Except for those that can pimp scriptures like the Pharisees perhaps the worse kind of harlot is the harlot that does not know or think of themselves as a harlot yet complains about all the harlotry that the other harlots are doing. You can end up with Jesus writing in the dirt and then saying let those who have not sinned cast the first stone. Even thou money does not buy everything some consider it the root of all evil. Best not to survey the congregation to make sure they work for an ethical company without offshore sweatshops when you receive the offering.
It is perhaps in one way why “The believer’s Freedom” is so important 1 Corinthians 10:23-33. Like it or not we are part of this world but not of it.
The Believer’s Freedom 1 Corinthians 10:23-33
1 Corinthians 10:23-33 “I have the right to do anything,” you say—but not everything is beneficial. “I have the right to do anything”—but not everything is constructive. 24 No one should seek their own good, but the good of others.
25 Eat anything sold in the meat market without raising questions of conscience, 26 for, “The earth is the Lord’s, and everything in it.”
27 If an unbeliever invites you to a meal and you want to go, eat whatever is put before you without raising questions of conscience. 28 But if someone says to you, “This has been offered in sacrifice,” then do not eat it, both for the sake of the one who told you and for the sake of conscience. 29 I am referring to the other person’s conscience, not yours. For why is my freedom being judged by another’s conscience? 30 If I take part in the meal with thankfulness, why am I denounced because of something I thank God for?
31 So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God. 32 Do not cause anyone to stumble, whether Jews, Greeks or the church of God— 33 even as I try to please everyone in every way. For I am not seeking my own good but the good of many, so that they may be saved.
Back to a Harlot or the story of Tamar in the bible found in Genesis 38
Genesis 38:13-15 13 When Tamar was told, “Your father-in-law is on his way to Timnah to shear his sheep,” 14 she took off her widow’s clothes, covered herself with a veil to disguise herself, and then sat down at the entrance to Enaim, which is on the road to Timnah. For she saw that, though Shelah had now grown up, she had not been given to him as his wife.
15 When Judah saw her, he thought she was a prostitute, for she had covered her face. 16 Not realizing that she was his daughter-in-law, he went over to her by the roadside and said, “Come now, let me sleep with you.”
“And what will you give me to sleep with you?” she asked.
A deal was struck for the staff, seal, and cord of Judah as a pledge for future payment. The authority of Judah was traded. If you continue the story. It ended up with Tamar as a Harlot covering Judah’s shame. Until the day they said to burn her to death. Yet, it was her that protected the staff, seal, and cord of Judah. Think about that again for a moment. It was her that protected the staff, seal, and cord of Judah.
The genealogy of David is written in Ruth 4 and starts in verse 18 with Tamar’s son Perez. There is no fate but what we make or the links we create but destiny is King of us all. Some might say, that destiny is having a certain responsibility. A responsibility that ended up making the King’s royal bloodline.