The Prophet Nathan told King David about a man who has many sheep but refused to
sacrifice any one when he needs it for his friend so he took his poor neighbor only ewe
to be used instead. Of course it was to tell David of his sins against Uriah.
I have modern day scenario that depicts what Nathan illustrated, be it more literal than the reference
to adultery. Many churches is being operated in a manner that depicts them to be the rich man and some members are the poor man. They have degenerated to be ugly about the ends- making a surplus
of the budget !
A church has a yearly church camp and the operating cost is already budgeted and approved at
the ACM ( Annual Congregation Meeting) and committee members need to work within
the budgeted sum to run the camp. But every year when it is the last day of camp, there is always
a call to defray the cost of the camp expenditure. Member's thought that the camp have exceeded the budgeted amount but the truth is that they most like to spend about 80 % or 90 % only and some 'poor' man actually fork out their few dollars to contribute to defray the cost. There we have the rich man and poor man scenario. Will the rich man repent to seek God's mercy or remain rich to wait for God to punish ???
Is the church an organization to make profit or have surplus budget? They may have forgotten that
the love of money is the root of all evils.
