Work
01 Nov - Morning Service - 11:15am - Dave Gobbett - Genesis 1:26, 2:1-3, 15
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Nov 01, 2015
from 11:15am to 12:40pm |
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| Where | Highfields Cathays |
| Contact Name | Church Office |
| Contact Phone | 029 2065 0740 |
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Work
Genesis 1:26-31, 2:15-17 
Series Theme:
In the Beginning
Studies in Genesis 1-3
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Genesis 1:26-31, 2:15-17 In the beginning … work
Genesis 1:26-31, 2:15-17 In the beginning … work WORK WORK WORK WORK?
Genesis 1:26-31, 2:15-17 In the beginning … work
The IDOL danger Beware idolatry of work Genesis 1:26-31, 2:15-17 In the beginning … work
Genesis 1:26-31, 2:15-17 In the beginning … work All of my will has always been to conquer some horrible feeling of inadequacy. . . I push past one spell of it and discover myself as a special human being, and then I get to another stage and think I'm mediocre and uninteresting. . . . Again and again. My drive in life is from this horrible fear of being mediocre. And that's always pushing me, pushing me. Because even though I've become Somebody, I still have to prove I'm Somebody. My struggle has never ended and it probably never will. [ Madonna ]
The IDOL danger Beware idolatry of work Genesis 1:26-31, 2:15-17 In the beginning … work The IDLE danger Beware idleness in work
Genesis 1:26-31, 2:15-17 In the beginning … work Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider its ways and be wise! [ Proverbs 6:6 ]
Genesis 1:26-31, 2:15-17 In the beginning … work A sluggard says, “There’s a lion in the road, a fierce lion roaming the streets!” As a door turns on its hinges, so a sluggard turns on his bed. A sluggard buries his hand in the dish; he is too lazy to bring it back to his mouth. [ Proverbs 6:6, 26:13-15 ]
The IDOL danger Beware idolatry of work Genesis 1:26-31, 2:15-17 In the beginning … work The IDLE danger Beware idleness in work
Genesis 1:26-31, 2:15-17 In the beginning … work 1. God is for work! Nothing you do 9-5 is irrelevant to God
Genesis 1:26-31, 2:15-17 In the beginning … work Sacred Secular
Sacred Missionary Minister Evangelist Youth worker Theologian Bible-college student Elder ‘Full-time Christian worker’ Genesis 1:26-31, 2:15-17 In the beginning … work Secular Unemployed Stay-at-home parent Public sector Healthcare Education Politics Private sector Sports Art
Sacred Genesis 1:26-31, 2:15-17 In the beginning … work Secular
It is pure invention that Popes, bishops, priests, and monks are called the “spiritual estate” while princes, lords, artisans, and farmers are called the “temporal estate.” It is a piece of deceit & hypocrisy … all Christians are truly of the spiritual estate, and there is no difference among them except that of office. [ Martin Luther ] Genesis 1:26-31, 2:15-17 In the beginning … work
In the total expanse of human life there is not a single square inch of which Christ, who is sovereign, does not declare, ‘That is mine!’ [ Abraham Kuyper ] Genesis 1:26-31, 2:15-17 In the beginning … work
Genesis 1:26-31, 2:15-17 In the beginning … work Secular Unemployed Stay-at-home parent Public sector Healthcare Education Politics Private sector Sports Art Sacred Missionary Minister Evangelist Youth worker Theologian Bible-college student Elder ‘Full-time Christian worker’ Pastor Teacher Missionary Public sector Sportsperson Evangelist Theologian Business I.T. Youth worker Sales Doctor Unemployed Politician Stay-at-home parent Property Lawyer Accountant Bible-college student Parachurch worker Artist Retired All Sacred
Genesis 1:26-31, 2:15-17 In the beginning … work 1. God is for work! Nothing you do 9-5 is irrelevant to God
Genesis 1:26-31, 2:15-17 In the beginning … work 2. Work is for God! Everything you do 9-5 should serve God Support your family Support gospel work Share the gospel Model the gospel Serve others Order from chaos Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men. [ Colossians 3:23]
Genesis 1:26-31, 2:15-17 In the beginning … work 2. Work is for God! Everything you do 9-5 should serve God “How, with my existing abilities and opportunities, can I be of greatest service to other people, knowing what I do of God’s will and of human need?” [ Tim Keller ]
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