Topic: RETURN REDUCED WAGES!
Memorise:
Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth
another hath fulfilled the law. Romans 13:8
Bible
Text: Genesis 31:36-42, Bible in one year: 1st Chronicles
7:14-9:34, Luke 15:1-24
God is a
righteous God, and as a result, He hates all forms of Fraud. According to
Leviticus 19:13, it is a crime to delay your workers salary for 24 hours. Do
you promptly pay your staff – whether church or secular? Another aspect of
fraud is manipulating your workers’ salaries. One Bible character who was a
victim of this was Jacob. All the years he worked for Laban, he suffered a
great deal. He was deceived, cheated, made to bear the losses his boss should
have borne and earned an ever-decreasing wage. Laban was extremely wicked. But
do you know that some employers today are like Laban? They take all the gains
of their businesses and push all the losses to their staff, irrespective of
what caused such losses. Also, while they plan to make more profit and push
their staff to work hard at it, they hardly ever plan to increase their
salaries. If anything, they continue to come up with excuses as to why such
salaries should remain at the same level, or even be reduced.
Laban
reduced Jacob’s wages 10 times. If you are happy to cut down your staff
salaries rather than increase them, though your business is not diminishing,
you are toying with Hell. If your business cannot afford an employee anymore,
it is better to let such staff go after paying their entitlements. Take note of
the words of Romans 13:8:
“Owe no
man any thing, but to love one another. For he that loveth another hath
fulfilled the law.”
Every
cent, kobo or penny you fraudulent cut off the wages of your staff amounts to a
debt you owe them. Also, the fact that you owe your staff shows your lack of
love for them. You cannot be cutting down the salary or wages of those
you love, while your business is doing fine. Do not be surprised that some
employers who claim to be believers in Christ will die and get to the gate of
Heaven, only to be told that they cannot enter in because of the debt they owe
their staff. At that checkpoint, the entire amount owed will be found on them.
They will then say “I am sorry; I am now prepared to pay the debts I owe my
staff”, but the angles will say “Sorry, it’s too late.” The money such persons
fraudulently stole from their staff will follow them to Hell-fire and torment
them there for eternity. For your own good, go and restitute all the wages you
have cut off without just cause.
Key
Point: Besides pride, another vice that God cannot stand in people is breaking
of agreements. If you make a promise, you must keep it.
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