{"id":776,"date":"2019-08-07T09:00:59","date_gmt":"2019-08-07T13:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nancylucenay.com\/staging\/8869\/?p=776"},"modified":"2020-10-22T17:10:34","modified_gmt":"2020-10-22T21:10:34","slug":"patronage-why-do-they-always-ask-for-money","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nancylucenay.com\/staging\/8869\/patronage-why-do-they-always-ask-for-money\/","title":{"rendered":"Patronage: Why Do They Always Ask for Money?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I need money for tuition, transportation, lodging, and food. We don\u2019t have enough money to buy food for our students. My motorcycle\u2019s broken, and I can\u2019t minister to my people. My son is sick, and I don\u2019t have money to take him to the doctor. I can teach the gospel, but you need to help them eat. And on and on it goes. Why? As a&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/honorshame.com\/to-be-or-not-to-be-a-patron\/\">missionary in SE Asia<\/a> said, \u201cForeigners have a big \u2018P\u2019 on their forehead the moment they step off the airplane. They can choose to ignore it, but everyone else still sees them as a patron.\u201d For many, patronage is the only way to gain the resources they need for life. In reality, requests for money may be requests for deeper relationships and mutual honor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The system of patronage involves two unequal parties, both of whom have responsibilities to the relationship. The patron provides access to goods, protection, money, and connections. In a collectivist, honor\/shame culture, the wealthy are honor-bound to share their resources. Hoarding brings shame. In response to the patron\u2019s gift, the grateful client repays his patron with <a href=\"https:\/\/nancylucenay.com\/staging\/8869\/the-pursuit-of-honor-honor-shame-dynamic-1\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"honor (opens in a new tab)\">honor<\/a>, praise, obedience, and loyalty. He may also communicate his gratitude through small gifts or acts of service. Patronage creates social debt. Failure to repay would bring shame to the client. Acquiring goods through relationships is the primary socioeconomic system in developing countries, as it was in the ancient world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Patronage in the Bible<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>We can find the patron-client relationship referenced throughout the Bible. We\u2019ll look at two instances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Patronage in the Old Testament<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>God invited Abraham into a patronage relationship. As the patron, God promised Abraham descendants, divine favor, protection, land, and a <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"life of honor (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/nancylucenay.com\/staging\/8869\/honor-what-everybody-wants\/\" target=\"_blank\">life of honor<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Genesis+12%3A1-7&amp;version=NIV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Genesis 12:1-7<\/a>). He also assured Abraham that he and his descendants would have the honor of being co-benefactors with God in blessing all people. As the client, Abraham responded with obedience, praise, loyalty, and trust even when God told him to do the unthinkable.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>How did Abraham respond when God told him to offer his son Isaac as a sacrifice (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Genesis+22%3A1-18&amp;version=NIV\">Genesis 22:1-18<\/a>)? He neither argued nor tarried but got up early the next morning and started toward Moriah. As the writer of Hebrews said:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>By faith Abraham, when God tested him, offered Isaac as a sacrifice.&nbsp;He who had embraced the promises was about to sacrifice his one and only son,&nbsp;even though God had said to him, \u201cIt is through Isaac that your offspring will be reckoned.\u201d&nbsp;Abraham reasoned that God could even raise the dead\u2026<\/p><cite>Hebrews 11:17-19<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>God had been Abraham\u2019s trustworthy patron for 40+ years, and Abraham had learned to be a faithful client, to obey and trust his patron. God reiterated his earlier promise to Abraham:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>&nbsp;&#8230; because you have done this and have not withheld your son\u2026 I will surely bless you\u2026&nbsp;and through your offspring&nbsp;all nations on earth will be blessed,&nbsp;because you have obeyed me.<\/p><cite>Genesis 22:16, 17, 18<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Patronage in the New Testament<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>When Paul used the word \u201cgrace,\u201d it meant something different from it does today. As Daniel DeSilva&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/biblicalstudies.org.uk\/pdf\/ashland_theological_journal\/31-1_032.pdf\">shows<\/a>, it was a secular word used when talking about patronage to speak of reciprocity among human beings and between humans and God. \u201cGrace\u201d had three meanings: (1) the willingness of a patron to grant a gift, (2) the gift itself, and (3) the response of the client to the gift.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u2026 it is by grace&nbsp;you have been saved,&nbsp;through faith\u2014and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God\u2026 For we are\u2026 created&nbsp;in Christ Jesus to do good works\u2026<\/p><cite>Ephesians 2:8-9,10<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>God\u2019s grace\u2014his willingness to grant us salvation, results in grace\u2014the gift of salvation. Our response? Grace\u2014the grateful response of doing what God has prepared us to do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Conclusion<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Yes, the gift of grace is free; we cannot earn it. But that doesn&#8217;t mean receiving it is obligation-free. New Testament Christians would never imagine accepting their Patron\u2019s generous gift without responding with praise and honor, both in words and deeds. To do otherwise would bring tremendous shame.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What about us? Do we behave as grateful clients? In the first century, knowing how to be a grateful client was in effect your credit rating. What\u2019s your gratitude credit rating?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For many people in developing countries, patronage \u2014 a reciprocal, hierarchal relationship \u2014 may be the only way to get the resources they need.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1543,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_kadence_starter_templates_imported_post":false,"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"Patronage: Do They Only Want My Money? Requests for help from those in developing countries can seem endless. What do those who ask really want? How can understanding their culture help us understand what\u2019s behind their requests? 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