ÿþ<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd"> <html lang="en"> <head> <title>Judas and the Money Bag</title> <meta name="Author" content="Scott Wallace Brians"> <meta name="copyright" content="Scott Wallace Brians"> <meta name="Description" content="Analysis of political claims at helping the disadvantaged"> <meta name="Keywords" content="socialism,poor,poverty,policy,economic,economy,medling,welfare,state"> <meta name="revised" content="April 2007"> <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html;charset=iso-8859-1"> <meta name="generator" content="skedit"> <meta name="language" content="en"> <meta http-equiv="pragma" content="no-cache"> <meta http-equiv="cache-control" content="no-cache"> <meta name="robots" content="index,follow"> <meta name="revisit-after" content="30 days"> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="http://www.his-kingdom.net/style_orange.css" /> </head> <body> <div class='box'> <div class='boxtop'><div></div></div> <div class='boxcontent' style="display:marker"> <p><center><img src="http://www.his-kingdom.net/graphics/header-hk.png"></center></p><br /> <h1>Judas and the Money Bag</h1> <p>John 12:3-4 Miryam took a whole pint of pure oil of spikenard, which is very expensive, poured it on Yeshua s feet and wiped his feet with her hair, so that the house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume. But one of the talmidim, Y hudah from K riot, the one who was about to betray him, said,</p> <p>John 12:5-6  This perfume is worth a year s wages! Why wasn t it sold and the money given to the poor? Now he said this not out of concern for the poor, but because he was a thief  he was in charge of the common purse and used to steal from it.</p> <p>Although Judas was not a politician, he certainly argued like one. Thus, the small story, with a large teaching, has been incorporated into the study of government. The message speaks for itself.</p> <p>Those who say, "I want to hold the money bag for the poor", or other noble causes, are for the most part only interested in skimming some for himself. The speeches are sprinkled with a comparison between the luxury items enjoyed by the rich and the plight of the unfortunate, wrapped in the subtle question, "Is it fair?". "Why don't we take a little from the affluent to ease the pain of the lowly?, They don't need it all anyway." Watery eyes magnify the impact. "Yes indeed, I feel your pain."</p> <p>So during voting season, when the runners are waxing eloquently about how they love the poor, needy, sick and elderly, do not believe them. Let him prove he loves them - with his own money. It is government's specialty to "love the needy", but with other people's money. Demand that the politician divulge information as to how much money he has personally donated to those he cares about - money he has earned through his own hard work at the mill. This will easily prove the truth of the matter. But until such a time, remember the story of Judas and the money bag, and do not take the heart felt care messages for face value.</p> <p> Author: Scott Wallace Brians<br /> Date: April 2007<br /> Web Site: www.his-kingdom.net<br /> Copyright: All Rights Reserved<br /> Bible Text: Complete Jewish Bible by David Stern</p> </div> <div class='boxbottom'><div></div></div> </div> </body></html>