CONGRESSIONAL PROBE FINDS EVIDENCE OF FBI PROTECTING HILLARY CLINTON IN E-MAIL INVESTIGATION

 

CONGRESSIONAL PROBE FINDS EVIDENCE 

OF FBI PROTECTING HILLARY CLINTON 

IN E-MAIL INVESTIGATION

BY C. MITCHELL SHAW

SEE: https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/crime/item/27923-congressional-probe-finds-evidence-of-fbi-protecting-clinton-in-e-mail-investigation; 

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Congressional investigators have turned up new information indicating that high-level FBI officials including ousted director James Comey decided ahead of time to exonerate Hillary Clinton (shown) of doing anything illegal in her use of an unsecured, unauthorized, private e-mail server to send and receive classified e-mails during her tenure as secretary of state. Not only that, but evidence indicates that the FBI buried facts regrading Clinton wrongdoing.
In the myriad investigations now swirling around Hillary Clinton, it is reasonable to ponder which one she should be most concerned about. Yet it would be difficult to imagine one that could do more to damage her than the investigations connected to her use of a private server. After all, not being indicted (yet!) is not the same thing as being found not guilty. Clinton could presumably still be charged, tried, and convicted for the multiplicity of crimes she committed by sending and receiving at least 2,079 classified e-mails over her private server and account. With congressional investigators looking into the matter, it is not beyond the realm of possibility that she may yet have to face charges for her actions.

As The Hill reported last week, a panel made up of “Republicans on three House committees and the Senate Judiciary Committee” have newly uncovered irregularities and contradictions inside the FBI’s probe of Hillary Clinton’s email server.” As that report stated:

For the first time, investigators say they have secured written evidence that the FBI believed there was evidence that some laws were broken when the former secretary of State and her top aides transmitted classified information through her insecure private email server, lawmakers and investigators told The Hill.

That flies in the face of ousted FBI Director James Comey’s statement when he publicly declined to recommend indicting Clinton because “our judgment is that no reasonable prosecutor would bring such a case” since the FBI did not find evidence of “intentional misconduct or indications of disloyalty to the United States or efforts to obstruct justice.” Because sending and receiving at least 2,079 classified e-mails, initially refusing to turn over her server, and then only turning the server over to investigators after having it wiped, and claiming that she had turned over “all work-related” e-mails while actually deleting half as many as she turned over are all apparently, in Comey’s mind, the actions of someone who did not intend to break the law. Right.
Fortunately for the American people and the cause of justice (and unfortunately for Clinton), congressional investigators don’t buy that. And Comey — already summarily dismissed from his position (and none too soon) — may have to answer for his role in protecting Clinton.
As to whether Clinton intended to break the law, two important facts should not be missed: First, her intent is irrelevant; second, she certainly knew she was breaking the law and did so with full intent.
Her intent is irrelevant because the applicable statutes do not allow for ignorance as an excuse; nor should they — national security demands that those responsible for guarding it are held to a very high standard: 18 USC Sec. 1924 criminalizes the unauthorized removal and storage of classified information. Penalties can include fines and imprisonment for up to one year. And while Clinton claimed early on that many of the classified e-mails should not have been classified, she lacked the authority to make that call.
In 2009, President Obama signed Executive Order 13526, which spells out — in uncharacteristically clear language — the process for declassifying intelligence and who has the authority to do so. One part of the order says, "Information shall be declassified or downgraded by ... the official who authorized the original classification ... [or] the originator's current successor." Since other agencies (such as the CIA) classified the intelligence in those e-mails, Clinton could not simply decide it didn’t count.
Furthermore, 18 US Code 793 — which is part of the Espionage Act — says:

(f) Whoever, being entrusted with or having lawful possession or control of any document, writing, code book, signal book, sketch, photograph, photographic negative, blueprint, plan, map, model, instrument, appliance, note, or information, relating to the national defense,

(1) through gross negligence permits the same to be removed from its proper place of custody or delivered to anyone in violation of his trust, or to be lost, stolen, abstracted, or destroyed, or

(2) having knowledge that the same has been illegally removed from its proper place of custody or delivered to anyone in violation of its trust, or lost, or stolen, abstracted, or destroyed, and fails to make prompt report of such loss, theft, abstraction, or destruction to his superior officer —

Shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both.

“Gross negligence” does not require intent. Clinton broke a slate of laws designed to protect national security from actions exactly like those she directed and performed. Intent is not the germane issue here.
And — just to put in the for-what-it’s-worth column — Clinton certainly was aware of her responsibilities and the salient fact that her actions were contrary to those responsibilities. In short, the evidence is indisputable that Clinton knew she was breaking the law, and she did so deliberately.
First, there are the two non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) that Clinton signed as part of her employment as secretary of state. As this writer said when the first of those NDAs came to light in November 2015:

The NDA signed by Mrs. Clinton on her second day as secretary of state spells out — in language so clear that the meaning of the word "is" is quite unambiguous — her responsibility in handling the sensitive information to which she would have access in her new job. One part reads, "I have been advised that the unauthorized disclosure, unauthorized retention, or negligent handling of SCI [Sensitive Compartmented Information] by me could cause irreparable injury to the United States or be used to advantage by a foreign nation." The agreement goes on to address how Secretary Clinton could be sure she was abiding by the letter and the spirit of the agreement. "I understand that it is my responsibility to consult with appropriate management authorities in the Department ... in order to ensure that I know whether information or material within my knowledge or control ... might be SCI," the NDA says.

And yet, while the ink of her signature was still wet, Hillary made the decision to re-purpose Bill's old e-mail server into her own server to be used for official government business. She and her campaign have made much of the fact that she was permitted, by State policy, to operate a private server. Par for the course, though, the fact is conveniently left out that her server was not authorized to contain, store, transmit, or receive classified information.

