Episode 6: Work Is Not A Bad Thing.

Christians often think about work in a very negative way and this is not Biblical. Let's change that! THINK DEEPLY ABOUT THESE VERSES. IT IS THE WORD OF GOD. Genesis 2:15 The LORD God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to work it and keep it. This is before sin, so this must be good for man. We are to work hard. Proverbs 18:9 says, Whoever is slack in his work is a brother to him who destroys. How long will you lie there, O sluggard? Proverbs 6:9-11 describes one who is lazy and the consequences: When will you arise from your sleep? A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest, and poverty will come upon you like a robber, and want like an armed man. 2 Thessalonians 3:7-9 we get a pretty good idea how Paul thought about work: For you yourselves know how you ought to imitate us, because we were not idle when we were with you, nor did we eat anyone's bread without paying for it, but with toil and labor we worked night and day, that we might not be a burden to any of you. It was not because we do not have that right, but to give you in ourselves an example to imitate. For even when we were with you, we would give you this command: If anyone is not willing to work, let him not eat. Working for Jesus- Ephesians 6:5-9 Bondservants, obey your earthly masters with fear and trembling, with a sincere heart, as you would Christ, not by the way of eye-service, as people-pleasers, but as bondservants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart, rendering service with a good will as to the Lord and not to man, knowing that whatever good anyone does, this he will receive back from the Lord, whether he is a bondservant or is free. Colossians 3:22-25 Bondservants, obey in everything those who are your earthly masters, not by way of eye-service, as people-pleasers, but with sincerity of heart, fearing the Lord. Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men, knowing that from the Lord you will receive the inheritance as your reward. You are serving the Lord Christ. Proverbs 14:2 Whoever walks in uprightness fears the LORD, but he who is devious in his ways despises him. Proverbs 21:6 says The getting of treasures by a lying tongue, is a fleeting vapor and a snare of death. Ex. 34:21 Six days you shall work, but on the seventh day you shall rest. In plowing time and in harvest you shall rest. Psalm 75:6-7 For not from the east or from the west and not from the wilderness comes lifting up, but it is God who executes judgment, putting down one and lifting up another. Deuteronomy 25:13-16 “You shall not have in your bag two kinds of weights, a large and a small. You shall not have in your house two kinds of measures, a large and a small. A full and fair weight you shall have, a full and fair measure you shall have, that your days may be long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you. For all who do such things, all who act dishonestly, are an abomination to the LORD your God. 2 Corinthians 6:14-18 For what partnership has righteousness with lawlessness? Or what fellowship has light with darkness? What accord has Christ with Belial? Or what portion does a believer share with an unbeliever? What agreement has the temple of God with idols? “I will make my dwelling among them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. Therefore, go out from their midst, and be separate from them, says the Lord, and touch no unclean thing; then I will welcome you, and I will be a father to you, and you shall be sons and daughters to me, says the Lord Almighty.”