THE EMPHASIS ON WEALTH AND STATUS

This is an ominous problem we all face.  I will cut my commentary short with only the following observation/comment:  I look forward to the time when only those who are spiritually inclined are called as leaders - and not because of their wealth or status; we have many, if not most, who are good leaders/managers of money and time who are also called into positions of status and power in the Church.  Sometimes, spirituality and status/power can be mutually exclusive.  Sometimes, not.  I love seeing the humble man called into positions of status.  I think of Iohanni Wolfgramm among others who would have an amazing effect if in a position of influence where true teaching could take place.

Here is a comment from a previous post, which I will use the hi-lited portion of in a talk I am going to give next week:

This is a stinging rebuke to the Democrat Party for championing this as well as the Republican Party for doing nothing to halt it. The great Devil in all this is the Media Complex, our collective consciousness that dilute our minds with so many distractions and attacks upon any entity or Politician that would set things in order. 
I was reading from Nibley's "Abraham in Egypt", His assessment of the wickedness at the time of Abraham was the same as at Sodom and Gomorrah where the real wickedness was the emphasis on wealth and status. If we look at how the establishment protects Hillary, Obama and any on the Left and tear down all others who are not a part of their cabal, you can get an idea of Idol Worship in our society today. 
Interesting Nibley note: "The people of Sodom and Gomorrah were not condemned for their ignorance of the God of Abraham but rather their meanness, their immorality, and their greed; they were destroyed because they did not strengthen the hand of the poor and heeded not the needy. For them everything existed for the sole purpose of being turned into cash: they charged visitors for everything and had the most ingenious trick for getting money out of them." Another story he gives of Abrahams servant tried to help a poor man who had been robbed and was being beaten up by a gang in Sodom, he was arrested, taken to court, and fined the price price of bloodletting - a legitimate fee. 
He mentions the Gadianton administrations in the Book of Mormon, where everything was kept legal, where the richer man was always favored: A man would pay a merchant good prices for his goods but refuse to sell him any food, and when he starved to death, he would piously confiscate all of his wares and his wealth. 
Look carefully at how Government taxes us in ways we rarely recognize - through big business taxes that takes those taxes from us. Government adds more and more debt with the concept that they must tax more from the people with a lame promise of more benefits and enriching only the select rich.