Besides the NDAs showing that Clinton was well aware of her responsibilities under the law, there is the also fact that an e-mail exchange, dated June 22, 2015 and published by WikiLeaks in October 2016, shows that Clinton’s inner circle didn’t even buy into her claim of ignorance where the e-mail server was concerned. As this writer reported at the time, the e-mail was written by Erika Rottenberg, an attorney with tremendous experience in matters related to the intersection of technology and law. Given her résumé, Rottenberg can safely be assumed to know a thing or two about the law as it relates to the mishandling of information over an unsecured, unauthorized, private e-mail account. The e-mail (addressed to Stephanie Hannon — who is the the chief technical officer of the Clinton Campaign — and Ann O’Leary — who serves as a senior policy advisor for the campaign) addresses the “twisted truth” of the way Clinton claimed she “only used one device” (a BlackBerry) “when 2 weeks earlier, it was an iphone, BB [BlackBerry] and ipad.” But the most damning part of the e-mail is when Rottenberg says:

I know when I talk to my friends who are attorneys we are all struggling with what happened to the emails and aren't satisfied with answers to date. While we all know of the occasional use of personal email addresses for business, none of my friends circle can understand how it was viewed as ok/secure/appropriate to use a private server for secure documents AND why further Hillary took it upon herself to review them and delete documents without providing anyone outside her circle a chance to weigh in. It smacks of acting above the law and it smacks of the type of thing I've either gotten discovery sanctions for, fired people for, etc.

Phrases like “secure documents,” “took it upon herself,” “above the law,” and “discovery sanctions” — coming from a lawyer with so much experience in matters of the law where technology is concerned — speak volumes about Clinton’s intent.
Furthermore, if Clinton had no intent to break the law, her deliberate actions — and those of her associates (read: accomplices) — aimed at hiding her use of that private server, would make no sense: one who is unaware she is breaking the law does not attempt to hide the fact that she is breaking the law. But in February 2016, records disclosed by Department of State as part of a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit reveal that Hillary Clinton — and senior officials within the State Department — acted to set up a hidden computer network to allow her to access her private e-mail server without going through the secured — and archived — government network.
As this writer reported at the time:

The revelation came to light Monday when Judicial Watch made public the records received as the result of a court order in its FOIA lawsuit about the private e-mail server and account Mrs. Clinton used during her time as secretary of state. According to a release by Judicial Watch, the records included an e-mail thread detailing plans to "set up a stand-alone PC in the Secretary's office, connected to the internet (but not through [the government] system) to enable her to check her emails from her desk."

The e-mail thread — covering a two-day period right after Mrs. Clinton was sworn in as secretary of state — destroys any doubt that Mrs. Clinton and her accomplices were aware that they were keeping her e-mails "off the grid." It discusses — in clear language — the plan to allow “email be accessed remotely through the web using a non-DOS [Department of State] computer” and to set up another office unconnected to the government network “for HRC so she can go across hall regularly to check her email.”
Given all of this, it is no wonder that congressional investigators have found “irregularities” in the FBI investigation that claimed Clinton did not intend to break the law.
Those investigators have also discovered more evidence that Comey’s FBI had already decided to exonerate Clinton even before the investigation was complete. The Hill reported:

Some Republicans on the committee say the findings and revelations have left them more convinced than ever that FBI leadership rigged the outcome to clear Clinton.

Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) — who serves on the House Judiciary Committee — said, “This was an effort to pre-bake the cake, pre-bake the outcome.” His comment was prompted by revelations that Comey had already begun drafting his report recommending against indictment before FBI investigators had interviewed more than a dozen key witnesses including Clinton herself and the computer firm employee who used the open-source program (Bleachbit) to permanently wipe the private server before Clinton turned it over to investigators. Gaetz’s analogy of pre-baking a cake is spot on; in this case, the cake was taken out of the oven and served before all of the ingredients were even assembled.
Senate Judiciary Committee Charles (Chuck) Grassley (R-Iowa) is equally critical of the FBI’s handling of the case. The Hill quoted Grassley as saying:

Making a conclusion before you interview key fact witnesses and the subject herself violates the very premise of good investigation. You don't lock into a theory until you have the facts. Here the evidence that isn't public yet shows they locked into the theory and then edited out the facts that contradicted it.

While the investigation continues, the Justice Department inspector general “is expected to release initial findings” in the case in the first quarter of 2018, according to The Hill. That probe has also been looking into “whether agents and supervisors had political connections, ethical conflicts or biases that affected their work.”
Any way you slice it, the Clinton e-mail scandal is not going away any time soon. And before it is over Clinton and those who helped and protected her may have to face the music.

CHILDREN'S PROGRAMS IN GERMANY TELL YOUNG GIRLS TO DATE ADULT ISLAMIC MIGRANT MEN

CHILDREN'S PROGRAMS IN GERMANY 

TELL YOUNG GIRLS TO DATE 

ADULT ISLAMIC MIGRANT MEN

 Children’s channel KIKA broadcasted a program about a 16-year-old German girl, Malvina, who fell in love with a Syrian Muslim migrant called Diaa, 

aged at least 19.

 

DANGER! OPRAH WINFREY FOR PRESIDENT? REALLY? IT'S NO JOKE~EXPOSED: OPRAH'S SUPPORT FOR ABORTION, GAY RIGHTS, NEW AGE MYSTICISM, UNIVERSALISM, DENIAL OF SCRIPTURE

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OPRAH WINFREY FOR PRESIDENT? 

REALLY? IT'S NO JOKE 

BY SELWYN DUKE

SEE: https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/politics/item/27918-oprah-for-president-really-its-no-joke; 

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If our truth-stranger-than-fiction culture persists, parody sites such as the Onion may be put out of business. Case in point: After Oprah Winfrey’s Sunday speech at the Golden Globe awards, there’s serious talk about her running for the White House. NBC even tweeted during the event, “Nothing but respect for OUR future president.” Although the network later deleted and disowned the tweet, stating it was sent by “a third party agency for NBC Entertainment,” Winfrey may in fact be poised for a major-party run.
The BBC writes that “her speech sounded an awful lot like a presidential candidate on the campaign stump,” and CNN quotes two of Winfrey’s friends as saying she was “actively thinking” about a White House run.
Winfrey certainly has two prerequisites for presidential ambitions: Money and name recognition. Worth $3 billion, she could self-fund a political campaign. And having hosted The Oprah Winfrey Show for a quarter century, she’s a household name. Then she has that one prerequisite for running on the Democrat ticket: radical politics.
Oh, explicit political statements from Winfrey are somewhat hard to find; a consummate marketer, she has generally avoided such pronouncements. But it doesn’t take much discernment or digging to ferret out her feelings — and that’s precisely all they are.
Winfrey would never officially endorse political candidates (that would alienate part of her audience), but she broke this pattern in 2008 with her overt support for Barack Obama. She then endorsed Hillary Clinton in 2016.
This is no surprise, since Winfrey clearly shares these politicians’ extreme views. Consider prenatal infanticide. Berean Research reported last year that Oprah Winfrey’s magazine touted a man named Dr. Willie Parker, who “claims that God, who is the author of reproductive life, morally approves of abortion,” wrote Berean.
Parker also penned the following, citing assassinated prenatal infanticide perpetrator Dr. George Tiller, dubbed by critics “Tiller the baby killer”: “Humane theology was the foundation of Dr. George Tiller’s practice. It dictates that alleviating suffering is a Christian’s sacred responsibility. If God is in everything, and in everyone, then God is as much in the woman making a decision to terminate a pregnancy as in her Bible.”

