a vast number of self-proclaimed &quot;Christians,&quot; virtually no one is attentive and capable of recognizing when an authority loses its reason and taking upon itself the responsibility of acting according to the many biblical recommendations, of which I will cite only one:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#9b51e0\" class=\"has-inline-color\">This is a trustworthy saying, and I want you to stress these things.,<\/mark><br><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#9b51e0\" class=\"has-inline-color\">so that those who believe in God may strive to devote themselves to good works;<\/mark><br><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#9b51e0\" class=\"has-inline-color\">These things are good and beneficial to men.<\/mark><br><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#9b51e0\" class=\"has-inline-color\">But avoid foolish controversies, genealogies, arguments, and quarrels about the law, because these are unprofitable and useless.<\/mark><br><span class=\"uppercase\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#9b51e0\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Avoid a heretical man after admonishing him once or twice.,<\/mark><br><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#9b51e0\" class=\"has-inline-color\">knowing that such a person is perverted and sins, being self-condemned.<\/mark><\/span><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#9b51e0\" class=\"has-inline-color\">.<\/mark><\/p><cite>(Titus 3:8-11 \u2013 ACF)<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">Only the Lord God is infallible: any human who claims to be such, or all who accept and submit to such insanity, are, to begin with, egomaniacs or idolaters!<br>Following an \u201cauthority\u201d simply because you imagine it to be an authority\u2014without full biblical justification\u2014is simply revealing ignorance and, therefore, a fear of assuming one&#039;s responsibilities as king and priest before God, becoming an active element in\u2026 <a aria-label=\"establishment of apostasy (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/retro.piorevangelho.online\/portfolio\/uma-definicao-para-apostasia-parte-1\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"ek-link\">establishment of apostasy<\/a>.<br>If your leadership is practicing any form of evil\u2014from simple distortion to the most serious heresies\u2014and yet you remain in submission and acquiescence, imagining that through this you will receive some honor or blessing from God\u2026 it is best to know something that has been established since the time of the Law and has not ceased to be valid:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#9b51e0\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Woe to those who call evil good and good evil;<\/mark><br><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#9b51e0\" class=\"has-inline-color\">who turn darkness into light and light into darkness;<\/mark><br><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#9b51e0\" class=\"has-inline-color\">They make bitter sweet and sweet bitter!<\/mark><br><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#9b51e0\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!<\/mark><br><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#9b51e0\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Woe to those who are mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mix strong drink;<\/mark><br><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#9b51e0\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Those who justify the wicked for a bribe, and deny justice to the righteous!<\/mark><br><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#9b51e0\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Therefore, just as a tongue of fire consumes straw, and chaff is consumed by the flame,<\/mark><br><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#9b51e0\" class=\"has-inline-color\">so its root will be like rottenness, and its blossom will wither like dust;<\/mark><br><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#9b51e0\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Because they have rejected the law of the LORD of hosts, and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.<\/mark><br>(\u2026)<br><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#9b51e0\" class=\"has-inline-color\">All their watchmen are blind, they know nothing;<\/mark><br><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#9b51e0\" class=\"has-inline-color\">They are all mute dogs, they cannot bark;<\/mark><br><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#9b51e0\" class=\"has-inline-color\">They are asleep, they are lying down, and they enjoy sleeping.<\/mark><br><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#9b51e0\" class=\"has-inline-color\">And these dogs are greedy, they can never get enough;<\/mark><br><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#9b51e0\" class=\"has-inline-color\"><span class=\"uppercase\">e <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">They are shepherds.<\/span> who understand nothing<\/span>;<\/mark><br><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#9b51e0\" class=\"has-inline-color\"><span class=\"uppercase\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">all of them<\/span> They turn to their own path, each to their own greed, each for their own part.<\/span>.<\/mark><br><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#9b51e0\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Come, they say, let us get wine and drink strong drink;<\/mark><br><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#9b51e0\" class=\"has-inline-color\">And tomorrow will be like today, only more abundant.<\/mark><\/p><cite>(Isaiah 5:20-24 \/ 56:10-12 \u2013 ACF)<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">Could the prophet Isaiah have been mistaken in recording &quot;ALL OF THEM,&quot; and is this a passage of Scripture that negates &quot;Sola Scriptura&quot;?<br>Throughout my ministry\u2014and through much suffering and disappointment\u2014the Lord has increased my faith in Him, but has allowed me to see that the only role of many of these inept \u201cpastoral authorities\u201d is simply to instill fear in those who lack the courage to live by genuine faith, the kind obtained only through the study and knowledge of God&#039;s Word.<\/p>\n\n\n<style>#kt-layout-id_06ac80-98 > .kt-row-column-wrap{align-content:center;}:where(#kt-layout-id_06ac80-98 > .kt-row-column-wrap) > .wp-block-kadence-column{justify-content:center;}#kt-layout-id_06ac80-98 > .kt-row-column-wrap{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);row-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);padding-top:var( --global-kb-row-default-top, 25px );padding-bottom:var( --global-kb-row-default-bottom, 25px );padding-top:0px;padding-bottom:5px;grid-template-columns:minmax(0, calc(55% - ((var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem) * 1 )\/2)))minmax(0, calc(45% - ((var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem) * 1 )\/2)));}#kt-layout-id_06ac80-98 > .kt-row-layout-overlay{opacity:0.30;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){#kt-layout-id_06ac80-98 > .kt-row-column-wrap{grid-template-columns:repeat(2, minmax(0, 1fr));}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){#kt-layout-id_06ac80-98 > .kt-row-column-wrap{grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 1fr);}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-rowlayout alignwide\"><div id=\"kt-layout-id_06ac80-98\" class=\"kt-row-layout-inner