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 Let's hear the word of God.

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 And God said, Let the land produce living creatures according to their kinds,

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 the livestock, the creatures that move along the ground,

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 and the wild animals, each according to its kind.

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 And it was so.

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 God made the wild animals according to their kinds,

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 the livestock according to their kinds,

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 and all the creatures that move along the ground according to their kinds.

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 And God saw that it was good.

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 Then God said, Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness,

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 so that they may rule over the fish in the sea, and birds in the sky,

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 over the livestock, and all the wild animals,

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 and over all the creatures that move along the ground.

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 So God created mankind in His own image.

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 In the image of God, He created them.

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 Male and female, He created them.

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 God blessed them and said to them,

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 Be fruitful and increase in number.

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 Fill the earth and subdue it.

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 Rule over the fish in the sea, and the birds in the sky,

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 and over every living creature that moves on the ground.

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 Then God said,

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 I give you every seed-bearing plant on the face of the whole earth,

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 and every tree that has fruit with seed in it.

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 They will be yours for food.

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 And to all the beasts of the earth,

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 and all the birds in the sky,

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 and all the creatures that move along the ground,

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 everything that has the breath of life in it,

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 I give every green plant for food.

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 And it was so.

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 God saw all that He had made,

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 and it was very good.

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 And there was evening,

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 and there was morning,

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 the sixth day.

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 Brothers and sisters in Christ,

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 when I studied in my seminary in Jakarta,

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 I remember once a lecturer taught us

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 that there are four big questions in our lives

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 that each of us needs to answer.

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 There are four big life questions.

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 The first one is about the object of our worship.

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 Who is it that we worship?

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 Everyone must have an object of the worship,

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 whether it is God, or money, or ourselves.

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 There should be object that we worship.

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 Who is it?

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 The second one is,

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 how do we live our lives?

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 Our answer to the first question

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 will determine how we live our lives.

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 Then the third one is,

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 whom will we spend our lives with?

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 This is about choosing a spouse.

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 If he or she is not the right one,

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 then we might suffer for the rest of our lives.

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 So this is a very important question.

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 And the fourth question is,

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 what are we going to do in our lives?

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 This is about our job.

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 This evening,

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 I will address this fourth question.

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 How should we view our work?

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 What does the Bible say about it?

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 I want to start this evening with a story

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 about three bricklayers.

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 Maybe you are familiar with this.

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 A traveler came upon three men working.

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 He asked the first man what he was doing.

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 And the man said he was laying bricks.

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 Then the traveler asked,

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 why are you doing this job?

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 The man said,

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 of course, to make money.

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 What else?

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 Oh, I see.

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 Then the traveler asked the second man

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 with the same question.

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 What are you doing?

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 Oh, I'm laying bricks.

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 And then he asked the same,

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 another question.

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 Why are you doing this?

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 Then the second man said,

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 because I like this job.

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 This is my expertise.

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 I heard that we are building a church

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 and it will be the most beautiful church in town.

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 I just take a small part,

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 but I'm proud of it.

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 Oh, I see.

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 That's wonderful.

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 Then the traveler asked the third man

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 the same question.

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 He gave the same answer.

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 What are you doing?

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 I'm laying bricks.

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 But when the traveler asked,

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 why question?

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 Why are you doing this?

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 He said like this,

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 we are building a church

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 and I pray that the people in this town

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 will come to this church

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 and worship the Lord together.

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 So these three men

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 with the same job,

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 same activity,

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 but different attitudes.

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 If I ask you,

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 what's the difference among them?

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 For myself,

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 I will conclude that the first man

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 worked for money.

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 The second man worked for himself,

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 for his self-actualization.

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 And the third bricklayer

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 worked for God.

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 Now, how does the Bible view

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 the job that we do?

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 We have already read

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 from Genesis chapter 1,

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 especially verse 26 and 27.

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 Let us make mankind in our image,

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 in our likeness,

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 so that they may rule

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 over the fish in the sea

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 and the birds in the sky,

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 over the livestock,

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 and all the wild animals,

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 and over all the creatures

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 that move along the ground.

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 So there are two great tasks

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 God gave to the humankind,

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 to multiply and fill the earth,

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 and to rule over God's creation,

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 or subdue the earth.

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 It is important to note that

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 it is the second task

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 that makes humans unique.

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 If God only gave one task,

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 the first task,

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 that is just to increase in number,

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 then humans are not different

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 from animals.

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 I would like to read

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 from the verse 21 and 22

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 from Genesis chapter 1.