Of course, following Parker’s logic, we could also say that if God is in everything, then God is as much in the serial killer as in his victim or in the law book prohibiting murder. Is this a meaningful argument?
Winfrey exhibited such fuzzy thinking herself in 1997 while defending homosexual behavior, saying “The God I serve doesn’t care if you’re tall or short, or whether you were born, um, uh, black or Asian or gay.”
Of course, this argument conflates easily observable physical attributes with a status defined by feelings. We also may ask, does God care about anything? Does He care if we’re involved in bestiality or pedophilia? In other words, unless we believe God subscribes to occultist Aleister Crowley’s maxim, “Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the law,” we agree that God draws lines. Mature people then set out discussing, seriously, where those lines are.
Winfrey followed up by saying that she believes God creates people as homosexuals; this reflects the argument that “God doesn’t make mistakes.” He doesn’t, but whether you believe our world is naturally flawed or supernaturally fallen, spina bifida, cleft palate, Down syndrome, and a multitude of other undesirable anomalies bear testimonial to how abnormalities occur.
Moreover, did God create pedophiles as pedophiles? Note, too, that while psychologists may claim homosexuality is innate, they also say psychopathy is inborn. Does this mean it’s alright for someone to commit murder if he was born with naturally occurring homicidal feelings?
Winfrey’s argument, boiled down, replaces morality with biological determinism. It essentially states that if a behavior is dictated by inborn urges, it’s morally licit. That way lies madness.
Nonetheless, Winfrey might make an effective politician. While her 1997 arguments were shallower than a babbling brook, she compensated masterfully with fashionable emotional-grabbing rhetoric (video below).

 But away from her show, especially in more recent years, Winfrey has occasionally shown her teeth. For example, in a 2013 BBC interview, she began “throwing the race card again,” as NewsBusters put it. Addressing perceived anti-black “racism,” as epitomized by negative attitudes toward Barack Obama (as if his policies didn’t warrant them), she passionately said that old “racists” would have to die for “racism” to end. Unsurprisingly, some interpreted her words as being directed only at older, allegedly bigoted whites (video below).

 Also in 2013, Winfrey opined that same-sex couples may make the institution of marriage stronger.
In this vein, it’s also not a shock that Winfrey appears on board with the unscientific “transgender” agenda as well. Just consider a 2004 Oprah show in which the host featured children who wanted to live as the opposite sex. Calling her an “Agent of Moral Insanity,” Albert Mohler, president of Southern Seminary & Boyce College, pointed out that she applauded the “transgender” phenomenon, saying how great it is that the younger generation “is so much more open to accepting children as they are instead of trying to — forcing whatever your own idea was” (even if that happens to be sanity).
In a way, though, Winfrey is perfectly attuned to our post-reason, emotion-über-alles season. Emphasizing that “transgender” policies are based on feelings, not biology, Catholic League president William Donohue wrote of how Winfrey epitomized the viscera-over-virtue mentality:
“Follow your feelings. If it feels right, move forward. If it doesn't feel right, don't do it.” That's what Oprah told 2008 graduates at Stanford. “And how do you know when you're doing something right? How do you know that? It feels so. What I know is that feelings are really your GPS system for life.”
Of course, Hitler’s feelings led him to conquer and kill. Jeffrey Dahmer’s feelings caused him to cannibalize his serial murder victims. Jerry Sandusky’s feelings drove him to molest young boys. This is all just too stupid, too easy to refute, and too tiresome. Global Positioning System for life? Any finely tuned guiding hand will know that one position the globalist Winfrey doesn’t belong in is the presidency.
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STUDY: MORE THAN 25% OF CALIFORNIA KIDS ARE "GENDER NON-CONFORMING"~ALEX NEWMAN & DR. DUKE PESTA REVIEW

STUDY: MORE THAN 25% OF CALIFORNIA KIDS ARE "GENDER NON-CONFORMING"~

ALEX NEWMAN & DR. DUKE PESTA REVIEW

For those wondering whether the gender insanity preached in government schools across America was having an effect, we seem to have an answer — and it's not pretty. According to a study by researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles, more than 25 percent of children aged 12 to 17 in that state are viewed as “gender nonconforming” at school. And the numbers are likely to keep rising. The findings, based on surveys of almost 1,600 youth in California, divided students into three categories: gender conforming, highly gender nonconforming, and “androgynous” for children who were neither masculine nor feminine. Of those, just 1,200 were identified as “gender conforming,” while the rest fell in the other two categories. | Article: http://bit.ly/2mif51M

 

LANCASTER, PA. CONFERENCE LEAVES MENNONITE CHURCH USA OVER CONCERNS ABOUT HOMOSEXUALITY

 

LANCASTER, PA. CONFERENCE LEAVES MENNONITE CHURCH USA OVER CONCERNS ABOUT HOMOSEXUALITY

BY HEATHER CLARK

SEE: http://christiannews.net/2018/01/09/lancaster-conference-leaves-mennonite-church-usa-over-concerns-about-homosexuality/; 

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 LANCASTER, Pa. — The largest conference of Mennonite Church USA has parted 

ways with the denomination over concerns that include increasing acceptance of 

practicing homosexuals in leadership positions.

The Lancaster Mennonite Conference, which consists of over 170 congregations, officially left the Mennonite Church USA on Jan. 1 following a vote two years ago to no longer affiliate with the group.
“[D]ifferences over whether LMC can remain in this affiliation have reached a breaking point,” Chairman Keith Weaver wrote to the Constituency Leaders Council in 2014, according to the Mennonite World Review.
He told that outlet that, at that time, the Conference Board of Bishops wanted to reevaluate its relationship with the denomination in light of concerning developments, such as the licensure of a lesbian woman by the Mountain States Conference, and the decision by Eastern Mennonite University to review—and ultimately change—its policy prohibiting practicing homosexuals from working at the institution. Read reports here and here.

