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How Much Should I Tip?
--Sermon by Dr. Bob Benchoff August 27, 2005
The Standard of the Church and what the Bible explains about tipping (this sermon does not cover other donations, other charity, and many other pay ideas).
Tipping: Liberty or Duty?
Let's look at current events rightfully tipping using 3 situations, then let's read why according to the Bible.
Situation #1. An expensive hotel had paint falling-off, plumbing fixtures rusting-away, and was not as clean as the guests would have liked. The service was normal, as expected, except the maid provided just barely enough toilet paper (luckily). There was an envelope provided in case the guests wanted to tip the maid. Result: a small tip was left for the maid, and the maid is counted as lucky to have received even that; particularly when better maintained much less expensive hotels typically have no such tip envelope.
Situation #2. Helicopter rides were provided for a large fee. They would try to trick people into paying more. A couple had their first such ride ever; plus, unexpectedly, they also had their first golf cart ride to board and unboard, and they also had their first time to wear a noise reduction headset with microphones to talk with each other and the pilot while flying. Result: a large tip was given, as it was above and beyond the value they expected. In comparison, Situation #1 provided routine service: nothing spectacular. Yet Situation #2 rendered spectacular service which required diligent training and expertise that was rarely available elsewhere. The Situation #1 maid was likely low income, the Situation #2 team was likely well able to make large investments: to more, more was given.
Situation #3. Who deserves more, your child, or an inconsiderate stranger? Consider how if you had a child that came home from school and tramped through your garden and presented you with a failing report card, you would not likely be anxious to tip and flatter your child, yet a stranger waiter or waitress you might tip even if their service was somewhat substandard. Result: justice is served according to expectations.
Do you tip bigger for big events or routine, more for more, or more for less?
Great faith is to receive great reward; tip the more blessed, yet leave not the other undone.
Do not tip sin, yet tip according to the good part (or the good whole), Romans 14.23. Tip the good new unexpected blessings, and if unworthy to tip properly, do what can be done to support the good and greater cause. Give whole-heartedly for goodness, as Christ loves a joyful giver.
If to give your life for another, do so excitedly, gladly; yet seek to not lose any along the way. Be perfect, tip perfectly, according to the Bible, yet also the Will of God.
If you have a child that seems bad as portrayed in Situation #3, let love be your tip, honed with mercy from on high. Let all signs and wonders be blessings unto you indicating the greater value and greater reward in Heaven. Children receive conflicting information, ease their suffering, help them to overcome for Christ.
You may choose to condemn, yet rather choose to tip if such is properly understood by the potential recipient. Choose to love, moreso, choose to be such an example of love.
To better understand good faith and God, for a moment consider your own sins in the past, such as having a misinterpretation of the Bible. Even excellent eyes do not always read the Word of God properly, save the eyes of perfecting. If you are of sin, then hardly can you judge another.
Even seemingly obvious flaws are not always so. What is so, is Jesus Christ God. Flaws are of confusion, misinterpretation is easy. Yet rather abide in non-confusion, tip appropriately.
Of logic is learned that people with much money hardly need money. Yet of faith is learned that those with great good faith deserve more, as it is these who provide the greater leaps. The faithful hardly need money, yet leave them not undone, rather tend to them, tip to them, help them.
Consider if you have sinned, how hardly can you approach God, rather you must, and therefore go and sin no more that you might approach, yet of the body, rather let God in that you might begin to be found useful: pure.
The tip is a pure sign. The blessing, the giving, the charity, the love, the goodly instruction; these are all pure signs. The healing, the miracles, the approaching God; these are all pure signs of the greater good. Yet cast not pearls to backstabbers, yet in hope that they would likely learn according to your example, then tip.
If appropriate, let the tipped know why they are being tipped, yet the typical tip is without such insight from the tipper, therefore receive your tips from God with higher reasoning.
If you trample through the garden of God, how would you want to be treated?, and how should you receive your tips?, with carelessness, or with spectacular works for glorifying God, above and beyond the call of duty?, even so, rather glorify God.
Which is better, to deceive a customer, or to receive a tip?
In consideration of receiving a tip, to work to gain money in doing the Will of God is alright, yet hardly expect charity (including on demand) just because of hard work, similarly give not that which is unholy unto the Holy (whether a tippee or a tipper). Give good to good, as you are able. Become more able, that your gifts be received in the goodly spirit with which intended.
If a person chooses to hardly perform, let their tip be an indicator that they are not up to speed. Help them understand their laziness is their own reward. Help them understand financial wealth is properly given to those who not only work hard, yet rather to those who also perform miracles.
To stand before God is a tip and a miraculous blessing when there is no holding onto sin. But if a sinner faces purity, the sinner is racked with insufficiency within themself, as in Mormon page 484 verse 3.
A tip to a pure person is a great value, but tips to sinners are as heaps of firey coals on their heads. Even if sinners receive great wealths of blessings, sinners want more in their own selfish beliefs that they are short-changed.
The small tip given to the faithful is as a fountain of youth, a flow of deliverance, a breath of fresh air, and a mountain of God. A tip unto the faithful is a thank you in agreement, for God. A tip unto the faithful is stretched of God, unto miraculous proportions; as the faithful use such wisely for God.
Even the greedy can receive great tips, if their greed be for the overwhelmingly pleasing of the children of God. To those of worldly desires, such remains a great mystery. To the lazy, much appears as if dullness. To the hurtful, their tip to themself is strife, save they work to gain proper learning of God.
God reaches tips into the depths of the souls, even more than can be understood to receive, therefore be Godly that tipping be comprehended. It is counted as disservice to ignore any gift from God and to let such go to waste.
Rather know how to receive thankfully unto the giver and rather thankfully unto God, yet rather know how to give and love and have mercy, and rather give properly for God.
It is right to give justly, yet it is more just to give righteously.
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