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 So God created

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 the great creatures of the sea

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 and every living thing

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 with which the water teems

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 and that moves about in it

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 according to their kinds

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 and every winged bird

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 according to its kind.

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 And God saw that it was good.

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 And look at verse 22.

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 God blessed them and said,

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 Be fruitful and increase in number

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 and fill the water in the seas

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 and let the birds increase on the earth.

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 So dominion over the creation

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 is what makes humans special.

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 Based on the story of creation,

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 how we as Christians

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 should view our job?

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 I want to emphasize one point

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 this evening.

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 That job is a call from God.

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 Every work is a call from God.

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 It is one aspect of being a human,

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 of being God's image.

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 Many people in this world

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 do not like going to work.

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 You might be familiar with the phrase,

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 I hate Mondays.

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 I don't like Mondays.

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 For many people,

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 weekend is so enjoyable

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 that Monday is seen to

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 rob the fun or the enjoyment.

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 Then why do people still go to work on Monday

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 if it's not fun?

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 Of course, because of money.

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 If money comes from heaven,

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 then I will stop working.

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 Or I will do that as a hobby.

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 No wonder nowadays,

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 some best-selling books

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 sell an idea of how to get more money

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 with less work.

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 If you can get more money

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 with less work,

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 then it will be great.

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 In my country,

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 multi-level marketing

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 is still very popular.

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 How to invest money?

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 The idea is,

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 don't work for money.

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 Make it work for you.

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 Ah, it's beautiful, eh?

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 Don't work for money.

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 Make it work for you.

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 But I want to remind us

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 that behind this idea,

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 we can identify a concept

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 that job is a curse.

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 Job is torturing.

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 Avoid it if you can.

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 And this belief is not biblical.

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 The passage that we have read in Genesis

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 reminds us that working

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 is God's command.

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 He's calling for us

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 a part of being a human.

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 And then we can see

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 how Adam's sons

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 responded to this call.

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 If we skip several chapters

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 to Genesis chapter 4,

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 verse 2 said,

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 Now Abel kept flocks,

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 and Cain worked the soil.

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 So here we can see

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 Abel became a shepherd,

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 while Cain became a farmer.

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 They fulfilled their role

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 to serve God

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 as his vice regents

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 over creation.

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 And so we are called

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 to do the same role.

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 In the ancient Near East,

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 a king would set up

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 statues of himself

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 across the land

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 to manifest his sovereignty

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 over his kingdom.

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 In reading that man

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 is the image of God,

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 Moses' original audience

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 would have understood

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 that as they reproduce

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 and fill the earth,

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 they would be

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 representing

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 the sovereign creator

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 to his creation.

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 Subduing the earth

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 or having dominion

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 over it

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 does not mean

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 exploiting it,

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 but nurturing

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 and protecting it,

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 caring for it.

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 A theologian wrote

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 that work

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 is part of

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 God's loving plan.

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 We are called

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 to cultivate

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 and care

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 for all the goods

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 of creation.

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 So I want to emphasize

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 again this point.

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 All kinds of good job

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 can be a calling

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 from God.

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 Whether you are

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 a businessman,

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 a teacher,

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 a scientist,

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 a cleaner,

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 all kinds of good job

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 can be a calling

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 from God.

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 Some people may think

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 that only pastors

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 or church ministers

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 who are called

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 by God.

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 In some contexts,

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 especially in my own country,

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 if people ask me,

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 why do you want

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 to become a pastor?

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 I should say,

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 it's God's call for me.

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 I cannot say,

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 it's a hobby.

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 It's my,

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 I love to be a pastor.

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 No,

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 it should be God's call.

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 It should be a good answer.

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 But then,

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 many Christians

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 still think

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 that apart from

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 being church ministers,

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 other jobs

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 are nothing to do

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 with God's call.

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 No,

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 we should remember

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 that doing our job,

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 any kind of good job,

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 is one way

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 to serve God.

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 This includes

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 being a mother

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 or a housewife.

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 You know,

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 William Tyndale,

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 William Tyndale

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 is an English scholar

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 who became

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 a leading figure

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 in the Protestant Reformation.

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 he once wrote,

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 this is William Tyndale,

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 if we look externally,

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 there is difference

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 between washing dishes

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 and preaching

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 the word of God.

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 But as touching

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 to please God,

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 there is no difference

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 at all.

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 That's biblical view

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 of work,

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 that there's no difference

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 when done

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 to the honor

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 of the Lord

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 between preaching

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 and washing dishes.

