EBP-08--GOD SAYS WORK HARD & DON'T BE LAZY

did you know that work is a command from god work is a part of god's will for us as we live our lives and the goal of life should never become avoiding work to god work is noble work is obedience to him as our creator and he designed work for us to be satisfying and fulfilling remember what he said six days you shall labor god commands us to work and god says wise people want to work laziness is foolishness foolishness is sin and satan is trying to attack every part of what god's word has established in genesis and in proverbs and from cover to cover god says work hard and don't be lazy god says in his word work hard and don't be lazy now look in your bible at proverbs 12 11 and as i read this verse and then begin to apply it i know that some of you you're thinking can the book of proverbs be that harsh about people that don't want to work well we'll see in just a moment that when we get to the new testament it's even stronger reinforced as god's will but proverbs 12 11 he who tills his land will be satisfied with bread but he who follows frivolity is devoid of understanding tilling land in a rocky middle eastern land of israel as it is today and as it was in bible times is hard work and god says hard work has a reward you eat bread but if you follow frivolity look at the end of verse 11 you're devoid of understanding so when god says work hard and don't be lazy how serious is he well now go to the new testament second thessalonians so we go through the new testament books acts romans first second corinthians galatians ephesians philippians colossians first thessalonians second thessalonians chapter 3 starting in verse 10. paul said for even we were with you we commanded you this if anyone will not work neither shall he eat now that is stiff the church was not to aid and assist and feed and provide for people who were unwilling to work the church is is a compassionate extension of christ arms into the world it's it's his love his smile his touch but when any believer is unwilling to work who is able to work who is able body who is not elderly or sick or infirm or paralyzed or in somehow incapacitated god says don't feed them don't feed them until they obey the creation mandate keep reading verse 11 for we hear that there are some among you who are in a disorderly manner and not working at all and are busy bodies now those who are such we exhort and command through our lord jesus christ that they work in quietness and eat their own bread god says work hard and don't be lazy the next slide reminds us that we're right in the middle of exploring the book of proverbs we're right in the middle of learning to live life god's way now as i mentioned part of learning to live life god's way is understanding that the book of proverbs is connected to the rest of the bible and in the book of genesis god introduces himself as the creator in six 24-hour days he created the universe and placed man right in the center of that garden of eden and then he established the role of men and women marriage and family and then after the fall god said to man six days shalt thou labor and rest the seventh that's the creation mandate of work now let's go over here the biggest choice we have in life is god's way or man's way when we got saved we want to be submissive to god's word and god's word says if anyone will not work he should not eat so living life god's way means that we follow the narrow way of wisdom we live for eternity and we do what god says as opposed to the world and so how do we cultivate god's work ethic from his word and it's almost like work has become a drudgery and something we shouldn't want to do rather than what god designed it to be the book of proverbs shows us god's design god says that you can do my will if you'd simply fulfill what i created you to do and that is to obey your creation mandate to work and from the the labor to enjoy the fruit of your labor which is being able to eat remember working hard is first a mindset it's it's a choice we make in our mind so is laziness by the way and we're going to see the contrast between god's desire for us to think properly about work and fallen man lost and rebellious man's desire to rebel against that and to do everything possible to not work either we adopt god's attitude and work or the foolish mindset of fallenness of being a lost rebel in opposition to god which is laziness in the next slide we're going to begin looking at what god says about laziness go to the ant proverbs 6 6 the lord says you sluggard consider her ways and be wise which having no captain overseer or ruler provides her supplies in the summer and gathers her food in the harvest how long will you slumber oh sluggard when will you rise up from sleep a little sleep a little slumber a little folding of the hands to sleep so shall your poverty come on you like a prowler now look up from your bible what what does that mean poverty come like a prowler that means unexpectedly did you know people that that don't have biblical wisdom can't understand how all of a sudden they're they're totally without anything i i've i used to minister at the rescue mission i talked to so many of those who were living at the rescue mission whether it was the lansing city rescue mission or the kalamazoo gospel mission or the gospel mission in tulsa wherever the mission was provenance rescue mission each time you talked to many of those people that were living at the mission they say i just don't know how it happened all of a sudden one day i just i was out on the street i didn't have a job didn't have a car didn't have a home lost my family you know what god said if you don't follow his word verse 11 your poverty will come on you like a prowler unexpectedly and your need look at the last