Hireling

The article which got me thinking about this topic-->HERE.

Hireling...the word is used 9 times in 8 verses (OT and NT).

First OT usage:

Job 7:1 - Is there not an appointed time to man upon earth? are not his days also like the days of an hireling?

H7916 - From H7936; a man at wages by the day or year: - hired (man, servant), hireling.

• H7936 - The second form by permutation and used in Ezr_4:5; a primitive root (apparently akin (by prosthesis) to H3739 through the idea of temporary purchase; compare H7937); to hire: - earn wages, hire (out self), reward, X surely.

Same word usage in Job 7:2, 14:6; Isaiah 16:14, 21:16; and Malachi 3:5.

Found 17 times in 17 verses - also translated as hired servant (Exodus 12:45, 22:15; Leviticus 19:13, 22:10, 25:6; 25:40, 50, 53; Deuteronomy 15:18, 24:14) hired men (Jeremiah 46:21)

NT:

John 10:12 But he that is an hireling, and not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth: and the wolf catcheth them, and scattereth the sheep.

G3411 - From G3409; a wage worker (good or bad): - hired servant, hireling.

• From G3408; to let out for wages, that is, (middle voice) to hire: - hire.
• G3408 - Apparently a primary word; pay for service (literally or figuratively), good or bad: - hire, reward, wages.

Same word usage in John 10:13 - The hireling fleeth, because he is an hireling, and careth not for the sheep.

Also translated as hired servant in Mark 1:20 - And straightway he called them: and they left their father Zebedee in the ship with the hired servants, and went after him.

We are not to be distressed at this news, for we were warned that the hearts of many would turn away.

Matthew 24:12 And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.

One of the most chilling statements from the 'pastor' who 'came out' was this:

“Hardly anyone reads the Bible,” said Mike Aus of  the non-denominational Theopholis Church on Up with Chris Hayes. “If they did, the whole thing would be in trouble.”

That should be a clarion call to those who are true disciples...Study to show thyself approved, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed.

If we do not spend time in the Word of God, how can we expect to be like the Bereans (Acts 17:11)?

These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.