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 So,

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 this is

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 what should be

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 biblical view.

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 We understand

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 that being a housewife

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 or a mother

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 is not easy.

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 Once,

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 my wife told me

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 that she has a friend

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 who found

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 raising little children

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 frustrating.

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 She couldn't stand

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 yelling at them

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 again

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 and again.

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 She had

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 promised to herself,

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 I don't want to yell

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 at my kids,

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 but it doesn't work.

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 She felt that

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 it seems easier

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 for her

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 to become a missionary

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 to other parts

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 of the world

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 than being patient

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 to her own

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 small children.

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 Being a mother

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 does not get paid.

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 There's no promotion

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 for mothers.

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 But if you happen

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 to be one,

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 that is God's call

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 for you.

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 So is the image

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 of God,

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 we should find

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 our own vocation.

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 Then the problem is,

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 why cannot we view

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 our job this way?

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 Why do people

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 still say

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 that they hate Mondays?

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 We know the answer

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 from the Bible.

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 It's because

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 of the curse

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 of sin.

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 I want to read

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 to you

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 Genesis chapter 3

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 verse 17

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 to 19.

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 This is the story

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 after the fall.

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 Then God

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 said to Adam,

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 Genesis chapter 3

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 verse 17

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 the second part,

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 Cursed is the ground

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 because of you.

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 Through painful toil

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 you will eat

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 food from it

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 all the days

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 of your life.

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 It will produce

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 thorns and thissers

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 for you

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 and you will eat

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 the plants

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 of the field.

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 By the sweat

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 of your brow

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 you will eat

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 your food

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 until you return

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 to the ground

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 since from it

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 you were taken.

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 For thus you are

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 and to thus

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 you will return.

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 So we can see

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 that after the fall

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 work

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 was not a blessing

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 anymore.

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 If people

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 hate Mondays

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 it's because

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 painful toil,

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 thorns and thistles,

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 sweat of your brow

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 have become

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 part of

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 people's daily

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 experience

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 when they work.

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 but more

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 than the painful toil

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 people

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 who are

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 outside of Christ

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 have also

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 lost the meaning

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 of work.

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 God is the one

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 who gives

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 humans the call

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 to work

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 and in this call

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 lies the purpose

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 the joy

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 and the blessing.

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 But when people

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 reject God

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 then they don't know

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 why they have

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 to work.

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 They lose

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 the original purpose

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 and the blessing.

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 Now if people

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 do not work

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 to respond

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 to God's call

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 then what

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 is their motivation?

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 I believe

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 there are

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 at least

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 some ways

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 of how people

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 view their job

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 as a consequence

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 of the fall.

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 Let's back

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 to our story

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 of the three

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 big layers.

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 You remember

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 that the first man

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 works only

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 for money.

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 I believe

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 that for many people

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 what motivates

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 them to work

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 is to get money.

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 Money

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 and money.

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 I did not say

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 that working

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 to get some money

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 is not biblical.

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 Don't get me wrong.

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 Paul wrote

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 in 2 Thessalonians

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 3 chapter 10

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 that the one

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 who is unwilling

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 to work

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 shall not eat.

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 The problem

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 is not money itself

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 but when money

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 becomes the focus

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 of their lives.

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 What Bible

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 calls the love

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 of money.

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 We know

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 the saying

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 time is money.

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 All is

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 about money.

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 These people

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 believe

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 that money

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 can buy

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 anything they want

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 including happiness.

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 Then they teach

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 this belief

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 to their children

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 since they first

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 go to school

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 at least

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 in my culture.

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 So when we ask

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 parents

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 why do we have

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 to go to school

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 every day?

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 Then the parents

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 will teach us

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 so that when you

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 grow up

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 you can work

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 and make

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 some money

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 or make

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 a lot of money

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 and live a good life.

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 That's it.

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 Then these children

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 when they grow up

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 they focus on money

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 in taking

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 all important

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 decisions in life

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 which subject

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 to take

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 when they want

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 to study

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 which company

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 or institution

00:16:35.659 --> 00:16:36.480
 to work with

00:16:36.480 --> 00:16:37.740
 all depends

00:16:37.740 --> 00:16:38.700
 on how much

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 money that

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 they will

00:16:40.220 --> 00:16:41.159
 or can get

00:16:41.159 --> 00:16:41.799
 in return.

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 But let us

00:16:44.039 --> 00:16:45.079
 be careful

00:16:45.079 --> 00:16:46.159
 with this belief.

