{"id":6734,"date":"2022-10-20T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-10-20T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shop.honestreflections.net\/?p=6734"},"modified":"2022-08-19T09:23:11","modified_gmt":"2022-08-19T14:23:11","slug":"myths-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/2022\/10\/20\/myths-2\/","title":{"rendered":"WAGES"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Daily Reading:<\/strong> Jeremiah 35:1-36:32 ESV<\/a>, 1 Timothy 5:1-25 ESV<\/a>, Psalm 89:14-37 ESV<\/a>, Proverbs 25:25-27 ESV<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Daily Verse:<\/strong> \u201cFor the Scripture says, \u201cYou shall not muzzle an ox when it treads out the grain,\u201d and, \u201cThe laborer deserves his wages<\/em>.\u201d (1 Timothy 5:18 ESV)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

MISTHOS (3408): <\/strong>\u201cPrimarily \u201cwages, hire,\u201d and then, generally, \u201creward.\u201d[1]<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

General reward.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Workers deserve payment for their efforts.  Paul\u2019s reference to compensation for the elders quotes Deuteronomy to make his point.  Writing to Timothy, the second half of Paul\u2019s sentence quotes Jesus, the first-time repeating Christ\u2019s words as scripture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

God knows we all have bills to pay.  Part of our purpose unfolds in the work we do.  Whether a mail carrier or a physicist, paychecks mark the value assigned to the task.  People don’t feel appreciated if we don\u2019t pay them for their efforts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tangible value.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I worked as a volunteer staff member for a local church a few years ago.  Working over forty hours a week in my position, I didn\u2019t get paid.  As a result, my work had no value to the organization, and I received heartbreak as my reward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We don\u2019t value things that don\u2019t have a price.  Jesus\u2019 unconditional love for us came at a steep cost, His death on the cross.  Christ paid for our sins, even though He had none.  We have value because of God’s price for us, Jesus\u2019s death.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the same way, we should value others for the work they do.   When we assign a dollar amount to a job, we give it value.  Paying people for their work shows appreciation to them.  We devalue people\u2019s work when we don\u2019t pay them for it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Local churches depend on tithes to run their organizations.\u00a0 God\u2019s provision for those in ministry comes from our obedience to tithe.\u00a0\u00a0 Many pastors work two jobs so that they can preach on Sunday mornings. \u00a0We live in an imperfect world; 5% of churchgoers tithe<\/a>, each person giving an average of $17 per week.[1]<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wages show value for the worker.\u00a0 Tithing grows our faith and helps pay the wages of God\u2019s workers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[1]<\/a> Strong, J., & Strong, J. (2010). The New Strong’s expanded exhaustive concordance of the Bible<\/em>. Greek Dictionary of the New Testament<\/em> (p. 166) Thomas Nelson<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[1]<\/a>https:\/\/www.vancopayments.com\/egiving\/church-giving-statistics-tithing#:~:text=Churchgoer%20Participation-,Tithing%20Statistics,%25%20(Health%20Research%20Funding).<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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2 minute read. Daily Reading: Jeremiah 35:1-36:32 ESV, 1 Timothy 5:1-25 ESV, Psalm 89:14-37 ESV, Proverbs 25:25-27 ESV Daily Verse: \u201cFor the Scripture says, \u201cYou shall not muzzle an ox when it treads out the grain,\u201d and, \u201cThe laborer deserves his wages.\u201d (1 Timothy 5:18 ESV) MISTHOS (3408): \u201cPrimarily \u201cwages, hire,\u201d and then, generally, \u201creward.\u201d[1] General reward.… Continue reading WAGES<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6734","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","without-featured-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6734","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6734"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6734\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6744,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6734\/revisions\/6744"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6734"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6734"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6734"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}