part of verse 11 like an armed man what is that inescapable irresistible you can't stop an armed person when they point a gun at you when they threaten you with bodily harm you respond poverty comes unexpectedly and unstoppably when you resist god's command so the first passage about sluggards totally shows god's complete opposition to those who are rebellious against his command to work and if they're a believer we're not supposed to treat them differently god says if they don't work they don't eat that's tough love but it's from god let's keep reading chapter 10 verse 5 of proverbs it says he who gathers in the summer is a wise son he who sleeps in harvest is a son who causes shame chapter 15 verse 19 says this the way of the lazy man is like a hedge of thorns but the way of the upright is a highway do you catch the picture see uh eastern oriental language hebrew is a picturesque language and so all of these proverbs are to illustrate from the 3000 year ago agrarian remember we talked about that israel was primarily an agricultural economy and the people were very accustomed to agricultural terms and he said that the way of this lazy person is like a hedge of thorns have you ever been walking and gotten into pricklers or or thorns or something and when you walk through it's a painful walk that's how life is for a lazy person keep going to chapter 22 and verse 13. god continues to warn and he says the lazy man says there's a lion outside i'll be slain in the street what is that that's called unfounded fears lazy people can find anything to stop them from from doing what they're supposed to do in fact earlier in the in chapter 21 look at verse 25 the desire of the lazy man kills him for his hands refused to labor it kills him because he has unbridled desires and unwillingness he's rebellious and doesn't want to submit to what god says you have to do to eat one more chapter 26 of proverbs proverbs 26 starting in verse 12 do you see a man wise in his own eyes there's more hope for a fool than for him now verse 13 the lazy man says there's a line in the road remember those unfounded fears a fierce line in the street as the door turns on its hinges so does the lazy man on his bed what is that undisciplined living he he just turns like a door on a hinge back and forth on his bed he can't seem to get out of bed when i was in in school one of my teachers we had a seven a.m class and so we had to get up you know at six and get ready by 6 30 and kind of be prepared and be in our seat by 10 to 7 so the class would start at 7. and you know what he said he said you you students need to have mind over mattress in other words don't be like a door turning on its hinge back and forth in bed that's why i don't like the snooze button did you know the snooze button on alarm clocks on your phone where you can hit snooze do you know what that teaches you to sleep a little longer sleep a little longer take every second possible rather than get up and redeem the time sleep turning like the lazy man so i'm not an advocate of the snooze button look at verse 15. the lazy man buries his hand in the dish he just puts his hand right in the serving dish it's like he has these unsatisfied desires he just can't get enough for himself and it wearies him to bring back his hand to his mouth he's even lazy in fulfilling his desires he won't even work hard to satisfy his desires verse 16. the lazy man is wiser in his own eyes than seven men who can answer sensibly he has an unresponsive heart so look back at your slide god is categorically opposed to laziness proverbs 6 10 15 22 and 26. next slide god says and i'm going to give you a series of principles god says learn to discipline your body to get up early now let's let's look again in our bibles starting at proverbs 20 and verse 13. and remember when we read these verses this is the word of god the word of god is god speaking to us when we pray we're speaking to the lord but when we read his word we're hearing his voice and and this so when god speaks it's kind of like we should really listen look what the lord says do not love sleep lest you come to poverty wow earlier look in chapter 20 verse 4 the lazy man won't plow because of winter he he wants to sleep in it's too cold to get up he it's dark in the morning in the winter and the lord says learn look at this slide to discipline your body to get up early now let me ask you something do you have mind over a mattress do you set your alarm and get up you know what you should really try and do get up as soon as it rings the first time if you train yourself you know what'll happen you begin to learn to get up early by choice with no alarm for me i wake up basically about the same time every morning i wake up sometime between 5 30 and 6 every morning and what's interesting bonnie and i have found out when i change time zones uh i still wake up at that time and so you know sometimes it's 3 30 in the morning but it's just like clock work because the bible says do not love sleep chapter 20 verse 13. here's the second principle god says learn the discipline of doing the hard jobs first then you can do the easier job second and then have fun now where does it say that in the bible let's go to proverbs chapter 22 and verse 29 and then we'll go to 24 but proverbs 22 and verse 29 do you see a man who excels in his work he will stand before kings he will not stand for unknown men we all know that from life the the person that practices their piano until they're so proficient that they don't seem to ever make a mistake or the the athlete that so practices whatever their whether it's their golfing or their shot they are practiced see what it says in the word of god they are the ones who excel in their work and they will someday stand before kings in other words