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 What does

00:16:47.799 --> 00:16:48.500
 Bible say?

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 The Bible say

00:16:49.659 --> 00:16:50.439
 about the danger

00:16:50.439 --> 00:16:51.159
 of the love

00:16:51.159 --> 00:16:51.659
 of money.

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 I believe

00:16:53.319 --> 00:16:53.779
 that you are

00:16:53.779 --> 00:16:54.699
 familiar with this.

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 Paul again

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 wrote

00:16:56.600 --> 00:16:57.519
 in the first

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 Timothy

00:16:58.059 --> 00:16:59.879
 chapter 6

00:16:59.879 --> 00:17:00.439
 verse 10

00:17:00.439 --> 00:17:02.039
 for the love

00:17:02.039 --> 00:17:02.579
 of money

00:17:02.579 --> 00:17:03.620
 is the root

00:17:03.620 --> 00:17:04.379
 of evil.

00:17:05.299 --> 00:17:06.059
 The love

00:17:06.059 --> 00:17:06.839
 of money

00:17:06.839 --> 00:17:08.139
 is the root

00:17:08.139 --> 00:17:09.000
 of evil.

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 Instead of

00:17:11.140 --> 00:17:12.059
 bringing happiness

00:17:12.059 --> 00:17:13.059
 the love

00:17:13.059 --> 00:17:13.619
 of money

00:17:13.619 --> 00:17:14.720
 bring destruction

00:17:14.720 --> 00:17:15.579
 to the world

00:17:15.579 --> 00:17:17.079
 bring destruction

00:17:17.079 --> 00:17:17.839
 to the human

00:17:17.839 --> 00:17:18.500
 relationships.

00:17:19.400 --> 00:17:20.460
 Because of money

00:17:20.460 --> 00:17:21.779
 people don't

00:17:21.779 --> 00:17:22.279
 care about

00:17:22.279 --> 00:17:23.019
 God's creation.

00:17:24.019 --> 00:17:24.460
 They can

00:17:24.460 --> 00:17:25.500
 exploit the earth.

00:17:26.339 --> 00:17:26.940
 They don't

00:17:26.940 --> 00:17:27.359
 care about

00:17:27.359 --> 00:17:28.019
 other people.

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 Other people

00:17:29.700 --> 00:17:30.640
 are just

00:17:30.640 --> 00:17:31.220
 viewed as

00:17:31.220 --> 00:17:32.039
 a means

00:17:32.039 --> 00:17:32.539
 to get

00:17:32.539 --> 00:17:33.259
 more money

00:17:33.259 --> 00:17:34.519
 and more profit.

00:17:35.960 --> 00:17:36.700
 That's the

00:17:36.700 --> 00:17:37.140
 first view.

00:17:37.140 --> 00:17:39.100
 The second view

00:17:39.100 --> 00:17:39.920
 as a consequence

00:17:39.920 --> 00:17:40.640
 of the fall

00:17:40.640 --> 00:17:42.100
 is working

00:17:42.100 --> 00:17:43.200
 to pursue

00:17:43.200 --> 00:17:44.380
 self-glory.

00:17:46.120 --> 00:17:47.120
 For those

00:17:47.120 --> 00:17:47.560
 who like

00:17:47.560 --> 00:17:48.060
 their job

00:17:48.060 --> 00:17:48.680
 so much

00:17:48.680 --> 00:17:49.680
 money

00:17:49.680 --> 00:17:50.440
 might not

00:17:50.440 --> 00:17:51.200
 tempt them.

00:17:52.280 --> 00:17:52.860
 These people

00:17:52.860 --> 00:17:53.580
 are passionate

00:17:53.580 --> 00:17:54.400
 with their job

00:17:54.400 --> 00:17:55.820
 achieve many

00:17:55.820 --> 00:17:56.259
 things

00:17:56.259 --> 00:17:57.220
 and do

00:17:57.220 --> 00:17:57.720
 their job

00:17:57.720 --> 00:17:58.420
 excellently.

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 It's like

00:18:00.320 --> 00:18:00.700
 the view

00:18:00.700 --> 00:18:01.400
 of the second

00:18:01.400 --> 00:18:02.000
 bricklayer

00:18:02.000 --> 00:18:02.720
 in our story.

00:18:03.820 --> 00:18:04.740
 But then

00:18:04.740 --> 00:18:05.259
 they are not

00:18:05.259 --> 00:18:05.860
 satisfied

00:18:05.859 --> 00:18:06.559
 with just

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 being excellent.

