CCC Service
“Discern. Stand. Walk. – Work & Leisure” | June 13 | Genesis 1:26-28
Genesis 1:26-28 ESV
• TheValue
“The essential modern heresy, is that work is not the expression of man’s creative energy in the service of Society, but only something one does in order to obtain money and leisure.”
Dorothy Sayers
1. Work is a curse
2. Leisure and rest are virtuous
3. How much we “have” determines our value and influence.
4. Work is good for glorifying self.
Genesis 2:15 ESV
So we learn that...
1. God is a worker
2. Work is good and valuable in itself
3. It is necessary for subduing and harnessing the potential of creation for us and others
4. It glorifies God.
• The Substance
a. Menial and trite
b. Unjust and full of strife
c. Only good if it gets me
d. Celebrates every task
e. Seeks to give not take
f. Seeks the glory of God
Colossians 3:17 ESV
• The Fruit
a. A name that will die
b. Desire that cannot be quenched
c. Destruction
d. Intrinsic value
e. His glory
f. Provision for you, others, and the Church
1 Timothy 5:8 ESV
Acts 20:35 ESV
• The Fruit
a. A name that will die
b. Desire that cannot be quenched
c. Destruction
d. Intrinsic value
e. His glory
f. Provision for you, others, and the Church
g. Joy
Ecclesiastes 5:18-19 ESV
• The Rest
“When our rest becomes about squandering time, mindless consumption, or sensuality, we do not actually enter into Sabbath rest, and our souls remain weary, tattered, and heavy, unready for the work that lies ahead.”
Kayla Snow
Ezekiel 16:49 ESV
“we cannot enjoy the Sabbath simply by abstinence, by giving up, by laying aside. Instead, Sabbath requires that we take up the very things that feed and nourish the soul.”
Kayla Snow
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