150 Mennonite leaders had also signed a letter supporting the allowance of members to be in same-sex relationships.
Listening meetings were consequently held about the matter, and over 700 attendees submitted responses surrounding the question of whether or not to end the affiliation. Church polity, vision and governance were also stated reasons for the proposed departure.
In November 2015, it was announced that 82 percent of the leaders of the Conference had voted to leave Mennonite Church USA.

“[This] announcement will likely be received in very different ways by leaders and congregations of Lancaster Mennonite Conference and across the denomination. Leaders were encouraged to interact with others in loving and respectful ways and to pray for the Lord’s leading in the life of [the Lancaster Mennonite Conference] in the days ahead,” Conference leadership said in a statement.
The separation did not take effect until Jan. 1, 2018.
“We are disappointed that Lancaster Mennonite Conference made the decision to leave MC USA, because it is painful to separate from part of our body in Christ. We will miss our mutual sharing of valuable gifts and perspectives, and lament our diminished capacity for fellowship across difference,” Ervin Stutzman, executive director of Mennonite Church USA, said in a statement on Friday.
“The official separation does not mean that all of our relationships with Lancaster Conference will end,” he added. “Members of the conference will continue to participate in some MC USA program agencies such as Everence and MHS Alliance. And there are many other ways that members will cross paths in the coming years, particularly in inter-Mennonite programs such as Mennonite Central Committee, Mennonite Disaster Service, and Mennonite Economic Development Associates.”
As previously reported, in 2014, Hartville Mennonite Church in Lake, Ohio likewise decided to leave Mennonite Church USA over concerns about homosexuality.
“We felt that Mennonite Church USA and [our church] were going in different directions concerning scriptural authority and holiness,” Ross Miller, pastor of the church, told Mennonite World Review.
According to the membership guidelines of Mennonite Church USA, the denomination holds that homosexuality is a sin and that marriage is defined as the union of a man and a woman. Pastors are also prohibited from officiating same-sex ceremonies.
“We hold the Confession of Faith in a Mennonite Perspective (1995) to be the teaching position of Mennonite Church USA. ‘We believe that God intends marriage to be a covenant between one man and one woman for life’ (Article 19),” the guidelines read. “We hold the Saskatoon (1986) and Purdue (1987) statements describing homosexual,  extramarital and premarital sexual activity as sin to be the teaching position of Mennonite Church USA.”

JESUS CHRIST SAVED ME FROM 27 YEARS 

OF HOMOSEXUALITY

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SEE ALSO:

http://lancasteronline.com/features/faith_values/lancaster-mennonite-conference-leaves-mennonite-church-usa-effective-monday/article_5cc14322-ecc9-11e7-b071-531e91668304.html 

 Merv Stotzfus, executive minister, Atlantic Coast Conference 

Mennonite Church USA

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 Citing the divide over same-sex relationships, Stoltzfus said most people within MC USA still hold a traditional view of marriage as between a man and a woman “but there’s more room and space within MC USA in our polity for this diversity or disagreement.”

He added there is a strong belief among the 36 congregations in the Atlantic Coast Conference that “we need to engage and invite this marginalized group of people into an opportunity to worship with us and others are not comfortable with that.”

CHRISTIAN PERSECUTION & GENOCIDE: "WORSE THAN ANY TIME IN HISTORY"

CHRISTIAN PERSECUTION & GENOCIDE: 

"WORSE THAN ANY TIME IN HISTORY"

SEE: http://beginningandend.com/christian-persecution-and-genocide-worse-than-any-time-in-history; 

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A believer prays in the ruins of a church in Al-Hasakah destroyed by Daesh (ISIS) militants.

The persecution and genocide of Christians is “worse than at any time in history” according to several studies on the oppression and murder of Christians worldwide. Although it has not dominated the headlines in mass media, for tens of millions of Christians across the globe, each day they live professing their faith in Christ is one that can end up in violent attack, kidnapping, imprisonment or death.

“More Persecuted Than Any Other Faith Group”

Pakistani Christian women mourn their loved ones after an Easter Sunday suicide bombing killed over 70 Christians.

“Blessed [are] they which are persecuted for righteousness’ sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.” – Matthew 5:10.
“More than 200 million Christians in the 50 countries where it is most difficult to be a Christian experience persecution because of their faith.” (source).

So concluded the report from Open Doors USA, an aid organization that raises awareness about persecution of the Christian faith while at the same time supplying Bible, training church leaders and providing aid to those believers suffering for their faith.

A 2-year study by Aid to the Church in Need, a Catholic persecution watchdog group, arrived at the same conclusion – the atrocities committed against Christians is by far at its worst:

“In terms of the numbers of people involved, the gravity of the crimes committed and their impact, it is clear that the persecution of Christians is today worse than at any time in history. Not only are Christians more persecuted than any other faith group, but ever-increasing numbers are experiencing the very worst forms of persecution. It is in this context that this report concludes that in 12 of the 13 countries reviewed, the situation for Christians was worse in overall terms in the period 2015–17 than within the preceding two years. An especially notable example of this was China where intolerance was on the rise, as evidenced by a renewed clampdown on dissident clergy and destruction of churches as well as crosses and other Christian symbols.” (source).

Saints Are Suffering in Many Nations

The World Watchlist map identifies the countries with the most extreme forms of Christian persecution.

“But before all these, they shall lay their hands on you, and persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues, and into prisons, being brought before kings and rulers for my name’s sake.” – Luke 21:12.

According to Open Doors’ annual World Watch List, where they track and rank the “restricted nations”, countries where persecution takes place on a regular basis, there are 30 countries where believers experience high, very high or extreme persecution, here are some of the stories from the many who have suffered:

Nigeria – Rise of Islam Leads To Attacks on Christians

Rescuers carry a body amidst the carnage from a twin car bombing attack by Muslim militants in Jos, Nigeria.

Nigeria ranks 12 on the World Watch List and has seen a dramatic increase in the oppression of Christianity all due to the rise of Boko Haram, the Islamic terrorist group that has pledged allegiance to Islamic terror group ISIS. Among the atrocities:

• In December 2017, Islamic herdsmen slaughtered 100 Christians in the northeastern state of Adamawa. The herdsmen, who are aligned with Boko Haram, razed villages – destroying homes and stores during their rampage. Additionally, the group may have had assistance from the government as a military jet bombed and destroyed a Lutheran church during the attack. The government claimed the bombing was accidental. (source).  This massacre comes on the heels of an October terror attack in which 48 Christians were killed when Muslim gunmen attacked predominately Christian villages for nine days straight. (source).