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 They might

00:18:09.279 --> 00:18:10.179
 become thirst

00:18:10.179 --> 00:18:11.119
 for praise

00:18:11.119 --> 00:18:12.479
 and admiration

00:18:12.479 --> 00:18:13.199
 from other

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 people.

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 Our world

00:18:16.379 --> 00:18:17.159
 adores the

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 greatest,

00:18:18.079 --> 00:18:18.659
 the fastest,

00:18:19.159 --> 00:18:19.740
 the strongest,

00:18:20.299 --> 00:18:20.859
 the best,

00:18:21.139 --> 00:18:21.359
 and the

00:18:21.359 --> 00:18:23.059
 otherest.

00:18:23.919 --> 00:18:24.579
 For some

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 people,

00:18:25.479 --> 00:18:26.519
 work is

00:18:26.519 --> 00:18:27.439
 like an

00:18:27.439 --> 00:18:27.839
 arena

00:18:27.839 --> 00:18:28.459
 where they

00:18:28.459 --> 00:18:29.219
 compete with

00:18:29.219 --> 00:18:29.759
 others

00:18:29.759 --> 00:18:30.619
 and makes

00:18:30.619 --> 00:18:31.579
 effort so hard

00:18:31.579 --> 00:18:32.559
 to defeat

00:18:32.559 --> 00:18:33.479
 their rivals

00:18:33.480 --> 00:18:34.400
 and to be

00:18:34.400 --> 00:18:34.980
 number one,

00:18:36.099 --> 00:18:37.160
 to prove

00:18:37.160 --> 00:18:38.019
 themselves.

00:18:39.220 --> 00:18:39.839
 When they

00:18:39.839 --> 00:18:40.460
 find someone

00:18:40.460 --> 00:18:40.860
 else is

00:18:40.860 --> 00:18:41.440
 better than

00:18:41.440 --> 00:18:41.819
 them,

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 they feel

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 so envious

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 and so

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 resentful.

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 I believe

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 this is what

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 Apostle John

00:18:49.079 --> 00:18:50.079
 called in

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 1 John 2

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 as pride

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 of life.

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 When we

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 pursue self-glory

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 in anything

00:18:56.279 --> 00:18:56.900
 we do.

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 These ways

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 of viewing

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 work

00:19:00.160 --> 00:19:00.800
 is also

00:19:00.800 --> 00:19:01.240
 dangerous

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 because people

00:19:02.019 --> 00:19:02.700
 who seek

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 after approval

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 and admiration

00:19:04.820 --> 00:19:05.840
 from others

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 would easily

00:19:07.080 --> 00:19:08.240
 feel envious

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 toward those

00:19:09.340 --> 00:19:10.140
 who are better

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 or more

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 successful

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 than them.

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 And the

00:19:14.540 --> 00:19:15.080
 Bible also

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 says something

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 about this

00:19:16.380 --> 00:19:16.980
 feeling of

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 envy.

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 This is my

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 favorite verse

00:19:19.500 --> 00:19:20.640
 from Ecclesiastes

00:19:20.640 --> 00:19:21.820
 chapter 4

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 verse 4.

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 It's very easy.

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 Ecclesiastes

00:19:24.740 --> 00:19:25.700
 chapter 4

00:19:25.700 --> 00:19:26.740
 verse 4.

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 It is said,

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 And I saw

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 that all

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 toil

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 and all

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 achievement

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 spring

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 from one

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 person's

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 envy

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 of another.

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 This too

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 is meaningless.

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 A chasing

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 after the

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 win.

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 It's interesting

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 for me.

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 I used to

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 believe

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 and I heard

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 from one

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 great preacher

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 that envy

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 has a negative

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 side

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 and has a

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 positive side.

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 The negative

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 side is that

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 envy can

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 make us

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 hate our

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 rivals

00:20:01.699 --> 00:20:02.679
 and want

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 to harm

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 them.

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 But it

00:20:04.859 --> 00:20:05.439
 also has

00:20:05.439 --> 00:20:05.859
 a positive

00:20:05.859 --> 00:20:06.279
 side.

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 It can

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 push

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 ourselves

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 to the

00:20:08.359 --> 00:20:08.699
 limit

00:20:08.699 --> 00:20:09.519
 to learn

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 more

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 skills

00:20:10.279 --> 00:20:11.000
 and to

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 be as

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 good

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 or even

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 better

00:20:12.339 --> 00:20:12.619
 than

00:20:12.619 --> 00:20:12.819
 our

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 rivals.

