If You Don’t Work, You Don’t Eat

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i'm gonna be brutally honest with you
today
you might not like what i have to say
but you need to hear it we live in a
world of lazy people who feel entitled
they think they can get something for
nothing but the bible says if you don't
work you don't eat for even when we were
with you we command to do this if anyone
will not work neither shall he eat for
we hear that there are some who walk
among you in a disorderly manner
not working at all
but our busy bodies
now those who are such we command and
exhort through our lord jesus christ
that they work in quietness
and eat their own bread the bible
describes people who don't work as
disorderly that means they're lacking
organization and they're contributing to
the breakdown of society it also means
they're not behaving properly lazy
people who don't do their part are not
behaving properly and they're
contributing to the breakdown of the
community they're a part of think about
it people steal because they want
something they can't afford to buy
people cheat and swindle others because
they're greedy for quick and easy gain
that they didn't have to work hard for
also consider the jobs that don't get
done because people refuse to do the
work houses don't get painted because
the owner is lazy so the house slowly
rots to the ground yards don't get mowed
because the owner is lazy we had a
neighbor one time who planted his whole
yard with monkey grass and let it grow
tall just so he didn't have to mow it
lazy people are a burden to those who
work hard because the lazy person
expects someone else to do the work for
them they even act incompetent at times
so they can get out of doing the work
it's easy to remain incompetent but it
takes work to learn how to be
self-sufficient it's okay to ask for
help when you don't know what to do but
have them teach you how to do it
yourself so you can take care of it in
the future i hear people talk about how
lazy millennials are and how terrible
their work ethic is and it's true but
it's not just millennials who have this
problem of laziness i've met people of
all ages who don't want to work i also
know some millennials who can outwork
everyone around them so don't fool
yourself into thinking it's a
generational issue it's a laziness issue
and it's an entitlement issue i've also
heard people try to justify their
laziness by saying they are trusting god
to provide for their needs that's the
most spiritual sounding excuse for
laziness i've ever heard yes it's true
that god will provide for your needs the
bible says so but the provision requires
you to do the work god gave the promised
land to the children of israel but they
were expected to till the land plant the
crops and reap the harvest in the same
manner god has given all of us the
ability to work and the responsibility
to work and when we do the work his
provision comes you don't understand the
bible if you think you can be a lazy bum
and expect god to provide for you he
doesn't exist to serve you he's not your
slave you were created to serve him god
put adam in the garden to tend the
garden then the lord god took the man
and put him in the garden of eden to
tend and keep it god put adam in the
garden to work the garden and to take
care of it adam wasn't put there just to
eat fruit all day and relax adam had
work to do you probably heard the phrase
god helps those who help themselves it's
not scripture but it's loosely based on
biblical principles such as the verse i
read earlier if a man doesn't work he
doesn't eat people like to talk about
having a good work ethic but what does
that mean ethics are a set of moral
principles that guide our conduct so
work ethics are moral principles
relating to work that guide our conduct
these ethics include things like equal
weights and measures paying someone the
wages their due not stealing not bribing
or taking bribes from anyone showing up
to work on time and actually being
faithful to do the work you were
expected to do if you agreed to start
your job at 8 o'clock then you need to
be on time if you're expected to work
for 8 hours don't be lazy by only doing
4 hours of work people want to talk
about moral principles but they ignore
what the bible teaches about work ethics
the bible says we are supposed to work
six days and rest on the seventh
remember the sabbath day to keep it holy
six days you shall labor and do all your
work but the seventh day is the sabbath
of the lord your god in it you shall do
no work you nor your son nor your
daughter nor your male servant nor your
female servant nor your cattle nor your
stranger who is within your gates for in
six days the lord made the heavens and
the earth the sea and all that is in
them and rested the seventh day
therefore the lord blessed the sabbath
day and hallowed it six days you shall
do your work and on the seventh day you
shall rest that your ox and your donkey
may rest and the son of your female
servant and the stranger may be
refreshed if you aren't working six days
then you can't claim to keep the sabbath
