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by taking the Scriptures out of context while ignoring the many Scriptures that would refute their
wrong teachings.
The Underpaid Wages of Laborers
There are the wealthy of yesterday and today who have built their massive wealth on the backs
of the poor and needy men and women that runs into the many millions and even billions of
dollars without paying them a fair wage or having any real concern for their welfare.
The Apostle James wrote of their coming day of judgment coming in which they will then reap
what they have sown:
James 5:1-6 “Come now, you rich, weep and howl for your miseries that are coming upon
you! Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are moth-eaten. Your gold and silver
are corroded, and their corrosion will be a witness against you and will eat your flesh like
fire. You have HEAPEDUP treasure in the last days. Indeed the wages of the laborers who
mowed your fields, which you KEPT BACK BY FRAUD, cry out, and the cries of the
REAPERS have reached the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth (hosts). You have lived on the
earth in pleasure and luxury; you have fattened your hearts as in a day of slaughter. You
have condemned, you have murdered the just; he does not resist you.”
A Just and Fair Wage for the Laborer
From the very beginning the LORD God taught that employers should always be considerate of
their employees:
Leviticus 19:11, 13 “YOU SHALL NOT STEAL, nor deal falsely, nor lie to one another. . . .
YOU SHALL NOT DEFRAUD YOUR NEIGHBOR, NOR ROB HIM. The wages of him
who is hired shall NOT remain with you all night until morning.”
Conversely, the employee should give the employer honest work. Not to do so could be
considered as stealing from the employer for work they were paid to do and failed in doing it.
Employers Can Change
Fraud and stealing is an indictment of a coming terrible time of judgment by Jesus Christ, but it
can be averted as a prophet of God wrote by repenting and making
an about face:
Ezekiel 33:15 “If the wicked restores the pledge, GIVES BACK
WHAT HE HAS STOLEN, and walks in the statutes of life
without committing iniquity, he shall surely live; he shall not
die.”