"The labourer is worthy of his hire."~ Lk. 10:7
Being cheap is not Christ-like, He gave His all. Many churches and Christians need to realize this. Each laborer is to get what he or she is due, and sometimes double. Many a deserving worker would be legitimate in asking those who hold the purse strings to, “Pay me that thou owest.” But they have way too much character to do so!
James tells us of those who kept back part of the hire of the laborers and how it "entered into the ears of the Lord." We are told that stones cry out, and that Abel's blood cried out from the ground. Well, in this case, money talks! Stolen salaries will not remain silent, for, in the courtroom of God, wages kept back will be a witness.
I've seen many churches and Christian institutions "rob Peter to pay Paul." For instance, some boast of how much they give to missions, while their pastor and staff seriously lack. I have known cases where the missionary lived in luxury and the servants of that local church in poverty. Charity begins at home. How many will have to someday sadly confess before God that they kept other's vineyards while neglecting their own (Sng. 1:6).
Don't give a believer crumbs, when you have steaks in your freezer.
Note: I am well aware the above article can be reversed to fit the other foot. But I’m addressing only the one side at this writing.
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