kt-layout-id_06ac80-98\"><div class=\"kt-row-column-wrap kt-has-2-columns 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.kadence-column_b4bb85-21{align-self:center;}.kt-inner-column-height-full:not(.kt-has-1-columns) > .wp-block-kadence-column.kadence-column_b4bb85-21{align-self:auto;}.kt-inner-column-height-full:not(.kt-has-1-columns) > .wp-block-kadence-column.kadence-column_b4bb85-21 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}.kadence-column_b4bb85-21 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{opacity:0.3;}.kadence-column_b4bb85-21{position:relative;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kt-row-column-wrap > .kadence-column_b4bb85-21{align-self:center;}}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kt-inner-column-height-full:not(.kt-has-1-columns) > .wp-block-kadence-column.kadence-column_b4bb85-21{align-self:auto;}}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kt-inner-column-height-full:not(.kt-has-1-columns) > .wp-block-kadence-column.kadence-column_b4bb85-21 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kadence-column_b4bb85-21 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.kt-row-column-wrap > .kadence-column_b4bb85-21{align-self:center;}.kt-inner-column-height-full:not(.kt-has-1-columns) > .wp-block-kadence-column.kadence-column_b4bb85-21{align-self:auto;}.kt-inner-column-height-full:not(.kt-has-1-columns) > .wp-block-kadence-column.kadence-column_b4bb85-21 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}.kadence-column_b4bb85-21 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column inner-column-1 kadence-column_b4bb85-21\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">This is certainly a narrow, painful, and, humanly speaking, quite unpleasant path\u2026 mainly because the search for Truth ends up implying disagreeing with some people and completely displeasing others: wanting to serve the Lord God. <a aria-label=\"in Spirit and in Truth (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/retro.piorevangelho.online\/2021\/03\/em-espirito-e-em-verdade\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"ek-link\">in Spirit and in Truth<\/a> Ultimately, it leaves us with few true brothers and sisters in Christ.<br>I can say that it was the Lord himself who taught me to break my pride in order to help others, often even those who do not do good to me: the more I humble myself, the more people treat me with respect, both those who know me and those who do not, because God begins to walk with you when He sees obedience that allows Him, through the movement of the Holy Spirit, to give you direct orders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">I strive to improve every day, as I consider myself to be at the beginning of my journey, so in every area I want to be better each day, and it is this challenge that motivates me: the challenge of being broken and seeking God first.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<style>.kadence-column_a14503-4f > .kt-inside-inner-col{border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;}.kadence-column_a14503-4f > .kt-inside-inner-col,.kadence-column_a14503-4f > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;}.kadence-column_a14503-4f > .kt-inside-inner-col{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-sm, 1rem);}.kadence-column_a14503-4f > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;}.kadence-column_a14503-4f > .kt-inside-inner-col > .aligncenter{width:100%;}.kadence-column_a14503-4f > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{opacity:0.3;}.kadence-column_a14503-4f{position:relative;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kadence-column_a14503-4f > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.kadence-column_a14503-4f > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column inner-column-2 kadence-column_a14503-4f\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full caption-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ml2ugjuzjm5e.i.optimole.com\/_5QBFgU.6Dto~587fd\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/process:15133\/id:5cf3257375c229c553395e13b4071d8c\/https:\/\/retro.piorevangelho.online\/atalaias.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ml2ugjuzjm5e.i.optimole.com\/_5QBFgU.6Dto~587fd\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/process:15133\/id:5cf3257375c229c553395e13b4071d8c\/https:\/\/retro.piorevangelho.online\/atalaias.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15133\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a><figcaption><span class=\"uppercase\">Then, when some executive from an ecclesiastical company\u2014aka a pastor\u2014claims that their franchise is the Church and everyone outside of it is &quot;headless&quot; or &quot;in rebellion,&quot; I also throw out Isaiah 56:10-11 and ask: either we have &quot;Sola Scriptura&quot; and the perfect word, or else where it reads &quot;ALL PASTORS&quot; we find an error\u2026 I can&#039;t believe you&#039;re the &quot;golden rosemary&quot; to be the exception in the prophecy.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">I never want to think that I already know everything, because when I was a child I read the Bible and didn&#039;t understand much, now I understand more and, further down the line, I will understand even more\u2026 but until then I want to be able to count on those who have already studied, who have already lived, on the \u201cmultitude of counselors\u201d to find wise words: I sincerely hope that you can benefit from this study.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">Well, this is how I live in Christ: a life with many struggles, occasional victories, but above all, always thanking Him for everything, because all things\u2014even apparent defeats\u2014work together for the good of those who love God. Amen?<br>May God bless you abundantly!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">FOLLOW THE LEADER?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">Along with this lucid and affectionate lesson from the Scriptures, I had amended the transcript of messages that, at the time, I had exchanged with Daniel Mastral and other members of his business support structure because I saw in him a reflection of the discourse on authority included in his lectures and books.<br>While rereading the original post for this revision, I came across that embarrassing episode and decided not to include it in this update, both because I recognize that my writing style has improved and become clearer over time, and because it ends up being more of a cause for regret than a valuable contribution: I chose to leave it available separately., <a aria-label=\"at this link (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/teophilo.blogspot.com\/2010\/12\/autoridades.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"ek-link\">at this link<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">If Mastral was the first to reveal the bias of his preaching aimed at selling him as a kind of messiah, since then disappointments with leaders have only accumulated, and even those for whom I still have some respect have revealed themselves to be slaves to the doctrinal limitations imposed by the ecclesiastical franchises that pay their salaries or, in an even more dramatic situation, that they own.