they will become recognized see god says there there's a reward for following his word his word says don't love sleep get up his word says excel at your work keep going to chapter 24. this is fascinating this is contrary to how most of us think look at chapter 24 and verse 27 prepare your outside work make it fit for yourself in the field and afterward build your house don't make your comfortable nest first the easy thing you know kind of like you know roll out your your sleeping bag and get it all fluffed in your pillow and then maybe take a little nap no go prepare the hard stuff first see what it says the outside work make it fit in the field that's tackling the hard part that's the rocks the hard ground the thistles the thorns that's that's the difficult work the blazing sun or the the rain or the whatever the difficulty is of being outside as opposed to the comfort okay look back the slide learn to the discipline of doing the hard jobs first thirdly this is what god says about working hard not being lazy learn to like your work even if it's hard let's look at proverbs 12 11. proverbs 12 and verse 11. it's very interesting when we think about how the lord what he's saying is so contrary to what we in our modern society that that's denying the creation mandate that's denying the creator stop denying the roles god designed men and women for as well as everything in marriage and family it's just fitting that they're opposed also to the work ethic but proverbs 12 and verse 11 says this he who tills his land will be satisfied with bread and he who follows frivolity is devoid of understanding basically what it says is tilling land remember clearing the rocks plowing the hard ground planting the seeds keeping the weeds out all that is hard work i don't know if you have to be born liking to farm in 3000 years ago if you wanted to eat you had to farm or you had to attend sheep or you had to shear sheep or you had to do you understand what i mean there there was nothing else there wasn't an easy way to earn money back then it was hard work and see what the lord says look at this slide learn to like work even if it's hard how do you do that ask god to grant his blessing and favor on your work if you want to read about this the account of joseph in genesis 39 is fascinating you know what it says when joseph was put in prison he didn't just mope and get in the corner and say god how come you're abandoning me he learned all about what was going on in that jail where he was and he began to be the jailer's assistant see joseph understood the creation mandate he understood work and he asked for god's favor do you have a hard job boy some of my jobs i've had over the years are really hard very tedious a very monotonous my father worked in the same job for the same company in the same building for 46 years he excelled in what he did and he used to tell me that so many of the men hated their jobs my dad loved his job and and he worked for general motors and when they gave him a break inside of his lunch pail he had all these things he brought with him to work and he taught himself greek and he taught himself hebrew and he taught himself theology he even though he wasn't able to go past high school in his education formally he continued his education all 46 of his years until he became known as a bible teacher until he became known as a spiritual leader look back learn on that slide learn to like your work even if it's hard and ask god to grant his blessing and favor on your work next slide the fourth principle is this never try to make money by deceit or fraud if you do watch out god says i am not going to allow that to go on i'm going to punish you the lord will not allow the righteous soul to finish famish but he casts away the desire of the wicked the treasures of wickedness profit nothing but righteousness delivers from death proverbs 11 18 says the wicked man does deceptive work but he who sows righteousness will have a sure reward see god says i'm not going to allow you to make money by deceit for very long before i get involved now the wheels of judgment of the lord are slow but they always always recompense the third reference proverbs 16 8 better is a little with righteousness than vast revenues without justice and finally proverbs 28 8 one who increases his possession by usury and extortion usually is overcharging interest extortion is threatening and taking money directly it gathers for him that will pity the poor in other words what the lord says is you're going to lose your fortune someone else i'm going to let them have it so don't try to gain money by deceit or fraud or injustice the next slide number five god says it's wrong to assume others owe you a handout oh boy is that timely whether they've worked hard or not don't fall into an entitlement mentality let's look at proverbs 13 4 it says the soul of a lazy man desires and has nothing he isn't willing to work he's lazy but he wants something he desires his hand is out and has nothing but the soul of the diligent shall be made rich god says it's wrong to assume that others owe you a handout we are living in an in a nation that is moving away from god and his word as fast as they can and as they move away from god in his word they move away from what god said in his word that if anyone will not work they shouldn't eat and so we have an entirely organized entitlement society where people are entitled to to get income with no work and i don't mean the severely handicapped or sick or elderly i'm talking about people they just say i don't work you owe me you're too rich and i'm poor give me what you have that is in opposition to the word of god number six god says work hard and don't be lazy now let's talk about this if you are a lazy person or if you tend toward laziness