• In Jos Nigeria, where Beginning and End previously reported of mass graves of murdered Christians, a mother and her two children were kidnapped and executed by Muslim herdsmen. The Islamic attackers ambushed and shot to death Rebecca Daniel Choji, her 16-year-old daughter Suzanna Daniel Choji, and her 29-year-old son Joel Choji, in Jos village, Riyom Local Government Area (LGA) in Plateau state, as the family members were on their way to a health facility in Vwak village.“We have been under attack constantly from these Fulani herdsmen because we are Christians,” Gyang Dahoro, 55, an area COCIN congregation elder, told Morning Star News by text message. “Our villages have been ravaged, and our houses and churches destroyed, and in most cases these herdsmen have taken over the villages where Christians have been displaced.” (source).

Egypt – A Wife Loses Her Husband At Church

Michael and Sara Ragheb with their 3-year old baby. Michael was killed in a church bombing.

On Palm Sunday, April 9, 49 people were killed in two ISIS attacks on churches in Egypt. Michael Nabil Ragheb, the father of a 3-year-old and deacon in Saint George Church in Tanta, was one of them. His widow, Sara, shared her story of loss:
When Sara heard a loud blast and everything in the church went dark, she thought the end of the world had come.

“Michael, my husband, had sensed something like this was going to happen. The day before, on our daughter’s third birthday, he told us he thought he would soon be among the martyrs in heaven.”
That morning, the dreary premonition led Michael to ask his wife and daughter to sit in the last bench, in the back of the church—instead of close to him, in the front row.
“I was a bit surprised about that,” Sara says, “But looking back, I know that it was God’s will.” After leaving his family on the last bench of the church, Michael put on his deacon rope and went to the front of the church, where he was in charge of the singing that day.
“He asked me to wait for him after the service. But he never came back.” Sara will never be able to wipe the horrible images of what happened next from her memory.  It was about ten minutes past nine. All of the sudden, I heard the sound of a big explosion, the church shook like there was an earthquake. The smoke filled the church, and it became dark. I heard people screaming. I was screaming, too. I was screaming the name of my husband and rushed to the place of the deacon choir, where I hoped to find him alive.”
It’s difficult for Sara to continue her story. “What I saw on my way to him was horrible, like a massacre had just taken place. The bodies of dead church members and pools of blood. Then I saw my husband. I was in shock. He was just lying there, like the others. Gone to heaven like he had sensed would happen.”
Sara and Michael had been married for four years. Sara and daughter Priscilla will have to continue their lives without their beloved husband and father. “I loved him so much,” Sara says. She sees it as a sacrifice for Christ, but not one she has to deal with alone. “Despite everything, God has put comfort, peace and great grace in my heart.” (source).

Pakistan – Armed Guards at Church Services

Armed guards protect Bethel Memorial Church in Quetta Pakistan, the site of a recent suicide bombing.

Pakistan, which ranks #4 on the World Watch List, is so prone to violence against the Christian faith that many churches keep armed guards on patrol during Sunday services. Christmas season is a time of extreme danger as Muslim terrorists increase their violent attacks.

• On December 17, 2017, 2 Muslim militants with ties to ISIS attempted to enter Bethel Memorial Methodist Church in Quetta, but guards stopped the men at the door. One of the attackers set off his explosives, killing nine people. The other assailant fled.“It’s very hard. This is my mother’s childhood home,” a Pakistani Christian who works with the Alive aid network said. “The members of the church are people whom we know and love. Our phones are ringing endlessly. Some of our Bible College students have lost family members too. Just now, a woman wept on my shoulder. She just kept repeating ‘Lord, have mercy, have mercy, have mercy’, and then, ‘Lord enable us to lift our voices and cry out ‘Jesus is Lord!’ so that we may stand and not be stopped from being in church. They cannot stop us!’” (source).

• Pakistan’s blasphemy laws are used disproportionately to punish Christian believers for not following Islam. “There are hundreds of Pakistanis imprisoned falsely under blasphemy laws. In even more recent days, there was a Pakistani Christian who at the end of December, right before New Year’s, was arrested because people said they found ripped up pages of the Quran in front of his home, and his name was on those pages,” said Bruce Allen of Forgotten Missionaries International. (source).

Somalia – “This is the Somali 9/11”

The aftermath of a bombing by Muslim terror group Al-Shabab in Mogadishu, Somalia.

• In October 2017, al Shabab, a Somali Islamic terror group known for hunting and murdering Christians, launched the worst terror attack in the country’s history. Militants set of several thousand ponds of military grade explosives in the capital city of Mogadishu, killing 300 and wounding 500. The attack was in direct response to President Trump’s increased military attacks on the terror group. In response, the President doubled the U.S. military presence in the nation.

• Al Shabab oppresses local Christians in Somalia on a regular basis, including a Christian who was kidnapped and beheaded for his faith. A woman who was discovered to be Christian was publicly whipped and jailed for her faith.

North Korea – “Hell on Earth”

North Korea is the perennial No. 1 offender in terms of extreme Christian persecution. Officially an atheist state (although its leader Kim Jung Un is viewed as a god), Christians are “hostiles” and are subject to all manner of atrocities by the government:
“Most Christians worship secretly. If discovered, they are “taken to political camps (kwanliso); crimes against them in these camps include extra-judicial killing, extermination, enslavement/forced labor, forcible transfer of population, arbitrary imprisonment, torture, persecution, enforced disappearance, rape and sexual violence and other inhuman acts.” CSW reports documented cases of believers being “hung on a cross over a fire, crushed under a steamroller, herded off bridges, and trampled underfoot.”” (source).

Choi Hangkyuk, a Christian, escaped a North Korean prison camp and now shares his story on the streets of Los Angeles.

• Choi Hangkyuk, a Christian who escaped a prison camp and defected from North Korea gave insight into the life of a Christian:“We couldn’t raise our voice during a service, we couldn’t sing out loud during a worship … that was hard,” Choi told Fox News through a translator. “Also, we had to hide so that other people could not see us. There were about nine people,” he said. “I couldn’t do mission work because we had to keep it secret that we had a church. If that information had leaked, we could have faced the death penalty.” (source).Arrested for his faith, Choi found himself sentenced to Camp 22, a notorious concentration camp that is part of an 87-mile prison colony. Inmates there are often tortured as beatings, gouged eyes and scarred faces are a regular occurrence:

• “Prisoners are forced to stand on their toes in tanks filled with water up to their noses for 24 hours, stripped and hanged upside-down while being beaten or given the infamous “pigeon torture” — where both hands are chained to a wall at a height of 2 feet, forcing them to crouch for hours at a time.Tiny rations of watery corn porridge leave inmates on the brink of starvation, and many hunt rats, snakes and frogs for protein. Some even take the drastic measure of searching through animal dung for undigested seeds to eat. Beatings are handed out daily for offenses as simple as not bowing down in respect to the guards fast enough. Prisoners are used as practice targets during martial arts training. Guards routinely rape female inmates.” (source).