00:20:14.399 --> 00:20:15.000
 However,

00:20:15.599 --> 00:20:16.039
 the Bible

00:20:16.039 --> 00:20:16.419
 says

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 differently.

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 Envy

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 is

00:20:19.299 --> 00:20:20.079
 meaningless.

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 Brothers

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 and sisters

00:20:23.459 --> 00:20:24.059
 in Christ,

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 do we still

00:20:24.719 --> 00:20:25.339
 view work

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 only as

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 a means

00:20:26.480 --> 00:20:27.059
 to make

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 money

00:20:27.439 --> 00:20:28.379
 or to

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 get

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 others'

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 approval?

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 There was

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 one person

00:20:32.220 --> 00:20:32.519
 in the

00:20:32.519 --> 00:20:32.819
 Bible

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 who had

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 it all,

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 but he

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 was not

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 happy at

00:20:36.139 --> 00:20:36.459
 all.

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 I want

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 to read

00:20:38.599 --> 00:20:39.000
 the last

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 passage for

00:20:39.599 --> 00:20:40.039
 us this

00:20:40.039 --> 00:20:40.379
 evening,

00:20:40.879 --> 00:20:41.299
 again,

00:20:41.500 --> 00:20:41.779
 from

00:20:41.779 --> 00:20:43.039
 Ecclesiastes

00:20:43.039 --> 00:20:44.079
 chapter 2.

00:20:46.439 --> 00:20:46.919
 Ecclesiastes

00:20:46.919 --> 00:20:48.919
 is believed

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 to be written

00:20:49.439 --> 00:20:49.959
 by King

00:20:49.959 --> 00:20:50.319
 Solomon,

00:20:50.319 --> 00:20:51.980
 and we

00:20:51.980 --> 00:20:52.379
 can believe

00:20:52.379 --> 00:20:52.819
 that it

00:20:52.819 --> 00:20:54.139
 might be

00:20:54.139 --> 00:20:54.559
 his own

00:20:54.559 --> 00:20:55.139
 experience.

00:20:55.759 --> 00:20:56.379
 Ecclesiastes

00:20:56.379 --> 00:20:57.379
 chapter 2

00:20:57.379 --> 00:20:58.939
 verse 4

00:20:58.939 --> 00:20:59.779
 to 11.

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 I will

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 read this

00:21:02.980 --> 00:21:03.460
 passage for

00:21:03.460 --> 00:21:03.659
 you.

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 I

00:21:06.419 --> 00:21:07.019
 undertook

00:21:07.019 --> 00:21:07.359
 great

00:21:07.359 --> 00:21:07.899
 projects.

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 I built

00:21:09.220 --> 00:21:09.859
 houses for

00:21:09.859 --> 00:21:10.399
 myself

00:21:10.399 --> 00:21:11.500
 and planted

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 vineyards.

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 I made

00:21:13.419 --> 00:21:14.220
 gardens and

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 parks and

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 planted all

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 kinds of

00:21:16.279 --> 00:21:16.899
 fruit trees

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 in them.

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 I made

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 a service

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 to water

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 growth of

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 flourishing

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 trees.

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 I bought

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 male and

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 female slaves

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 and had

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 other slaves

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 who were

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 born in

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 my house.

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 I also

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 own more

00:21:32.039 --> 00:21:32.580
 herds and

00:21:32.580 --> 00:21:33.420
 flocks than

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 anyone in

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 Jerusalem

00:21:34.720 --> 00:21:35.660
 before me.

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 I gathered

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 silver and

00:21:38.640 --> 00:21:39.440
 gold for

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 myself and

00:21:40.600 --> 00:21:41.100
 the treasure

00:21:41.100 --> 00:21:41.779
 of kings

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 and provinces.

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 He's very

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 wealthy.

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 I acquired

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 male and

00:21:46.480 --> 00:21:47.500
 female singers

00:21:47.500 --> 00:21:48.279
 and had

00:21:48.279 --> 00:21:48.640
 them as

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 well.

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 the

00:21:49.759 --> 00:21:50.519
 delights of

00:21:50.519 --> 00:21:50.960
 a man's

00:21:50.960 --> 00:21:51.279
 heart.

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 I became

00:21:53.440 --> 00:21:54.080
 greater by

00:21:54.080 --> 00:21:54.640
 far than

00:21:54.640 --> 00:21:55.779
 anyone in

00:21:55.779 --> 00:21:56.140
 Jerusalem

00:21:56.140 --> 00:21:57.039
 before me.