in a certain area of your life what does god want us to do confess our sin to him let's look at proverbs 28 13 because this principle proverbs 28 13 which should be among your favorite verses in proverbs it is mine this is what the lord says he who covers his sin will not prosper but whoever confesses and forsakes them will have mercy whether at home at work or in ministry all we have to do is admit to god that we haven't been working like he wants us to that we have been rebellious because of our pride and living for ourself right now following foolishness we are not submitting to his word that says we're supposed to work so whether at home at work or even in ministry admit to god that you haven't been working as hard as you should because he knows it already and all we're supposed to do is ask him to cleanse us from that sin that's his will and that's his plan next slide abandoning laziness and growing in diligence means you must be controlled by the holy spirit and we're going to look at some practical steps about that but let's look at proverbs 31 27 for a minute because i i love this verse and um i think that it's something that as young people we constantly should have uh as a goal to be like the biblical characters and i know that so many of you i see the percentages of students both enrolled as well as viewers in youtube most of you are half my age or much less than half my age and look what this says should be all of ours but especially your goal proverbs 31 27 it says she watches over the way of her household and does not eat the bread of idleness abandoning laziness and growing in diligence means you want to be controlled by the holy spirit the holy spirit teaches us to be disciplined to have mind over mattress to not be like the hinge on the door where we flip and flop and try and sleep every possible moment and say oh it's too hard to go outside it's dark or it's cold or there's a lion out there but saying i want to obey your mandate to me i don't want to be foolish i want to live life your way how do we do that here's some practical steps the next slide if god says to work hard and don't be lazy and we're struggling with laziness number one ask the holy spirit to make you a hard worker for god if any if we're weak god gives us strength his grace is sufficient secondly and this is this is what i have done for a lifetime that's why my bible's marked up re read reread and even memorize the proverbs that pertain to laziness and work i want to fill my mind think about this for a second do you know how we overcome laziness both a work ethic and laziness are attitudes and only god can can change us on our inside of our mind you see god is in the business of renewing minds he is in the business of energizing our minds so read and reread and even memorize the proverbs that pertain both to laziness and work and thirdly trust god to overcome any bad habits you've developed regarding work and diligence and when you're tempted to be lazy seek cry out for the spirit's help and remind yourself of what the bible teaches so what does god want us to do in order to obey him and work hard and not be lazy the same thing he wants us to do when we're afraid we cry out to him for help and confess and forsake our fear the same thing when we're anxious when we have wrong desires when we feel bitterness coming on when we don't want to obey the lord and don't feel bold enough to share his word it's all the same it's a choice of calling out the lord and finding his grace to help in time of need in the next slide i would like to just give you the broader picture and the broader picture is what i call choices that keep us from wasting our life now turn with me to second corinthians chapter five and i would say that of all the the settings that the bible presents this perhaps is the one that comes back to my mind more than any other i have made a choice to think about this event second corinthians 5 and verse 10 for we must all appear before the judgment seat of christ that each one may receive the things done in the body according to what he has done whether good or bad you and i need to make a choice to think every day about the fact that very soon in relation to eternity our lifetime is very short so very soon our life time is going to be finished and we are going to be transported in front of the what second gradients 510 calls the bema seat that's the raised platform where jesus is seated as our savior our redeemer and as the one who is going to assess our life what we did with our lives and we are going to give see what it says in verse 10 that each one may receive the things done in his body according what he's done whether good or bad god's going to say did you do with your body what i asked you to do did you live out your gender specific role do you know what your gender specific role is god has said that in the home the role of man is to be the leader and the role of the wife is to be the help meet to the man in the church god says the role of men are to be the elders and the pastors and the role of the women is to be those who support them and all that they do in the home and in the church god has given gender-specific roles now in the world in finance in business in education the bible says men and women can excel to any you know you can you can be the greatest politician or you know corporate leader but when you enter the home or the church god has mandated specific roles in marriage and family and we are supposed to live by that creation mandate work ethic so did you know what part of the judgment seat of christ is going to be whether or not you worked whether or not you avoided work whether or not you acted like the lost rebellious proud live for now foolish people on the wide way who thought they were entitled to