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The authority of the Godhead is in the function of Father, Son and Holy Ghost. The policy, or the end the Godhead intends for the world was clearly expressed in the ministry of our Lord Jesus Christ, in the prayer He gave His disciples. It contains the clear injunction that we should pray that all Earth's institutions come under God's authority: '…Thy Kingdom come, Thy will be done on Earth as it is in Heaven..." We are called on to seek perfection in the institutions, which affect the 'house-keeping' of the world: '... Give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors..."
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The incentive for writing what follows is the prayer some of us have persisted with for the last few years: "that both money and government may become the servants of the people under the authority of Jesus Christ our Lord." That prayer was offered in the certainty that a Christian society is impossible without a Christian financial policy, administered by individuals answering Christ's description: "He who is greatest among you shall be your servant." I hope this small contribution will establish the distinction between the two conflicting choices of authority Christ outlined in Matthew 6:24: "No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one and love the other; or else he will hold to the one and despise the other. Ye cannot worship God and mammon." The choice was integral to His following command: ''Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost." (Matt. 28:19) The Church is the only association on earth that can fulfill the TRINITARIAN command, showing how mammon can be made subject to the authority of God.
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