{"id":11465,"date":"2023-08-28T09:06:47","date_gmt":"2023-08-28T13:06:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/?p=11465"},"modified":"2023-08-28T09:06:47","modified_gmt":"2023-08-28T13:06:47","slug":"itsofftoworkigo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/2023\/08\/itsofftoworkigo\/","title":{"rendered":"It\u2019s Off to Work I Go"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>2023 THEME: Victory!<\/h1>\n<h1>Series: (Labor Day Sermon)<\/h1>\n<h1>TITLE: It\u2019s Off to Work I Go<\/h1>\n<h1>Scripture:\u00a0 I Cor.10:31; Gen.3:1-19<\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><strong>I.\u00a0\u00a0 THE HISTORY BEHIND WORK\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Genesis 1 tells us the story of (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>creation<\/strong><\/span>) and Day 6 records the cream of His creation.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Chapter 2 tells us God put Adam (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>in charge of the Garden<\/strong><\/span>), made him commit to a commandment, and then created Eve as a helper.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Genesis 3 shows us the (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>violation<\/strong><\/span>) of the commandment in 2:16-17.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><strong>II.\u00a0 THE ATTITUDE NEEDED TOWARD WORK\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Two faulty ideas:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ol>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ol>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">My (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>identity<\/strong><\/span>) is tied up in my job.<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">My job is (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>less\/more important<\/strong><\/span>) than yours.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\">\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Some thoughts about work:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ol>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ol>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Faithfulness in work means approaching work as part of (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>God\u2019s good creation<\/strong><\/span>) for us.<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Every legitimate vocation is (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>equally acceptable<\/strong><\/span>) before God.<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Faithfulness mean our work, our vocation, is to be seen as being obedient to (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>God\u2019s call<\/strong><\/span>) on our life.<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">The proper motivation for any work, for all work, is (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>pleasing God<\/strong><\/span>).<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">\n<p>Next Week: (New series) \u201cThe God We Worship\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Title: The Search is On! Ex.2-3; Is.40:12-14, 18-23, 25-26; Job 38-41:11<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2023 THEME: Victory! Series: (Labor Day Sermon) TITLE: It\u2019s Off to Work I Go Scripture:\u00a0 I Cor.10:31; Gen.3:1-19 &nbsp; I.\u00a0\u00a0 THE HISTORY BEHIND WORK\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Genesis 1 tells us the story of (creation) and Day 6 records the cream of His creation. 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