free everything rather than being saved by god's grace submissive to his word and humbly living his way those are choices that keep us from wasting our life what's going to happen by the way with our life just for a second turn back to first corinthians 3 because a lot of believers don't even realize what's going to happen at the judgment seat of christ first corinthians chapter 3 starting in verse 10 says according to the grace of god given to us is given to me as a wise wise master builder i have laid the foundation and another builds on it but let each one take heed how he builds so what paul is saying is we're all in this together we're all you know doing the lord's work but if you're wise you'll take heed how you build why verse 11 no other foundation can anyone lay then that which is laid which is jesus christ verse 12 if anyone builds on this foundation gold silver precious stones would hate stubble what paul's saying is there's a pile of building materials around all of us they're just spread all around wood hay stubble gold silver precious stones now just saying those words there's no comparison between gold and straw why because we see value but spiritually many people don't see value in living god's way so they're foolish what happens when a believer acts like an unbeliever and lives a foolish life look at verse 13 each one's work this is first corinthians 3 13. we'll become clear for the day we'll declare it because it will be revealed by fire and the fire will test each one's work of what sort it is what is going on here this is one of my favorite illustrations have you ever been to a store uh and got a shopping cart go to walmart go to anywhere and you get your shopping cart you put in any building material you want but when you get to the end what does this say what you have in your cart what you did with your life whether or not you responded to god's word is going to go through the fire and the fire is right in front of the judgment seat of jesus christ so basically think about it jesus is sitting on the throne all the redeemed of all the ages are outwardly into the distance standing there one at a time we step forward and jesus christ said it's your turn john it's so it's my turn i say yes lord and he says bring what you did in your life before me now you know what it says whether it be good or bad see what it says in in that verse good or bad it doesn't mean good or sin because no believer has any record of their sins that's justification that's a different that's the book of romans but in the book of romans jesus christ took the penalty for my sin in other words his he was punished and he erased the record of my sin and put the penalty and the record unto him in other words he transferred all my sins into his account the penalty for it but also the record so when i get before god he's not going to judge me for good and sin that bad there is not sin it's living life not according not submitted to him in other words i'm not i'm not living for eternity the parts of my life that i live for now in foolishness are bad at the judgment seat of christ they're not sin did you know there is nothing sinful about sitting and watching you know or playing a game as long as it's not a cultic or have immorality in it or something there's nothing wrong with the home shopping network there's nothing wrong with just just kicking back and relaxing and enjoying something but let me ask you is there a reward in heaven for relaxing and watching television watching movies playing games no so what will happen to all those things that aren't sin they just weren't eternal they burn up you see every day we have a choice martin luther said i have two dates on my calendar today and the day i stand in front of jesus christ why because he's going to dump his shopping cart in just like i'm going to dump my shopping cart into that fire and only what was done for christ will last look back at your sides that's a choice that keeps us from wasting our life now i'd like to share with you see the that slide is called a tragedy in the making now look up and think about this for a second have you ever thought about what most people think a good life would be like you know have a car that works and a home to live in and a wonderful wife or husband and you know some children and some friends and he had kind of a quick and painless death and then go to heaven isn't that honestly speaking what most people think life's about that's a tragedy you know what the lord says he says you're going to appear before the judgment seat of christ i've left you with one thing to do in life i've left you to go into all the world and share the gospel now you go into all the world and share the gospel as you're doing your education as you're getting your job as you're being married as you're raising your family as you're going through life but do you know what the tragedy is thinking all life is is finishing school getting a good job having a family in a car and a house and raising kids and having friends and having a quick and painless death no whether there for you eat or drink or go to school or have a job or have a family or whatever do all for the what what glory of god do you know what the tragedy is not living for the glory of jesus christ rather thinking of life only as about me having a comfortable well you know cushy well protected life now real quickly before we go next slide what can keep us from serving jesus in daily life and that look in your bible at revelation 3 jesus do you remember what revelation 3 is about he comes back to visit the church after a couple generations you know he he was crucified about a.d 30 30. the apostles paul and peter were martyred about 80 60 5 4 somewhere in there and about 95. so two generations after the crucifixion