WORK!
A. “WHAT WILL I BE WHEN I GROW UP?”
B. WIDE VARIETY OF OCCUPATIONS.
C. WHAT KIND OF OCCUPATION WOULD BE RIGHT FOR ME AS A CHRISTIAN.
DOES GOD SAY ANYTHING?
A. MAN’S BEGINNING (Gen. 2:15).
1. Work is honorable (Gen. 3:15).
2. Difficulty is the curse (3:17-19).
B. NEW TESTAMENT COMMANDS (2 Thess. 3:10-12; 1 Thess. 4:11-12; Titus 3:8).
C. CHARACTER OF THE “NEW MAN” (Eph. 4:24, 28; 1 Tim. 5:8).
D. GOD’S BLESSING (Matt. 6:11). WE MUST PLANT (1 Cor. 3:6).
A. NOT TO MERELY GET RICH (Ecc. 2:18-19; 3:9-10; 5:10-17).
B. FOR WHOM DO WE WORK? (Eph. 6:5-7; Col. 3:22-25).
1. Do your best!
2. Be fair with your boss (Matt. 7:12).
C. “WHAT IF I’M THE BOSS?”
1. You also have a master (Eph. 6:9; Col. 4:1).
2. Be fair (1 Cor. 9:9; James 5:1-5).
D. A DAY’S WORK FOR A DAY’S PAY!
A. IS IT HONEST? ((Eph. 4:28; Titus 3:8; Rev. 21:8).
B. IS IT HONORABLE?
1. Honest but not honorable? YES!
2. Rom. 12:17; 2 Cor. 8:21. American Standard.
3. Our light must shine (1 Thess. 5:22).
4. Eph. 5:11. Honest but in a dishonorable association.
C. DOES IT HINDER SPIRITUALLY?
1. Matt. 6:33. God comes first.
2. Heb. 10:25.
a. Hours that keep us away.
b. Distance – Would you move to a place where there was no church?
D. SATISFACTION.
1. The promise of Christ (Phil. 4:6-7).
2. Satisfaction in Service to God (Phil. 4:12).
3. Job should be what we want – But it is a means to an end!
Serving God and providing for our families is the end. Not selfish enjoyment!
E. IS IT YOUR GOD?
1. How many masters? (Matt. 6:24).
2. Idols (1 John 5:21; 1 Tim. 6:9-10).
3. What about our families? Our worship?
4. Perspective (Luke 12:15-21; 9:25).
LET’S NOT FORGET THE LORD’S WORK
(1 Cor. 15:58).