<\/p>\n\n\n<style>#kt-layout-id_f02dd3-9c > .kt-row-column-wrap{align-content:center;}:where(#kt-layout-id_f02dd3-9c > .kt-row-column-wrap) > .wp-block-kadence-column{justify-content:center;}#kt-layout-id_f02dd3-9c > .kt-row-column-wrap{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);row-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);padding-top:var( --global-kb-row-default-top, 25px );padding-bottom:var( --global-kb-row-default-bottom, 25px );padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:0px;grid-template-columns:minmax(0, calc(25% - ((var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem) * 1 )\/2)))minmax(0, calc(75% - ((var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem) * 1 )\/2)));}#kt-layout-id_f02dd3-9c > .kt-row-layout-overlay{opacity:0.30;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){#kt-layout-id_f02dd3-9c > .kt-row-column-wrap{grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 1fr) minmax(0, 2fr);}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){#kt-layout-id_f02dd3-9c > .kt-row-column-wrap{grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 1fr);}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-rowlayout alignwide\"><div id=\"kt-layout-id_f02dd3-9c\" class=\"kt-row-layout-inner kt-layout-id_f02dd3-9c\"><div class=\"kt-row-column-wrap kt-has-2-columns kt-gutter-default kt-v-gutter-default kt-row-valign-middle kt-row-layout-right-golden kt-tab-layout-inherit kt-m-colapse-left-to-right kt-mobile-layout-row  kt-custom-first-width-25  kt-custom-second-width-75\"><style>.kadence-column_b6f325-99 > .kt-inside-inner-col{border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;}.kadence-column_b6f325-99 > .kt-inside-inner-col,.kadence-column_b6f325-99 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;}.kadence-column_b6f325-99 > .kt-inside-inner-col{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-sm, 1rem);}.kadence-column_b6f325-99 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;}.kadence-column_b6f325-99 > .kt-inside-inner-col > .aligncenter{width:100%;}.kadence-column_b6f325-99 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{opacity:0.3;}.kadence-column_b6f325-99{position:relative;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kadence-column_b6f325-99 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.kadence-column_b6f325-99 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column inner-column-1 kadence-column_b6f325-99\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full caption-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/noticiaviva.com\/pastor-expulsa-igreja-quem-nao-paga-dizimo-voce-mau-carater-desonesto\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"749\" height=\"848\" src=\"https:\/\/ml2ugjuzjm5e.i.optimole.com\/_5QBFgU.6Dto~587fd\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/process:15075\/id:08c05e51d65e2b963b09715ef6bdcaae\/https:\/\/retro.piorevangelho.online\/neil01.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15075\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a><figcaption>A POSTURE OF AUTHORITY\u2026<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<style>.kadence-column_352e1e-13 > .kt-inside-inner-col{display:flex;}.kadence-column_352e1e-13 > .kt-inside-inner-col{border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;}.kadence-column_352e1e-13 > .kt-inside-inner-col,.kadence-column_352e1e-13 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;}.kadence-column_352e1e-13 > .kt-inside-inner-col{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-sm, 1rem);}.kadence-column_352e1e-13 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}.kadence-column_352e1e-13 > .kt-inside-inner-col > .aligncenter{width:100%;}.kt-row-column-wrap > .kadence-column_352e1e-13{align-self:center;}.kt-inner-column-height-full:not(.kt-has-1-columns) > .wp-block-kadence-column.kadence-column_352e1e-13{align-self:auto;}.kt-inner-column-height-full:not(.kt-has-1-columns) > .wp-block-kadence-column.kadence-column_352e1e-13 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}.kadence-column_352e1e-13 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{opacity:0.3;}.kadence-column_352e1e-13{position:relative;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kt-row-column-wrap > .kadence-column_352e1e-13{align-self:center;}}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kt-inner-column-height-full:not(.kt-has-1-columns) > .wp-block-kadence-column.kadence-column_352e1e-13{align-self:auto;}}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kt-inner-column-height-full:not(.kt-has-1-columns) > .wp-block-kadence-column.kadence-column_352e1e-13 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kadence-column_352e1e-13 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.kt-row-column-wrap > .kadence-column_352e1e-13{align-self:center;}.kt-inner-column-height-full:not(.kt-has-1-columns) > .wp-block-kadence-column.kadence-column_352e1e-13{align-self:auto;}.kt-inner-column-height-full:not(.kt-has-1-columns) > .wp-block-kadence-column.kadence-column_352e1e-13 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}.kadence-column_352e1e-13 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column inner-column-2 kadence-column_352e1e-13\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">To cite just the most recent example, and not leave the Satanist as the only name mentioned, we have the terrible episode involving Neil Barreto, owner of the &quot;Bet\u00e2nia&quot; brand, who, in 2020, classified anyone who did not... <a aria-label=\"pays the tithe (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/retro.piorevangelho.online\/2021\/11\/dizimar-x-dadivar\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"ek-link\">pays the tithe<\/a> (something nonexistent in the New Covenant) as &quot;bad character and dishonest&quot; before expelling them from their ecclesiastical enterprise.<br>It&#039;s incredible how he miraculously forgot that eight years before that he had fornicated (or committed adultery?) with a &quot;little sheep&quot; of the praise group and fathered a child whom, in fact, many say he suggested should be aborted!<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<style>#kt-layout-id_fef284-7c > .kt-row-column-wrap{align-content:center;}:where(#kt-layout-id_fef284-7c > .kt-row-column-wrap) > .wp-block-kadence-column{justify-content:center;}#kt-layout-id_fef284-7c > .kt-row-column-wrap{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);row-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);padding-top:var( --global-kb-row-default-top, 25px );padding-bottom:var( --global-kb-row-default-bottom, 25px );padding-top:0px;grid-template-columns:minmax(0, calc(75% - ((var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem) * 1 )\/2)))minmax(0, calc(25% - ((var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem) * 1 )\/2)));}#kt-layout-id_fef284-7c > .kt-row-layout-overlay{opacity:0.30;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){#kt-layout-id_fef284-7c > .kt-row-column-wrap{grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 2fr) minmax(0, 1fr);}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){#kt-layout-id_fef284-7c > .kt-row-column-wrap{grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 1fr);}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-rowlayout alignnone\"><div id=\"kt-layout-id_fef284-7c\" class=\"kt-row-layout-inner kt-layout-id_fef284-7c\"><div class=\"kt-row-column-wrap kt-has-2-columns kt-gutter-default kt-v-gutter-default kt-row-valign-middle kt-row-layout-left-golden kt-tab-layout-inherit kt-m-colapse-left-to-right kt-mobile-layout-row  kt-custom-first-width-75  kt-custom-second-width-25\"><style>.kadence-column_956a29-04 > .kt-inside-inner-col{display:flex;}.kadence-column_956a29-04 > .kt-inside-inner-col{border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;}.kadence-column_956a29-04 > .kt-inside-inner-col,.kadence-column_956a29-04 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;}.kadence-column_956a29-04 > .kt-inside-inner-col{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-sm, 1rem);}.kadence-column_956a29-04 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}.kadence-column_956a29-04 > .kt-inside-inner-col > .aligncenter{width:100%;}.kt-row-column-wrap > .kadence-column_956a29-04{align-self:center;}.kt-inner-column-height-full:not(.kt-has-1-columns) > .wp-block-kadence-column.kadence-column_956a29-04{align-self:auto;}.kt-inner-column-height-full:not(.kt-has-1-columns) > .wp-block-kadence-column.kadence-column_956a29-04 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}.kadence-column_956a29-04 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{opacity:0.3;}.kadence-column_956a29-04{position:relative;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kt-row-column-wrap > .kadence-column_956a29-04{align-self:center;}}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kt-inner-column-height-full:not(.kt-has-1-columns) > .wp-block-kadence-column.kadence-column_956a29-04{align-self:auto;}}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kt-inner-column-height-full:not(.kt-has-1-columns) > .wp-block-kadence-column.kadence-column_956a29-04 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kadence-column_956a29-04 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.kt-row-column-wrap > .kadence-column_956a29-04{align-self:center;}.kt-inner-column-height-full:not(.kt-has-1-columns) > .wp-block-kadence-column.kadence-column_956a29-04{align-self:auto;}.kt-inner-column-height-full:not(.kt-has-1-columns) > .wp-block-kadence-column.kadence-column_956a29-04 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}.kadence-column_956a29-04 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column inner-column-1 kadence-column_956a29-04\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">Unlike the act of giving money, improper sexual practices have never ceased to be a sin, and this episode highlights who is truly the &quot;evil and dishonest&quot; person capable of hiding their wickedness for all this time, improperly maintaining their position of authority in what should be the Body of Christ, but which, in the face of such facts, reveals itself only as a corral with a flock of minds cauterized so that they never break free from the yoke of their &quot;authority.&quot;.<br>After being exposed, Neil offered his &quot;position&quot; and took two months&#039; leave, probably well paid by the &quot;good character and honest&quot; Christians, utterly ignorant of the Scriptures, who frequent the club which, incidentally, he still owns.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<style>.kadence-column_024299-28 > .kt-inside-inner-col{border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;}.kadence-column_024299-28 > .kt-inside-inner-col,.kadence-column_024299-28 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;}.kadence-column_024299-28 > .kt-inside-inner-col{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-sm, 1rem);}.kadence-column_024299-28 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;}.kadence-column_024299-28 > .kt-inside-inner-col > .aligncenter{width:100%;}.kadence-column_024299-28 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{opacity:0.3;}.kadence-column_024299-28{position:relative;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kadence-column_024299-28 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.kadence-column_024299-28 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column inner-column-2 kadence-column_024299-28\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tvjornal.ne10.uol.com.br\/gospel\/2022\/05\/15009271-bomba-exame-de-dna-confirma-que-pastor-neil-barreto-e-pai-de-crianca-fora-do-casamento.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"826\" height=\"811\" src=\"https:\/\/ml2ugjuzjm5e.i.optimole.com\/_5QBFgU.6Dto~587fd\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/process:15076\/id:c4439c102c3a177c850c14d49f2c400f\/https:\/\/retro.piorevangelho.online\/neil-02.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15076\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a><figcaption>&quot;BEST FRIEND&quot; POSTURE...<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#9b51e0\" class=\"has-inline-color\">And there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you.,<\/mark><br><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#9b51e0\" class=\"has-inline-color\">who will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the sovereign Lord who bought them,<\/mark><br><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#9b51e0\" class=\"has-inline-color\">bringing sudden destruction upon themselves.<\/mark><br><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#9b51e0\" class=\"has-inline-color\"><span class=\"uppercase\">E <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">many will follow<\/span> their dissolutions, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Because of whom the way of truth will be blasphemed.<\/span><\/span>.<\/mark><br><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#9b51e0\" class=\"has-inline-color\">E <span class=\"uppercase\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Through greed they will exploit you with deceptive words.<\/span><\/span>;<\/mark><br><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#9b51e0\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Regarding those for whom judgment will soon be passed,<\/mark><br><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#9b51e0\" class=\"has-inline-color\">and their destruction does not slumber.<\/mark><\/p><cite>(2\u207f\u1d48 Peter 2:1-3 \u2013 ACF)<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">Congratulations, Neil! You are among the great and revered evangelical Christian authorities of our time who are working hard to fulfill prophecy\u2026 but you can be sure that there is no shortage of small and irrelevant owners of \u201cgospel kiosks\u201d who are inspired by your example!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">A <a aria-label=\"current generation (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/retro.piorevangelho.online\/portfolio\/o-termometro-do-fim\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"ek-link\">current generation<\/a> Those who are overly delicate and exclusive, living under the illusion that everything must bend to their will so that they don&#039;t feel traumatized or offended: people who don&#039;t accept themselves want to force society to accept their rebellions, from those against the sex they were born with to the insanity of wanting to alter the very essence of the Gospel to the point where their degenerate obscenities can no longer be called sin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">Most of the ecclesiastical enterprises that we now call &quot;churches&quot; are nothing more than corrals full of people without real knowledge of the Scriptures, without the courage to wield the Sword of Truth for themselves, and who, out of cowardice or convenience, choose to spend their entire lives depending on the reckless and limiting interpretation of greedy dogs who establish themselves as unquestionable authorities so that, commonly through perpetual nepotism, they can regularly extract the fat from their &quot;sheep.&quot;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#9b51e0\" class=\"has-inline-color\">For such false apostles are deceitful workers, transforming themselves into apostles of Christ.