jesus comes back to visit the church that's revelation 3. and look what it says in verse 17 jesus is visiting this church and by the way what's he visiting them to see whether or not they're doing what he left him to do what did he leave us to do he left us to do his will to go into all the world to make disciples to be followers of christ to to shine his light into the darkness to go and urge people to come to christ that's really the only reason we're left on earth otherwise it should be we disappear when we get saved get out of this mess go to heaven he left us here to be what did paul call it christ ambassadors so what happened in this church starting in verse 17 because you say they they hadn't the people in laodicea hadn't done what christ asked him to do and he is writing down why what kept them see the slide what can keep us from serving jesus in our daily lives jesus examined them and found what kept them okay so what kept them chapter 3 starting verse 17 jesus was reading their minds he he knew what they were thinking and he writes it down for us because you say i'm rich i'm wealthy i have need of nothing and jesus adds and you do not know that your wretched miserable poor blind and naked so verse 18 i counsel you to buy for me gold refined in the fire that you may be really rich and white garments that you may be really clothed and the shame of your nakedness not be revealed and anoint your eyes so that you can really see as many as i love verse 19 i rebuke and chasten therefore be zealous and repent okay back to your sides what what did jesus say can keep us from serving him i call these pathogens now for just a moment i'd like to talk to you about uh you know we're right now in the middle of this covid uh time period where everyone is vitally interested in not allowing pathogens those are germs those are viruses those are deadly tiny things that are invisible to us that attack our bodies did you know more dangerous than physical pathogens like the covid19 virus do you know what's even more deadly spiritual pathogens that's what jesus is saying to those in revelation he says you are looking and thinking about and investing your life in all the wrong things you're not protecting yourself from the real dangers what are the real dangers look back on the slide a lust for comfort and convenience that's what was going on in revelation 3 they only thought about their comfort and their convenience and then jesus said a greed for recognition that was what was going on in the sermon on the mount the people were only doing things to be noticed and then a covetousness for security that's what jesus covers in isaiah 31. now look up and think about this what infects christians so they don't obey god what infects christians so they don't work hard for the lord and instead they're lazy most churches are begging for help in the nurseries in sunday school in child care in evangelism and outreach and missions there is a constant need in the church why do people not work hard for the lord why do all of us why are we tempted look back at the sides because we think first of our comfort and our convenience that's what the lord said to the church of laodicea because jesus said we want to be recognized there's so many people that won't do anything if they don't get recognition and most of us are very concerned about our health and safety and so it's security now look up and let me ask you if if you weren't concerned about comfort and convenience recognition and security what would you do that would most please god you'd say i want to go wherever you want me to go i want to share the gospel with whoever you want me to share it with how about being practical think about this where do you live right now when i went to michigan state university and i went to my first class and the teacher made fun of me when i raised my hand but i still stood up for christ and and said i believe the bible i i believe that the bible is true and a group of young people 50 of them came to me after class do you know what they asked me would you start a bible study did you know that wasn't comfortable for me it wasn't convenient for me i was working my way through school to add a new thing a bible study to it but you know what that's what god wants us to do not what's comfortable not what's convenient not what will cause us to get recognition or keep us safe he wants us to obey him i hope you'll think about working hard and not being lazy not just financially but spiritually next slide that's the first pathogen see unforsaken desires we have a desire for comfort and convenience and recognition and security we need to forsake those here's the second pathogen exceptionism now you can look up and i will explain exceptionism that's even a kind of an unusual word but this is something as i read this think about it you recognize this in either your life or the life of others around you and here's what it is unrecognized exceptionism is this it's thinking my life is an exception to god's word thus we excuse ourselves from doing things god tells us to because of our past you don't know about my past you know i can't serve the lord because my past or my pain i've been hurt too many times or i don't have any money i'm in poverty or i don't i have a poor self-image i don't think that people would accept me think carefully on this you will never be in the future what you're not becoming today don't say someday i'm going to read the bible read it today don't say someday i'm going to memorize scripture start memorizing today don't say someday i'm going to go and serve the lord start serving him today you'll never serve the lord overseas and cross an ocean if you can't cross the hallway and knock on someone across the hall or cross the street if you can't share the gospel