Hope in The Midst of Tribulation

Sunday service at one of the thousands of thriving underground churches in China.

“Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.  Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.” – Matthew 5:11-12.

The Lord Jesus Christ prophesied that the church would face persecution that would only increase with time. By God’s grace, rather than shrink in the face of violence and oppression, the Christian faith is flourishing in many restricted nations:

A baptism at an underground church service in Iran. More Muslims are converting to Christianity than ever before.

• The Church in Iran is one of the fastest growing in the world. More Iranians have come to Christ in the last 20 years than in centuries prior. In 1979 there were an estimated 500 Christians from Muslim backgrounds. Today there are hundreds of thousands. (source).“Despite severe persecution by the Iranian government against underground churches, God’s Word is spreading like a wildfire all over Iran.” To the extant that Iranian evangelical Pastor Reza Safa “believes that Iran will be the first Islamic nation to convert to Christianity.” (source).
• For the first time in its nation’s history, the Somali evangelical Christian population has reached 200,000.
• China, which ranks 39 on the World Watch List of worst persecutors, has seen an absolute explosion in the underground church movement. Although Christianity is permitted in the country, churches are required to register with the state who can dictate how sermons are done, install 24-hour video monitoring in church buildings and in one case even ordered a church to replace an image of Jesus with a communist leader. Violators can be arrested, beaten and have their church buildings razed. Despite political pressure the protestant community has swelled from 1 million to an estimated 60 million believers today. And it is predicted that in the coming decades china will have the largest Christian population on Earth. (source).

Pray For Persecuted Brothers And Sisters Across The Globe

The Bible says: “And whether one member suffer, all the members suffer with it; or one member be honoured, all the members rejoice with it.” (1 Corinthians 12:26).  If you are living in a nation where you have full freedom to worship, thank God for your liberty and pray for your brothers and sisters suffering all over the world. Continue to pray for their safety, strength and faith despite the evil the world inflicts on them. And pray for the thousands of underground churches all over the world that are literally risking life and limb to share the light of the Gospel in the darkest corners of the earth.

“We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed; Always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body. For we which live are always delivered unto death for Jesus’ sake, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our mortal flesh. So then death worketh in us, but life in you.” – 2 Corinthians 4:8-12.

"FIRST FRUITS" TWISTED~APOSTASY ALERT: PAULA WHITE, TRUMP SPRITUAL ADVISER, PUSHES VIEWERS TO GIVE HER "ONE MONTH'S SALARY" TO KEEP THE BLESSINGS COMING

 "FIRST FRUITS" TWISTED
 
 
 
Paula White-It's January And Paula White Is Pushing Her First Fruits Scam Once Again!
 It should not surprise us one bit that just a few days removed from peddling her year-end "Get Some Favor Offering Scam" that predictable Paula White is at it again pushing her First Fruits Offering Scam on New Year's Day. In this riveting program Wolf Tracker explains why Paula White's signature teaching on the subject of First Fruits is nothing but a con game.

 APOSTASY ALERT: PAULA WHITE, TRUMP SPRITUAL ADVISER, PUSHES VIEWERS TO GIVE HER "ONE MONTH'S SALARY" TO KEEP THE BLESSINGS COMING

SEE: http://beginningandend.com/apostasy-alert-trump-spiritual-adviser-paula-white-pushes-viewers-to-give-her-one-months-salary; 

republished below in full unedited for informational, educational, and research purposes:

Word of Faith Heresy “Pastor” Paula White is hustling her First Fruits financial false doctrine once again.

In one of the most brazen pleas for money of the early year, Presidential Spiritual Advisor and Prosperity Gospel promoter Paula White implored her followers and fans to give her ministry a “first fruits offering” of as much as one month’s salary – even though there is absolutely no Biblical basis for such an offering whatsoever. This type of shameless greed in the church, all based on heretical doctrines, are just one sign of the growing apostasy in the church today as it moves from sound, Biblical teaching, in favor of man and woman-made false doctrines and New Age witchcraft.

The False Teaching of “First Fruits” – the Prosperity Gospel Strikes Again

According to reports:

Popular televangelist Paula White is urging her followers to donate a “first fruits” offering of up to their entire salary for the month of January to enjoy “blessings” for the rest of the year or suffer the “consequences” of failing to follow God’s command.
“Each January, I put God first and honor Him with the first of our substance by sowing a first fruits offering of one month’s pay. That is a big sacrifice, but it is a seed for the harvest I am believing for in the coming year. And God always provides!” White explains on her website.
She explained the difference between the tithe, usually 10 percent of earnings, and the first fruit donation.
“The difference between tithe and first fruit, first fruit is all of it,” she told congregants at the New Destiny Christian Center in Apopka, Florida, according to the Orlando Sentinel. “All of what? Well, if you want to bring God all of one day’s salary, one week’s salary or one month’s salary, that’s between you and God. … I try to bring a month’s salary, but at the very least every year I give God a week’s salary.” (source).

Here is a video where White attempts to make a compelling case for “The Principle of First Fruits”:

 This entire teaching is based on the false and unbiblical Prosperity Gospel heresy. This idea teaches that by giving money to a pastor’s ministry, a person can “unlock” and “release” amazing blessings from God in the form of money, material items, career success, health and better appearance. In other words, it makes the blessings of The Lord contingent on how much money a person is willing to give to that particular pastor.

Beginning and End has given extensive coverage to this heretical teaching as it emboldens false pastors to manipulate their congregations into giving them their hard-earned money to support the luxurious, extravagant lifestyles these millionaire pastors lead.

Paula White has made her First Fruits teaching an integral part of her sermons and numerous products.