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 In all

00:21:58.759 --> 00:21:59.039
 this,

00:21:59.259 --> 00:21:59.840
 my wisdom

00:21:59.840 --> 00:22:00.860
 stayed with

00:22:00.860 --> 00:22:01.120
 me.

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 And

00:22:02.840 --> 00:22:02.980
 then

00:22:02.980 --> 00:22:03.259
 chapter,

00:22:03.580 --> 00:22:04.860
 verse 10,

00:22:04.859 --> 00:22:06.039
 I denied

00:22:06.039 --> 00:22:06.059
 I denied

00:22:06.059 --> 00:22:06.599
 myself

00:22:06.599 --> 00:22:07.299
 nothing,

00:22:07.659 --> 00:22:08.399
 my eyes

00:22:08.399 --> 00:22:09.039
 desired.

00:22:09.779 --> 00:22:10.899
 I refused

00:22:10.899 --> 00:22:11.539
 my heart

00:22:11.539 --> 00:22:12.179
 no pleasure.

00:22:13.139 --> 00:22:13.839
 My heart

00:22:13.839 --> 00:22:14.719
 took delight

00:22:14.719 --> 00:22:15.439
 in all

00:22:15.439 --> 00:22:16.000
 my labor,

00:22:16.500 --> 00:22:17.399
 and this

00:22:17.399 --> 00:22:17.939
 was the

00:22:17.939 --> 00:22:18.539
 reward for

00:22:18.539 --> 00:22:19.259
 all my

00:22:19.259 --> 00:22:19.639
 toil.

00:22:20.500 --> 00:22:21.199
 And then

00:22:21.199 --> 00:22:21.559
 comes

00:22:21.559 --> 00:22:22.879
 verse 11,

00:22:22.880 --> 00:22:22.920
 one.

00:22:23.800 --> 00:22:24.120
 Yet,

00:22:24.120 --> 00:22:24.780
 when I

00:22:24.780 --> 00:22:25.320
 surveyed

00:22:25.320 --> 00:22:26.120
 all that

00:22:26.120 --> 00:22:26.680
 my hands

00:22:26.680 --> 00:22:27.300
 had done

00:22:27.300 --> 00:22:28.620
 and what

00:22:28.620 --> 00:22:29.020
 I had

00:22:29.020 --> 00:22:29.660
 toiled to

00:22:29.660 --> 00:22:30.140
 achieve,

00:22:31.020 --> 00:22:31.540
 everything

00:22:31.540 --> 00:22:32.240
 was

00:22:32.240 --> 00:22:32.840
 meaningless.

00:22:33.840 --> 00:22:34.420
 A chasing

00:22:34.420 --> 00:22:35.240
 after the

00:22:35.240 --> 00:22:35.520
 wind,

00:22:36.280 --> 00:22:37.180
 nothing was

00:22:37.180 --> 00:22:38.040
 gained under

00:22:38.040 --> 00:22:38.580
 the sun.

00:22:40.900 --> 00:22:41.280
 Let us

00:22:41.280 --> 00:22:42.060
 not try to

00:22:42.060 --> 00:22:43.000
 find happiness

00:22:43.000 --> 00:22:44.080
 and satisfaction

00:22:44.080 --> 00:22:45.140
 in wealth,

00:22:45.700 --> 00:22:46.300
 in pleasure,

00:22:46.740 --> 00:22:47.360
 or fame.

00:22:47.359 --> 00:22:49.199
 King Solomon

00:22:49.199 --> 00:22:49.659
 had them

00:22:49.659 --> 00:22:50.000
 all,

00:22:50.379 --> 00:22:50.740
 but he

00:22:50.740 --> 00:22:51.279
 said they

00:22:51.279 --> 00:22:51.659
 were

00:22:51.659 --> 00:22:52.259
 meaningless.

00:22:53.919 --> 00:22:54.500
 That's why

00:22:54.500 --> 00:22:55.139
 Jesus Christ

00:22:55.139 --> 00:22:56.059
 came and

00:22:56.059 --> 00:22:56.819
 saved us,

00:22:57.240 --> 00:22:57.919
 so that we

00:22:57.919 --> 00:22:58.259
 can be

00:22:58.259 --> 00:22:58.939
 delivered from

00:22:58.939 --> 00:22:59.379
 the curse

00:22:59.379 --> 00:22:59.959
 of sin,

00:23:00.500 --> 00:23:01.159
 and gave

00:23:01.159 --> 00:23:01.619
 us a

00:23:01.619 --> 00:23:02.039
 meaningful

00:23:02.039 --> 00:23:03.079
 and abundant

00:23:03.079 --> 00:23:03.599
 life.

