1ºThe hired hand runs away because he’s working only for the money and doesn’t really care about the sheep. John 10:13

Ezekiel 34 Bad Shepherds
The Word of the Lord came to me saying, “Son of man, speak against the shepherds of Israel. Speak in My name and tell those shepherds, ‘The Lord God says, “It is bad for the shepherds of Israel who have been feeding themselves! Should not the shepherds feed the flock? You eat the fat and clothe yourselves with the wool. You kill the fat sheep without feeding the flock. You have not given strength to the weak ones. You have not healed the sick. You have not helped the ones that are hurt. You have not brought back those that have gone away. And you have not looked for the lost. But you have ruled them with power and without pity. They went everywhere because they had no shepherd. And they became food for every animal of the field. My flock went many different ways through all the mountains and on every high hill. My sheep were spread over all the earth, and there was no one looking for them.”’”
So, you shepherds, hear the Word of the Lord. “As I live,” says the Lord God, “My flock has been killed and become food for wild animals because they had no shepherd. My shepherds did not look for My flock. They fed themselves, but have not fed My flock.” So, you shepherds, hear the Word of the Lord. The Lord God says, “I am against the shepherds, and I will ask them for My sheep. I will stop them from feeding the sheep, so they will no longer be able to feed themselves. I will save my sheep from their mouths, so that they will no longer be food for them.”

A preacher scolded his flock for not ‘honoring’ him with luxury watch. The Rev. Carlton Funderburke asked his church: ‘I ain’t worth your Prada? I’m not worth your Gucci. https://www.washingtonpos...ry-watch-broke/

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