Oftentimes, the way this doctrine is established is by taking Old Testament verses from the Mosaic law out of context. White does this in her video marketing campaign and her website:

“There is a specific principle that I am deeply convicted about and MUST share with you after years of studying the Word of God. This principle is found from early on, throughout the Bible, and it supernaturally unlocks amazing opportunity, blessing, favor and divine order for your life. It is the basis or underlying support for your success in 2018. It is GOD’S PRINCIPLE OF FIRST FRUITS. All Firsts belong to God. When you honor this principle it provides the foundation and structure for God’s blessings and promises in your life, it unlocks deep dimensions of spiritual truths that literally transform your life! When you apply this everything comes in divine alignment for His plan and promises for you. When you don’t honor it, whether through ignorance or direct disobedience there are consequences. “(source).

From the onset, White sets up “The First Fruits Principle” as the key to unlocking “amazing opportunity, blessing, favor and divine order in your life.” Giving money to her is the key to having any type of material success or happiness for the year 2018. She also warns that if one does not give their first fruits offerings (even through ignorance) “…there are consequences.” (source).
According to White, those “consequences” are found in Joshua 7:

“The principle of FIRSTFRUITS is all about honoring God by putting Him first IN EVERYTHING. The reason is God lays claim to all firsts. So, when you keep for yourself something that belongs to God you are desecrating what is to be consecrated to God. It reminds me of Joshua chapter 7, “But the people of Israel broke faith in regard to the devoted things, for Achan took some of the devoted things. And the anger of the Lord burned against Israel.”
Devoted things and First things have the exact same meaning; they are the irrevocable giving over to the Lord. They are the things that belong to God and God alone. Again, honoring God with the principle of FIRST FRUITS will open up something powerful I have seen consistently in my own life and the lives of those around me since I received revelation and was mandated by God to teach it. It releases GENERATIONAL BLESSING, OPPORTUNITY, FAVOR, & SUPERNATURAL BLESSINGS.” (source).

White has become a figure on the global stage as a key adviser to President Donald Trump.

This is a very dangerous teaching. It is essentially telling the viewer/congregant: “if you do not give your first paycheck or series of paychecks to God you are desecrating your earnings and offending The Lord.” This is essentially scaring people into giving. In Joshua 7, the Israelites were entering the Promised Land by force, as God commanded the mighty military leader Joshua to do. Having just conquered Jericho (thanks to The Lord’s supernatural miracle of bringing the impregnable walls of that city down), the Israelites found themselves defeated by the people of Ai, the second city they attempted to conquer. Before the battle of Jericho, God gave Joshua a very specific battle plan and forbade the Israelites from taking any of the material goods of the people of Jericho because the city and its goods were to be “accursed” or devoted to God (Joshua 6:17). However, they failed at this:

“But the children of Israel committed a trespass in the accursed thing: for Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took of the accursed thing: and the anger of the Lord was kindled against the children of Israel.  And Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is beside Bethaven, on the east of Bethel, and spake unto them, saying, Go up and view the country. And the men went up and viewed Ai.
And they returned to Joshua, and said unto him, Let not all the people go up; but let about two or three thousand men go up and smite Ai; and make not all the people to labour thither; for they are but few.  So there went up thither of the people about three thousand men: and they fled before the men of Ai. And the men of Ai smote of them about thirty and six men: for they chased them from before the gate even unto Shebarim, and smote them in the going down: wherefore the hearts of the people melted, and became as water.  And Joshua rent his clothes, and fell to the earth upon his face before the ark of the Lord until the eventide, he and the elders of Israel, and put dust upon their heads.  And Joshua said, Alas, O Lord God, wherefore hast thou at all brought this people over Jordan, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us? would to God we had been content, and dwelt on the other side Jordan!  O Lord, what shall I say, when Israel turneth their backs before their enemies!
For the Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land shall hear of it, and shall environ us round, and cut off our name from the earth: and what wilt thou do unto thy great name?  And the Lord said unto Joshua, Get thee up; wherefore liest thou thus upon thy face?  Israel hath sinned, and they have also transgressed my covenant which I commanded them: for they have even taken of the accursed thing, and have also stolen, and dissembled also, and they have put it even among their own stuff.” – Joshua 7:1-11.

Understanding Descriptive vs. Prescriptive Passages

The Bible predicts the apostasy – the falling away from sound, Biblical teaching to doctrines of demons.

What Paula White (and many other Prosperity Gospel false preachers) tend to do is look at a passage like the one above and extract a universal principle from it, such as: “Since Achan was clearly in disobedience as he took an item from Jericho, we as Christians today should be sure that never touch any “first” payment or item we receive because it belongs to God.” However, this is not the proper way to interpret and teach the Bible. The account of the battles of Jericho and Ai are descriptive passages: historical accounts in which we as believers are to learn from the general principles in how they relate to the Lord Jesus Christ and living one’s life as a believer.
In the case of the battle of AI there are very powerful lessons to be learned. Before the battle of Jericho, Joshua consulted with God on every detail of the plan for battle. Before Ai, Joshua consulted only with his spies and military advisors who assured him they did not even need their full forces because it was a small city. The Christian life is one of continued reliance on God through faith in Jesus Christ.
When the battle was lost, rather than “re-strategizing” or marshaling the full might of the Israelite army, Joshua “rent his clothes” and fell on his face for hours in repentance (and the elders of Israel joined him in this repentance). This is a foundational teaching. It is when one recognizes their sin before God, that they can be saved: “For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation…” (2 Corinthians 7:10).
The question in life is not if you will sin, but when. All people are sinners (Romans 3:23). But what can bring salvation, God’s blessing and Spirit is having a heart that feels sorrow over your sin. This is what The Lord wants from all people – repentance. Understanding your guilt before God and trusting in the sacrifice He sent – Jesus Christ, The Son of God – for your forgiveness. And as soon as Joshua repented, God responded and told him of his error and the sin of Achan.
This passage is NOT a prescription for giving. It is not a universal command that every time a person receives their first paycheck they should give it to their pastor. The command to leave every item in Jericho for God was a specific instruction for that event, not a command for all believers for all time. These are descriptive passages. A prescriptive passage is one that is intended for all people for all time, for example:

“All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.” – Isaiah 53:6.
^“For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.” – Romans 10:13.
“Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;” – Ephesians 5:25.

These are passages that are intended to direct all believers at any time. They have clear universal application and were not directed towards one specific person in Scripture.  And when we look to the Bible’s prescriptive teaching on giving we find:

“Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.” – 2 Corinthians 9:7.

Christians give based on how they feel in their heart to give. Offerings in church should not be done reluctantly or because of “necessity.” There is no required giving amount in church. But that has not stopped the apostate preachers all over the world from fleecing their fans and viewers using Scriptures ripped from context.