00:23:04.639 --> 00:23:05.240
 Our

00:23:05.240 --> 00:23:05.639
 happiness

00:23:05.639 --> 00:23:06.179
 does not

00:23:06.179 --> 00:23:06.599
 depend on

00:23:06.599 --> 00:23:07.359
 wealth or

00:23:07.359 --> 00:23:07.799
 pleasure,

00:23:08.559 --> 00:23:09.219
 but on

00:23:09.219 --> 00:23:10.019
 our relationship

00:23:10.019 --> 00:23:11.039
 with God.

00:23:12.439 --> 00:23:12.939
 God in

00:23:12.939 --> 00:23:13.599
 Christ has

00:23:13.599 --> 00:23:14.379
 loved us

00:23:14.379 --> 00:23:15.339
 and accepted

00:23:15.339 --> 00:23:16.259
 us just

00:23:16.259 --> 00:23:16.819
 as the way

00:23:16.819 --> 00:23:17.339
 we are.

00:23:17.359 --> 00:23:18.959
 there is

00:23:18.959 --> 00:23:19.699
 nothing we

00:23:19.699 --> 00:23:20.219
 should prove.

00:23:21.719 --> 00:23:22.079
 Furthermore,

00:23:22.839 --> 00:23:23.459
 God's salvation

00:23:23.459 --> 00:23:24.119
 has enabled

00:23:24.119 --> 00:23:25.039
 us to live

00:23:25.039 --> 00:23:25.859
 as God's

00:23:25.859 --> 00:23:26.279
 image.

00:23:27.599 --> 00:23:28.019
 We are

00:23:28.019 --> 00:23:28.819
 enabled to

00:23:28.819 --> 00:23:29.439
 recover the

00:23:29.439 --> 00:23:30.399
 joy and

00:23:30.399 --> 00:23:31.079
 meaning of

00:23:31.079 --> 00:23:31.619
 our work

00:23:31.619 --> 00:23:32.799
 as God's

00:23:32.799 --> 00:23:33.419
 call for

00:23:33.419 --> 00:23:33.740
 us.

00:23:35.139 --> 00:23:35.839
 Let's

00:23:35.839 --> 00:23:36.279
 bear this

00:23:36.279 --> 00:23:36.819
 in mind,

00:23:37.799 --> 00:23:38.479
 and tomorrow

00:23:38.479 --> 00:23:39.479
 when we

00:23:39.479 --> 00:23:40.199
 wake up

00:23:40.199 --> 00:23:40.559
 in the

00:23:40.559 --> 00:23:40.819
 morning,

00:23:41.659 --> 00:23:42.019
 let us

00:23:42.019 --> 00:23:42.459
 remember

00:23:42.459 --> 00:23:43.479
 that we

00:23:43.479 --> 00:23:44.279
 are God's

00:23:44.279 --> 00:23:44.939
 representative

00:23:44.939 --> 00:23:46.259
 in subduing

00:23:46.259 --> 00:23:46.740
 this earth

00:23:46.740 --> 00:23:47.579
 by doing

00:23:47.579 --> 00:23:48.120
 our job.

00:23:48.819 --> 00:23:49.599
 Not for the

00:23:49.599 --> 00:23:50.319
 love of money,

00:23:50.859 --> 00:23:51.519
 nor for the

00:23:51.519 --> 00:23:52.000
 glory of

00:23:52.000 --> 00:23:52.519
 ourselves,

00:23:53.220 --> 00:23:53.980
 but for the

00:23:53.980 --> 00:23:54.839
 glory of

00:23:54.839 --> 00:23:55.079
 God.

00:23:55.079 --> 00:23:55.559
 Hmm.

00:23:55.579 --> 00:23:58.159
 And

00:23:58.159 --> 00:23:58.559
 remember,

00:23:58.559 --> 00:24:00.759
 of

00:24:00.819 --> 00:24:01.379
 maybe

00:24:01.379 --> 00:24:01.439
 do

00:24:12.919 --> 00:24:13.240
 nothing for the

00:24:13.240 --> 00:24:13.619
 Lord,

00:24:13.619 --> 00:24:13.980
 what I

00:24:13.980 --> 00:24:16.059
 I

00:24:18.419 --> 00:24:18.919
 ever