where you work where you go to school the people you live around you'll never be in the future what you're not becoming today if you're not responding to and obeying god's word now if you feel like you're always the exception to god's word you'll be that way to the end you have to repent remember proverbs 28 13 confess and forsake and you find mercy back to the slides the third deadly virus is pockets of pride exceptionism thinking i don't count with what god wants you know my life's an exception but pockets of pride what is that well think with me and i'll describe it this means that we allow pride to grow secretly inwardly what are some areas of pride remember we were born proud when we get saved we're supposed to humble ourself but did you know that the flesh the old us is still wired this way what does that look like well let me describe it a little bit sometimes we're inwardly proud of our intellect what does that mean we think we're smarter than other people that's an unmortified pocket of pride number one what do we have that we didn't receive from the lord so why do we glory like it's ours if you are smart you got that from the lord and it's not something that you compare and inwardly brag about or we're proud of our achievements we think that we are better than others because what we've achieved are proud of our goodness we think we're not as bad as others but sin in the light of other sin never does look bad see what happens if i compare myself with you i can find something that makes me feel better about myself than you that's not what we're supposed to do i'm supposed to compare myself to the holy infinite god of the universe and i see how far short of him i fall and i humble myself and i repent that's god's plan back to the side what keeps us from serving the lord well the first pathogen unforsaken desires comfort convenience recognition security repent of those and say lord hear am i send me exceptionism thinking that that god's word applies to everyone but me no repent of that say lord i'm under your word i want to obey you and lord i want to repent of any pride so what does the lord want us to do next slide invest the rest of our life with god this is the the last verse i want you to turn to first corinthians 6 so get your bible and and note this one if you're new in the lord in fact i just got a note we're we're posting these classes on youtube and a channel so that people can come to the class as well as those of you that are actually students enrolled in the classroom and i just had someone from canada a part of canada that's right next to alaska so if you know north america alaska is way up there in the upper northwest and there's a part of canada that's up there yukon or something i don't know the province but it's up there and they said i'm i'm new in this christianity and i'm i'm tracking along with you and i'm wondering if you could tell me some more things i'm supposed to do other than the class and i thought isn't that precious they're a new believer they're they're wanting because they're saved to submit humbly to live for the lord so if you're one of those new ones this is a verse you should know first corinthians 6 19 and 20 and i better actually get there i was in second corinthians here we go first corinthians 6 19 do you not know that your body is the temple of the holy spirit who's in you whom you have from god and you're not your own for you were bought at a price now pause that word bought at price is a greek construction that speaks of being bought out of a slave market did you know when we were born we were slaves to sin we were in satan's family and jesus christ came and bought us out of slavery to satan and purchased us and put us into his family so how should we respond you were bought at a price therefore glorify god in your body and your spirit which are gods first corinthians 6 says that god is on the lookout for men and women who have ears to hear and respond to him and say i want to glorify you verse 20 with my body and in my spirit because i belong to you do you know that you belong to the lord do you believe that he's your creator that he supernaturally designed you uniquely to either be a man or a woman the unchangeable parts of your life god picked in other words whether you're a man whether you're a woman the unchangeable parts what you look like what family you were born into what country you were born into what culture you were born into every unchangeable part of our life god picked god says i have a plan for you for the vast majority of you i want you to be married i want you to follow your role in marriage in both marriage and family i want you to work and i want you to live every day seeking to live for eternity not wasting your life jesus has taken all of our sins away now it's our choice whether we serve him what's the best way to serve the lord today well this class is god says i want you to work hard whatever you're doing whatever job you have you should be the hardest working person in that job and you should be standing against laziness in any form in your life why because that's the wisdom of god i want to submit to his plan let's pray and ask the lord's blessing on and here's the last slide on his truth to our heart because god says he wants us to work hard and he doesn't want us to be lazy let's bow together father in heaven thank you for the truth of your word and i pray that by your spirit we would say i want to obey you lord i want to resist my flesh that always wants to be lazy and i want to say give me your strength i repent of laziness in my life and let me with all my heart work and serve you through life in the name of jesus we pray and all god's people said amen

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Published: Tue Oct 20 2020