<\/mark><br><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#9b51e0\" class=\"has-inline-color\">And no wonder, for Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light.<\/mark><br><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#9b51e0\" class=\"has-inline-color\">It is not surprising, then, that his ministers masquerade as ministers of justice;<\/mark><br><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#9b51e0\" class=\"has-inline-color\">whose end will be according to their works.<\/mark><\/p><cite>(2\u207f\u1d48 Corinthians 11:13-15 \u2013 ACF)<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignwide has-custom-content-position is-position-bottom-right ek-linked-block\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim-70 has-background-dim\"><\/span><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-9924\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/ml2ugjuzjm5e.i.optimole.com\/_5QBFgU.6Dto~587fd\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/process:9924\/id:4e97f64ca8b0478ba3634e97ad04b9da\/https:\/\/retro.piorevangelho.online\/afterkicker-BusinessNotChurch244.jpg\" style=\"object-position:3% 5%\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" data-object-position=\"3% 5%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:1em\"><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-ast-global-color-4-color\">An article for those who still don&#039;t understand the difference.<br>Between &quot;Church&quot; and &quot;Ecclesiastical Businesses&quot;\u201c<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-_6338c8-e6 .kt-block-spacer{height:20px;}.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-_6338c8-e6 .kt-divider{border-top-width:1px;height:1px;border-top-color:#eee;width:80%;border-top-style:solid;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-spacer aligncenter kt-block-spacer-_6338c8-e6\"><div class=\"kt-block-spacer kt-block-spacer-halign-center\"><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">HAPPY REUNION<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">Since the original article was published, on the penultimate day of 2010, I have never heard from the young man who sent me the letter again: time has taught me to be one of those who presents the Word without mixture and lets the Holy Spirit do its work\u2026 I learned that cultivating expectations generates\u2026<mark class=\"annotation-text annotation-text-jetpack-tweetstorm\" id=\"annotation-text-7182c55a-dd4a-43c9-b79d-ff45d5dad2bb\"> <\/mark>Anxiety, gastritis, and disappointments.<mark class=\"annotation-text annotation-text-jetpack-tweetstorm-line-break\" id=\"annotation-text-c2e572eb-2cfd-4c80-a637-d93db482ddb6\"><br><\/mark>However, sometimes information comes along that makes all the time I dedicate to this work worthwhile\u2026 and that&#039;s what happened shortly before the start of the season where I stop writing to dedicate myself to income tax returns, with the arrival of an email at<mark class=\"annotation-text annotation-text-jetpack-tweetstorm\" id=\"annotation-text-a7d0282a-093a-48d3-8e1a-345c782119b0\"> <\/mark>afternoon of February 23rd:<\/p>\n\n\n<style>#kt-layout-id_1e99dd-11 > .kt-row-column-wrap{align-content:start;}:where(#kt-layout-id_1e99dd-11 > .kt-row-column-wrap) > .wp-block-kadence-column{justify-content:start;}#kt-layout-id_1e99dd-11 > .kt-row-column-wrap{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);row-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);padding-top:var( --global-kb-row-default-top, 25px );padding-bottom:var( --global-kb-row-default-bottom, 25px );padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 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.kt-row-layout-bottom-sep{height:px;}#kt-layout-id_1e99dd-11 .kt-row-layout-bottom-sep svg{width:%;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-rowlayout alignwide\"><div id=\"kt-layout-id_1e99dd-11\" class=\"kt-row-layout-inner kt-row-has-bg kt-layout-id_1e99dd-11\"><div class=\"kt-row-column-wrap kt-has-1-columns kt-gutter-default kt-v-gutter-default kt-row-valign-top kt-row-layout-equal kt-tab-layout-inherit kt-m-colapse-left-to-right kt-mobile-layout-row\"><style>.kadence-column_47c1d3-cf > .kt-inside-inner-col{border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;}.kadence-column_47c1d3-cf > .kt-inside-inner-col,.kadence-column_47c1d3-cf > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;}.kadence-column_47c1d3-cf > .kt-inside-inner-col{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-sm, 1rem);}.kadence-column_47c1d3-cf > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;}.kadence-column_47c1d3-cf > .kt-inside-inner-col > .aligncenter{width:100%;}.kadence-column_47c1d3-cf > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{opacity:0.3;}.kadence-column_47c1d3-cf{position:relative;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kadence-column_47c1d3-cf > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.kadence-column_47c1d3-cf > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column inner-column-1 kadence-column_47c1d3-cf\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">Good afternoon,<br>I had a very constructive discussion with you at the beginning of my journey, and I&#039;d like to exchange emails now, 12 years later, to tell you what has happened since then and share my experience, because you certainly expected a lot of what happened to me.<br>If you&#039;re interested in this topic, you can reply here. I only ask that, if you post something about it, you keep me anonymous: it&#039;s impressive to see you still posting on your new blog and I eagerly await your response!<br>God be with you.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-_bcfc32-24 .kt-block-spacer{height:20px;}.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-_bcfc32-24 .kt-divider{border-top-width:1px;height:1px;border-top-color:#eee;width:80%;border-top-style:solid;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-spacer aligncenter kt-block-spacer-_bcfc32-24\"><div class=\"kt-block-spacer kt-block-spacer-halign-center\"><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">I jumped for joy and immediately replied, trusting that the Word does not return empty and assuring that I avoid exposing &quot;ordinary people,&quot; citing only names that are already exposed in the media.<br>Later that same day I received the report:<\/p>\n\n\n<style>#kt-layout-id_eb1f0e-55 > .kt-row-column-wrap{align-content:start;}:where(#kt-layout-id_eb1f0e-55 > .kt-row-column-wrap) > .wp-block-kadence-column{justify-content:start;}#kt-layout-id_eb1f0e-55 > .kt-row-column-wrap{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);row-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);padding-top:var( --global-kb-row-default-top, 25px );padding-bottom:var( --global-kb-row-default-bottom, 25px );padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 1fr);}#kt-layout-id_eb1f0e-55{background-color:rgba(255,255,0,0.24);}#kt-layout-id_eb1f0e-55 > .kt-row-layout-overlay{opacity:0.30;}#kt-layout-id_eb1f0e-55 ,#kt-layout-id_eb1f0e-55 h1,#kt-layout-id_eb1f0e-55 h2,#kt-layout-id_eb1f0e-55 h3,#kt-layout-id_eb1f0e-55 h4,#kt-layout-id_eb1f0e-55 h5,#kt-layout-id_eb1f0e-55 h6{color:#ffffff;}#kt-layout-id_eb1f0e-55 .kt-row-layout-bottom-sep{height:100px;}#kt-layout-id_eb1f0e-55 .kt-row-layout-bottom-sep svg{width:100%;}#kt-layout-id_eb1f0e-55 .kt-row-layout-bottom-sep svg{fill:#ffffff!important;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){#kt-layout-id_eb1f0e-55 > .kt-row-column-wrap{grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 1fr);}}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){#kt-layout-id_eb1f0e-55 .kt-row-layout-bottom-sep{height:px;}}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){#kt-layout-id_eb1f0e-55 .kt-row-layout-bottom-sep svg{width:%;}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){#kt-layout-id_eb1f0e-55 > .kt-row-column-wrap{grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 1fr);}#kt-layout-id_eb1f0e-55 .kt-row-layout-bottom-sep{height:px;}#kt-layout-id_eb1f0e-55 .kt-row-layout-bottom-sep svg{width:%;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-rowlayout alignwide\"><div id=\"kt-layout-id_eb1f0e-55\" class=\"kt-row-layout-inner kt-row-has-bg kt-layout-id_eb1f0e-55\"><div class=\"kt-row-column-wrap kt-has-1-columns kt-gutter-default kt-v-gutter-default kt-row-valign-top kt-row-layout-equal kt-tab-layout-inherit kt-m-colapse-left-to-right kt-mobile-layout-row\"><style>.kadence-column_197a20-7e > .kt-inside-inner-col{border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;}.kadence-column_197a20-7e > .kt-inside-inner-col,.kadence-column_197a20-7e > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;}.kadence-column_197a20-7e > .kt-inside-inner-col{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-sm, 1rem);}.kadence-column_197a20-7e > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;}.kadence-column_197a20-7e > .kt-inside-inner-col > .aligncenter{width:100%;}.kadence-column_197a20-7e > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{opacity:0.3;}.kadence-column_197a20-7e{position:relative;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kadence-column_197a20-7e > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.kadence-column_197a20-7e > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column inner-column-1 kadence-column_197a20-7e\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">Good evening, Te\u00f3philo!<br>I confess that I haven&#039;t followed your work much since our debate: I&#039;m currently a systems developer and, while researching &quot;deep Google search,&quot; I stumbled upon that old post related to my email.<br>I have to say I devoured that post again and it was an incredible feeling: it seems like back in 2010 I was having an encounter with a future version of myself, personified by Te\u00f3philo. Today I read your new work, it&#039;s still excellent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">In short: I was expelled from two churches for opposing\u2014in one, the &quot;prosperity theology,&quot; and in the other, &quot;spiritual warfare.&quot; I formed study groups, had a movement at university, participated in a church that was literally on the street, did missions in rural areas, urban missions\u2026 it was an adventure!<br>I dove headfirst into the study of historical theologies, apologetics, historical and contemporary heresies, classical and modern philosophy\u2026 I guess that was my \u201cproblem,\u201d right?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">In 2010 I was just a kid in my first job, searching for my spiritual self. Currently, and unfortunately, I can no longer participate in the gospel music world: the knowledge, the way of thinking, all the maturity and also the suffering that various emotional abuses I experienced in that environment brought me, marked me and changed me completely.<br>Seeing people constantly repeating the same excuses \u2014 &quot;we have to pray for him,&quot; &quot;God will show us&quot; \u2014 while the crooks are filling their pockets with money, preaching and mimicking whatever is &quot;trending&quot; on the internet and TV...<br>There is something written in your \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/retro.piorevangelho.online\/sobre\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"About the Author (opens in a new tab)\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"ek-link\">About the Author<\/a>\u201d&quot;Even if people have a prophecy rubbed in their faces, they lack the capacity to interpret and recognize its fulfillment\u2014which is the purest truth\u2026 and this isn&#039;t just with the gospel, but unfortunately with everything, isn&#039;t it?&quot;<br>Even if you reveal the truth\u2014about any subject, to anyone\u2014if the person doesn&#039;t already want to know the truth and isn&#039;t open to receiving it with humility\u2026 it&#039;s like casting pearls before swine!<br>Fortunately, I was a pig who, after understanding the value of pearls, was able to see the mud I was sinking in, and I didn&#039;t like what I saw at all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">We live in a time of shackles, mental and physical control; the world has become an Orwellian dystopia! Our Lord had already warned us.<br>The truth is that any institution\u2014be it political, religious, corporate\u2026\u2014that manages to stand the test of time and gain the approval of the people, ends up growing to the point of becoming like a living animal (a leviathan?) that feels hunger and wants to keep growing!<br>From this point on, the sole objective of these entities is self-preservation: all those beautiful initial ideas become mere facades to attract new members for their own adoration, consuming our energy through the feelings and money we invest in them. Anyone caught at this point will inevitably be crushed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">We might imagine that this wouldn&#039;t happen with &quot;churches,&quot; but (as you aptly coined it) these have become &quot;ecclesiastical businesses,&quot; a kind of animal of their own where the brothers and sisters of today have become mere cells and blood to be absorbed... and those who &quot;rebel,&quot; who do not &quot;obey authority,&quot; who are no longer &quot;under cover,&quot; must be extirpated like cancerous cells!<br>Unfortunately, Christians are becoming part of strange organizations while believing they are in the Body of Christ\u2026 but how can we judge the majority?<br>Our country is full of people who can&#039;t interpret a simple text, but who have the same spiritual yearnings as anyone else, along with clever people eager to satisfy greed and power.<br>A truly explosive and deplorable formula: how many psychopaths and swindlers are on pulpits and political platforms in Brazil? Certainly countless.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We must revive the Behemoth that was created alongside Job, which is the strength of truth and God&#039;s piety within us, and stop thinking that being a Christian means being &quot;charismatic,&quot; &quot;gospel,&quot; and having a bunch of jargon and subcultures that appeal to no one but those in our &quot;sect.&quot;.<br>May God guide us to all righteousness!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thank you very much for your reply. And I hope you are doing very well!<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-_9dd7ae-43 .kt-block-spacer{height:20px;}.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-_9dd7ae-43 .kt-divider{border-top-width:1px;height:1px;border-top-color:#eee;width:80%;border-top-style:solid;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-spacer aligncenter kt-block-spacer-_9dd7ae-43\"><div class=\"kt-block-spacer kt-block-spacer-halign-center\"><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">Was it worth it?<br>Certainly much more than that!<br>I had living proof that my perspective, based strictly on Scripture, was enough to inspire the formation of, in his words, another Te\u00f3philo!