if you're not working for six days then
what sets the sabbath apart as a day of
rest by not working six days you're
failing to set apart the sabbath and
therefore breaking the sabbath
commandment let me say it again if you
don't work six days
then you're not keeping the sabbath the
bible also says you reap what you sow
but if you aren't sowing anything how
can you expect to reap anything the lazy
man will not plow because of winter he
will beg during harvest and have nothing
if you don't put in the work how can you
expect to have the provisions you need a
lazy person should not expect to have
anything because they didn't put in the
work to attain anything the bible says a
worker is worthy of his wages for the
scripture says you shall not muzzle an
ox while it treads out the grain
and the laborer is worthy of his wages
if you're the worker then you should
expect to get paid for your work but
also remember that if someone else is
working for you then you are expected to
pay them for that work a worker is
worthy of his wages you don't want to
work for free so don't expect others to
work for nothing paul is using this in
the context of bible teachers being
worthy of their wages i only mention
this because there are a lot of people
who seem to think preachers and teachers
shouldn't get paid money for their labor
this particular verse speaks about
elders who labor in the word teaching
biblical doctrine to others let the
elders who rule well be counted worthy
of double honor especially those who
labor in the word and doctrine for the
scripture says you shall not muzzle an
ox while it treads out the grain and the
laborer is worthy of his wages we see a
similar statement in first corinthians
about those who preach the gospel
whoever goes to war at his own expense
who plants a vineyard and does not eat
of its fruit or who tends a flock and
does not drink of the milk of the flock
do i say these things as a mere man or
does not the law say the same also for
it is written in the law of moses you
shall not muzzle an ox while it treads
out the grain
is it oxen god is concerned about or
does he say it altogether for our sakes
for our sakes no doubt this is written
that he who plows should plow in hope
and he who threshes in hope should be a
partaker of this hope if we have sown
spiritual things for you is it a great
thing if we reap your material things
if others are partakers of this right
over you are we not even more
nevertheless we have not used this right
but endure all things lest we hinder the
gospel of christ
do you not know that those who minister
the holy things eat of the things of the
temple
and those who serve at the altar partake
of the offerings of the altar
even so the lord has commanded that
those who preach the gospel should live
from the gospel people are willing to
pay for secular work that's done for
them but those same people are unwilling
to compensate someone for spiritual work
they do
it seems like their priorities might be
a little out of order work ethic is
about doing what is right both as the
employee and as the employer another
thing to consider is that many lazy
people have jobs i'm not just talking
about jobless bums who sit on the couch
eating cheetos all day there are lots of
lazy people who have jobs and they go to
work every day but they don't do their
best they show up and go through the
motions but they don't actually apply
themselves to the work the bible tells
us to work as if we're working for the
lord and whatever you do do it heartily
as to the lord and not to men knowing
that from the lord you will receive the
reward of the inheritance for you serve
the lord christ whatever your job is you
should work hard as if you're working
for the lord commit your works to the
lord and your thoughts will be
established when you just do the bare
minimum you're being lazy lazy people
don't deserve to get a pay increase or a
job promotion
in all reality lazy people are stealing
from the company because they're getting
paid for work they aren't doing the
bible teaches us that laziness leads to
poverty i went by the field of a lazy
man and by the vineyard of a man devoid
of understanding and there it was all
overgrown with thorns its surface was
covered with nettles its stone wall was
broken down
when i saw it i considered it well
i looked on it and received instruction
a little sleep a little slumber a little
folding of the hands to rest
so shall your poverty come on like a
prowler and your need like an armed man
poverty can be overcome by diligent work
but if you're unwilling to put in the
work then poverty will overtake you a
lazy person is described here as a man
devoid of understanding in other words a
lazy person is a fool because they don't
understand that their laziness will lead
to their poverty don't be lazy work hard
work as if you're working for the lord
work for six days and enjoy the day of
rest on the sabbath a worker is worthy
of his wages but a lazy person who sews
nothing will have nothing to reap if you
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