The Biblical Meaning of First Fruits

“And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be come into the land which I give unto you, and shall reap the harvest thereof, then ye shall bring a sheaf of the firstfruits of your harvest unto the priest: And he shall wave the sheaf before the Lord, to be accepted for you: on the morrow after the sabbath the priest shall wave it.  And ye shall offer that day when ye wave the sheaf an he lamb without blemish of the first year for a burnt offering unto the Lord.” – Leviticus 23:9-12.

The first fruits offering accompanied the feasts of the Mosaic law. It was a command to reserve a part of the first reaping of the barley harvest for God and the priesthood. While this was indeed practices, Christians are not under the Mosaic law or the Old Covenant. Born again believers are under the New Covenant, which was founded upon the blood of Jesus Christ on the cross (for a detailed explanation see our article: “Are Christians Understanding The Law And Gospel”).  The Bible explains that the feasts and rituals of the Mosaic law were all a foreshadow of the work and person of Jesus Christ, the Messiah:

“Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days:  Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ.” – Colossians 2:16-17.

When John the Baptist saw Jesus for the first time He made a direct connection between Jesus and the Passover feast:

“The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.” – John 1:29.

John taught that the Passover – which commemorated the blood of a lamb being put over the doors of the Israelites so that the avenging angel would spare their lives during the Exodus – was a foreshadow of Jesus Christ. Just as the blood of the lamb saved the lives of the Israelites at that time, Jesus Christ is “The Lamb of God” whose blood provides eternal life for everyone in the world who believes. This is foreshadowing or commonly referred to as a type and shadow.

Similarly, Jesus Christ, in His resurrection from the dead is the first fruits of the true harvest – God’s Church:

“But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept.  For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead.  For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.  But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ’s at his coming.” – 1 Corinthians 15:20-23.

Jesus Christ is the true First Fruits (and just as His crucifixion took place on the Feast of Passover, His resurrection took place on the day of the feast of First Fruits). False teachers like Paula White are forced to basically ignore these passages because they refute whatever type of financial scheme they are trying to hustle on their unsuspecting fan base.

The End Times Apostasy – False Teachers Invade The Church

Many churches are misusing the feast of first fruits for shameful gain.

“But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction.  And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of.  And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not.” – 2 Peter 2:1-3.

The Bible prophesied that false prophets and teachers would infiltrate the church as the end times approached. And they could be identified by their lust for money and material wealth. Notice the scripture says that these wolves in sheep clothing would use “feigned words” to “make merchandise of you” – employing false teaching to pimp their followers for millions of dollars.
Beginning and End has detailed the excess of Word of Faith heretics like Creflo Dollar (who had congregants literally dropping cash at the pulpit which he then danced on top of, in addition to requesting $65 million in offerings to purchase a new jet), I.V. Hilliard who flaunts his numerous luxury cars, pressured his followers to buy him a new helicopter and charged $100 for a “ticket” to his wife’s birthday party, Joel Osteen and many others.
The Bible says:

“But godliness with contentment is great gain.  For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out.  And having food and raiment let us be therewith content.  But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition.
For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.  But thou, O man of God, flee these things; and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness.” – 1 Timothy 6:6-11.

Note that the passage emphasizes that Christians “gain” by being content with whatever they have in life – no matter how great or how little. And it exposes the focus on money and material gain as evil. Word of Faith false teachers repeatedly emphasize earthly wealth and “increase” with “sowing seeds” of money and using “power words” – as the key to unlocking God’s power and attaining blessings. This not Biblical doctrine but are the basic foundation of New Age witchcraft – where specific actions on our part initiate superantural results. In Christianity, God blesses us on His own. The Lord does not need us to “activate” or “unlock him.”

Many churches are promoting the “health and wealth” false teaching to compel payments from their followers. (source)

Jesus Christ said:

“Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:  But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal:  For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.” – Matthew 6:19-21.

Time and time again, the Bible teaches Christians not to focus on money and material gain. There is no “secret” to “unlocking” financial blessings in the Bible. A Christian may be rich and well off, or they could be poor and struggling all their lives. The true reward and riches are heavenly ones – because their souls are saved, and they have eternal life through faith in Jesus Christ. Do not be deceived.

Pray for Paula White

Pray for Paula White and the many other Prosperity – Word of Faith false preachers to repent. Rather than twisting God’s Word for shameful gain, they should be on their knees, begging God for forgiveness for their heretical teachings and leaving the pulpit.
And pray for their congregations and the millions of tv/internet viewers who follow these false teachings on the hope they will receive their “harvest” or “breakthrough.” Many churches are in desperate need to understand the Biblical Gospel – that God has redeemed us freely. No down payment, deposit or “seed money” is required to be blessed by The Lord. Pray for discernment and God’s Spirit to fill the hearts and minds of those caught up in the Prosperity Gospel. And that rather than giving their hard-earned salaries to false teachers that they instead put their faith, trust and hope in the true First Fruits of all who believe – Jesus Christ.
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SEE ALSO:
http://christiannews.net/2018/01/08/paula-white-urges-followers-to-give-first-fruits-offering-of-a-day-week-or-months-wages/ 
EXCERPTS:

“We are demanding life to your purpose,” she declared. “And with obedience to this first fruits instruction, which is putting God first now, your purpose, your year, your prosperity, and your power will have life and be resurrected!”
“When you apply this, everything comes in divine alignment for His plan and promises for you. When you don’t honor it, whether through ignorance or direct disobedience, there are consequences,” White also said.
 However, as reported by Leonardo Blair with Christian Post, some believe that the concept of first fruits is being abused and used as manipulation to coerce the hearer or reader to give the person money in the name of God.
 To say that ‘laying down a seed’ so that God will make someone rich, or that you can pay off God to bless future plans, is an abusive lie from adherents of the prosperity gospel,” writes the site Compelling Truth. “To give sacrificially is to follow in the example of the widow of Mark 12:41-44, and is commendable as long as it isn’t coerced.”
 (Paula White) She has been married three times. Her first marriage was to Dean Knight, who she married as a teenager. The two have a son together, named Bradley. In 2007, White divorced her second husband, Randy White, and in 2015, she married Journey rocker Jonathan Cain, who has likewise been married three times.
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SEE OUR PREVIOUS POSTS ABOUT PAULA WHITE, INCLUDING:
https://ratherexposethem.blogspot.com/2016/12/trump-inauguration-to-feature-prayer-of.html