<\/p>\n\n\n<style>#kt-layout-id_b1f07a-ad > .kt-row-column-wrap{align-content:center;}:where(#kt-layout-id_b1f07a-ad > .kt-row-column-wrap) > .wp-block-kadence-column{justify-content:center;}#kt-layout-id_b1f07a-ad > 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.kt-inside-inner-col{border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;}.kadence-column_023b00-09 > .kt-inside-inner-col,.kadence-column_023b00-09 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;}.kadence-column_023b00-09 > .kt-inside-inner-col{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-sm, 1rem);}.kadence-column_023b00-09 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}.kadence-column_023b00-09 > .kt-inside-inner-col > .aligncenter{width:100%;}.kt-row-column-wrap > .kadence-column_023b00-09{align-self:center;}.kt-inner-column-height-full:not(.kt-has-1-columns) > .wp-block-kadence-column.kadence-column_023b00-09{align-self:auto;}.kt-inner-column-height-full:not(.kt-has-1-columns) > .wp-block-kadence-column.kadence-column_023b00-09 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}.kadence-column_023b00-09 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{opacity:0.3;}.kadence-column_023b00-09{position:relative;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kt-row-column-wrap > .kadence-column_023b00-09{align-self:center;}}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kt-inner-column-height-full:not(.kt-has-1-columns) > .wp-block-kadence-column.kadence-column_023b00-09{align-self:auto;}}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kt-inner-column-height-full:not(.kt-has-1-columns) > .wp-block-kadence-column.kadence-column_023b00-09 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kadence-column_023b00-09 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.kt-row-column-wrap > .kadence-column_023b00-09{align-self:center;}.kt-inner-column-height-full:not(.kt-has-1-columns) > .wp-block-kadence-column.kadence-column_023b00-09{align-self:auto;}.kt-inner-column-height-full:not(.kt-has-1-columns) > .wp-block-kadence-column.kadence-column_023b00-09 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}.kadence-column_023b00-09 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column inner-column-2 kadence-column_023b00-09\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">And I am absolutely certain that this is the legitimate principle of genuine Christianity: to form people not to spend their entire lives in its shadow\u2014much less to nurture them with the expectation of having their own brilliance\u2014but to prepare them until they reach the capacity so that, all of the same spiritual stature, we can live and nourish ourselves from the one and true source of light and life, which is presented to us today as the Word of Christ through the Scriptures.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">CONCLUSION<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">If even when constantly exposed to the Truth, Christian authorities became corrupt, it is not difficult to understand that, throughout the world, secular authorities have begun to plot almost openly to hasten the establishment of Satan&#039;s coming kingdom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#9b51e0\" class=\"has-inline-color\">When the righteous multiply, the people rejoice;<\/mark><br><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#9b51e0\" class=\"has-inline-color\">The people are distressed when the wicked rule.<\/mark><br>(\u2026)<br><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#9b51e0\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Woe to those who enact unjust laws,<\/mark><br><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#9b51e0\" class=\"has-inline-color\">and all those who draft oppressive decrees,<\/mark><br><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#9b51e0\" class=\"has-inline-color\">in order to deprive the poor of their rights and prevent the oppressed of my people from having full access to justice,<\/mark><br><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#9b51e0\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Turning widows into prey for their ambitions and dispossessing orphans!<\/mark><br>(\u2026)<br><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#9b51e0\" class=\"has-inline-color\">We are aware that we are of God, and that the whole world lies in the power of the evil one.<\/mark><\/p><cite>(Proverbs 29:2 \/ Isaiah 10:1-2 \/ 1\u02e2\u1d57 John 5:19 \u2013 KJA)<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">This account, and everything I have written over the years, allows me to affirm that, while I do not disrespect civil authorities, I have learned to recognize the Lord Jesus Christ as the sole and supreme authority in my life, whose will is expressed only through His revealed Word in the Scriptures and commonly called the Bible: faced with reliable versions\u2014and not the pestilent modern corruptions\u2014I accept any exhortation.<br>Outside of it or against it, not even governmental laws will compel me to act.<\/p>\n\n\n<style>#kt-layout-id_e26847-d5 > .kt-row-column-wrap{align-content:center;}:where(#kt-layout-id_e26847-d5 > .kt-row-column-wrap) > .wp-block-kadence-column{justify-content:center;}#kt-layout-id_e26847-d5 > .kt-row-column-wrap{column-gap:20px;row-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);padding-top:var( --global-kb-row-default-top, 25px );padding-bottom:var( --global-kb-row-default-bottom, 25px );padding-top:0px;padding-bottom:5px;grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 2fr) minmax(0, 1fr);}#kt-layout-id_e26847-d5 > .kt-row-layout-overlay{opacity:0.30;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){#kt-layout-id_e26847-d5 > .kt-row-column-wrap{grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 2fr) minmax(0, 1fr);}}@media 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presented: my goal is the edification of the true Body of Christ, and precisely for that reason, I understand that I should not even flirt with corruption from the perspective of becoming just another ecclesiastical businessman.<br>Certainly there are other men from whom we can learn and be edified, and one of them, Mario Persona, publishes extremely interesting texts: without ever having met, I occasionally find great agreement with him, for example, on this very topic of authorities, I would like to add by indicating \u201c<a aria-label=\"Should We Obey Human Authority in the Church? (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.respondi.com.br\/2008\/09\/devemos-obedecer-autoridade-humana-na.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"ek-link\">Should We Obey Human Authority in the Church?<\/a>\u201d and \u201c<a aria-label=\"Is Obedience to Pastors Unconditional? (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.respondi.com.br\/2006\/08\/obedincia-aos-pastores-incondicional.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"ek-link\">Is Obedience to Pastors Unconditional?<\/a>\u201c&quot;.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<style>.kadence-column_4abc7f-ec > .kt-inside-inner-col{border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;}.kadence-column_4abc7f-ec > .kt-inside-inner-col,.kadence-column_4abc7f-ec > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;}.kadence-column_4abc7f-ec > .kt-inside-inner-col{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-sm, 1rem);}.kadence-column_4abc7f-ec > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;}.kadence-column_4abc7f-ec > .kt-inside-inner-col > .aligncenter{width:100%;}.kadence-column_4abc7f-ec > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{opacity:0.3;}.kadence-column_4abc7f-ec{position:relative;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kadence-column_4abc7f-ec > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.kadence-column_4abc7f-ec > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column inner-column-2 kadence-column_4abc7f-ec\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full caption-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ml2ugjuzjm5e.i.optimole.com\/_5QBFgU.6Dto~587fd\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/process:15128\/id:d32a6a44d8860affeab2ec9e87a2dee8\/https:\/\/retro.piorevangelho.online\/openyourchurch.