It’s not just a good business but what is the motive? Even if the motive was right, is it God that asked him to do it? Again, what did he want to do with the proceeds? “Woe
to the rebellious children, saith the LORD, that take counsel, but
not of me; and that cover with a covering, but not of my spirit, that they may add sin to sin: That walk to go down into Egypt, and have not asked at my mouth; to strengthen themselves in the strength of Pharaoh, and to trust in the shadow of Egypt!” Isa. 30:1-2
Apart from disobedience, wrong association can make Christian Ministers to suffer. When Jehoshaphat made alliance with Ahab who had positioned himself as enemy of God, he suffered. The same thing happened to his father Asa who made alliance with the king of Syria. 2Chro. 16:7. When he was sick, he sought not the Lord first but physician. 2Chro.16:12. Unholy alliance can cause a lot of damage to our relationship with God thereby bring suffering. “And
Jehu the son of Hanani the seer went out to meet him, and said
to king Jehoshaphat, Shouldest thou help the ungodly, and love them that hate the LORD? Therefore is wrath upon thee from before the LORD.”
2Chro. 19:2.
A Minister can position himself against God and lose credibility when he’s wrongly aligned and begin to consent to evil that men do because of their high
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