Paul and religious organizations

The letters of the Apostle Paul, to clarify many things that perhaps hitherto not understand correctly, it is the behavior of the servers of the Lord,

3 of Thessalonians

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But the Lord is faithful; he will strengthen you and guard you from the evil one.

Anyone who protects us from all evil is God, not humans.

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We are confident of you in the Lord that what we instruct you, you (both) are doing and will continue to do.
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May the Lord direct your hearts to the love of God and to the endurance of Christ.
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We instruct you, brothers, in the name of (our) Lord Jesus Christ,to shun any brother who conducts himself in a disorderly way and not according to the tradition they received from us. 2
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For you know how one must imitate us. For we did not act in a disorderly way among you,
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nor did we eat food received free from anyone. On the contrary, in toil and drudgery, night and day we worked, so as not to burden any of you.


This behavior tells us, that the apostles as Paul, is not of an institutional organization, but rather staff, and the recommendation is for every server or apostle of the Lord, to work to earn their livelihood, the daily bread

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Not that we do not have the right. Rather, we wanted to present ourselves as a model for you, so that you might imitate us.
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In fact, when we were with you, we instructed you that if anyone was unwilling to work, neither should that one eat.


Today, someone believe that be a servant of the Lord, is not a worker who earns a living by working as any other, but must be part of an organization, and maintained by the community where supposedly exerts its function apostolic or a server.

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We hear that some are conducting themselves among you in a disorderly way, by not keeping busy but minding the business ofothers.

We can also see that not only do not work for their own livelihood but also get into politics or other duties that are not compatible with the role of "servant of the Lord"

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Such people we instruct and urge in the Lord Jesus Christ to work quietly and to eat their own food.
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But you, brothers, do not be remiss in doing good.
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If anyone does not obey our word as expressed in this letter, take note of this person not to associate with him, that he may be put to shame.