Ripping People Off, Big & Small (TMF:2152)

Tuesday, August 08, 2023
Peace to Live By: Ripping People Off, Big & Small (TMF:2152) - Daniel Litton
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       Most of us listening today probably don’t really pay laborers. Some might. But most of us don’t have people we pay to do work for us. It’s important if we are in a position of paying others for services done on our behalf that we pay them fairly and perhaps even better than most. This is because we want to be generous with our money, to act like we believe Jesus would act if he were paying another for a service rendered. If we rip people off, big or small, that’s not getting us anywhere. There are a lot of consequences to such an action. Think about it. We have no reward in Heaven in the future for being generous because we weren’t generous. We are perhaps hurting our reputation. People might start calling us a cheap skate or penny pincher. We are probably hurting the reputation of the Christian name. People might say, “Those Christians are poor tippers.” We are probably causing ourselves to have to face guilt inside our minds because we know we should have done better. We have to walk around for an hour trying to repress those thoughts of guilt that are swarming around inside our minds.