{"id":11510,"date":"2017-11-14T06:56:33","date_gmt":"2017-11-14T14:56:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/?p=11510"},"modified":"2017-11-14T20:21:31","modified_gmt":"2017-11-15T04:21:31","slug":"dont-give-away-store-helping-othersdont-give-away-the-store","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/2017\/11\/14\/dont-give-away-store-helping-othersdont-give-away-the-store\/","title":{"rendered":"Don&#8217;t give away the store when helping others!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Matthew 25:9, <em>No, lest there.<\/em><\/strong> Those who are spiritually wise and have been prudent to prepare for the Messiah\u2019s return must not allow those are not wise and have not prepared to leach off of them spiritually, so that the prudent end up like being weak and ineffective spiritually like the foolish. In other words, Yeshua teaches that self-interest for the purpose self-preservation is actually wisdom and prudence. 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