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"635\" height=\"433\" src=\"https:\/\/ml2ugjuzjm5e.i.optimole.com\/_5QBFgU.6Dto~587fd\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/process:15128\/id:d32a6a44d8860affeab2ec9e87a2dee8\/https:\/\/retro.piorevangelho.online\/openyourchurch.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15128\"\/><\/a><figcaption>ILL-LITERATE ENERGY MANIFESTATION<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">If I had started my own business 12 years ago, I would probably be much more financially comfortable, but the truth is that I could only return to writing because the tax filing period ended and I once again needed any kind of help I could get.<mark class=\"annotation-text annotation-text-jetpack-tweetstorm\" id=\"annotation-text-edcfe4cb-8ea1-415f-8166-759c8ae43d54\"> <\/mark>What you can offer me: comments, shares, and reactions help spread this content, which was produced with the intention of contributing to the edification of the Body of Christ in the world.<br>A shortened and easy-to-remember link to this post is:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:1.4em\">https:\/\/cutt.ly\/autoridades<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The year 2010 seems so far away that I even feel embarrassed to acknowledge the great need to revive a delicate subject addressed at that time, the conclusion of which seems to remain unknown to many. How many, now in 2022, still have the ability to read? And, among these, how few still have the ability to understand what has been read?!? The growing functional illiteracy, the almost absolute functional deviation of ecclesiastical enterprises, and the approach of yet another election are opportune factors for presenting important arguments based on the Scriptures which, in reality, have never changed and have ended up becoming even more inconvenient and relevant than ever. At that time I had not yet been struck by deafness, and after escaping the apostate contamination that consumed my original church, I was anxiously searching for another church where there was biblical soundness and where I could become a member\u2026 having even suffered greatly (psychologically and even physically) from successive disappointments. In fact, I had not yet reached the understanding I now possess and I worried about absurd things like the so-called \u201cspiritual covering\u201d or the many threats and curses hurled by people who, claiming to be Christians, were incapable of simply seeking an understanding of the Truth through the Scriptures! ANALYZING SERVITUDE The accounts of my misfortunes ended up encouraging many readers to get in touch, including some who sent words whose ardent hearts were evident, but lacking deeper biblical argumentation. This was the case with the author of this well-intentioned message: I would like to present my small testimony: I was once &quot;unchurched,&quot; as I was converted among ungodly people (without anyone paying a price to consolidate me), but even walking in sin because I didn&#039;t fully know the Word, I remained in prayer and resisted setting foot in a church because of the slander that hangs in the mouths of the world. And it was through prayer that God gave me a servant friend who belonged to a wonderful church where I currently congregate, and I can say: It is ESSENTIAL to congregate because IT IS ESSENTIAL TO BE UNDER AUTHORITY! Whoever wants to be king and execute God&#039;s plan in this life must first be a servant as Jesus was. To be submissive to someone with more experience, both in the Word and in life, to give advice filled with the Holy Spirit. It is essential. You know that the heart is more deceitful than all things, and that the sheep that does not heed the shepherd&#039;s call is considered rebellious and, becoming separated from the others, is easy prey for wolves! This world lies in the power of the evil one, and whoever is a sheep cannot remain astray and wandering through it, for they become easy prey. The brothers who read this should remember Samuel, who, in a time without the Word of God in the mouths of the priests, was faithful to his leaders and to the work of God, being seen by God as his friend: how can someone who cannot serve those they see expect to be used by those they do not see? The Kingdom of God has come, and kingdoms are composed of hierarchies: open your eyes and see! Ask God: How does God work? What does the Lord want for me? Whoever walks by their dreams and their own strength is not worthy of Jesus! And, Te\u00f3philo, may God open the doors of heaven in your financial life in the name of Jesus Christ, the Nazarene! And, more than that, may He fill you more and more with understanding each day, for nothing else matters in this world more than the presence of God in our lives: to obey, to serve, to honor = TO BE FAITHFUL. Shalom Adonai! I sincerely saw pure intentions in these words and I loved this young reader, and even though I was almost certain that my response would deeply displease him, I decided to present arguments truly based on Scripture in the expectation that the Holy Spirit would act, giving understanding capable of changing this passionate and irrational discourse in defense of authorities. THE ROLE OF AUTHORITY The peace of the Lord be with you! I am not trying to offend anyone, but I need to say what the Holy Spirit tells me to say, because God loves you and is using me to tell you this: Everyone must submit to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which God has established. And those that exist have been ordained by God. Therefore, whoever refuses to submit to the authority is rebelling against what God has instituted, and those who do so will bring judgment on themselves. For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to evil. Do you want to be free from fear of the one in authority? Then do what is good, and you will receive his approval, for he is God\u2019s servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for rulers do not bear the sword in vain. They are God\u2019s servants, agents of wrath to bring punishment on the wrongdoer. Therefore, it is necessary to submit to the authorities, not only because of possible punishment but also because of conscience. This is also why you pay taxes, for the authorities are God\u2019s servants, whose job is to continually monitor society. Give to everyone what you owe them: if you owe taxes, pay taxes; if revenue, then revenue; if respect, then respect; if honor, then honor. (Romans 13:1-7 \u2013 KJA) These words are from the apostle Paul, and I ask you to pay attention to the passage highlighted in capital letters, because authorities are used by God for our GOOD! Certainly, it was the Lord God himself who established ORDER, KINGDOMS, and HIERARCHIES to be respected and followed in governments, in the Church, and in any other place: even in the animal kingdom, it is clearly seen who is the leader of the herds, flocks, packs\u2014or whatever collective\u2014to whom all others submit. 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