Multination Church: Frankfurt
Sermon for May 5th, 2019.
Genesis 1:1 NRSV
Work is:
1. God’s purpose
2. Compromised by the fall
3. Being restored to its original purpose.
1. Work is: God‘s purpose (meaningful work in fellowship with God)
Genesis 1:26 NRSV
Genesis 2:15 NRSV
Genesis 2:19-20 NRSV
Genesis 2:1-3 NRSV
2. Work is: compromised by the fall (Corruption)
Genesis 3:17-19 NRSV
Psalms 107:33-34 NRSV
3. Work is: being restored to its original purpose (to the healthy, meaningful work that brings about fellowship with God)
John 15:4-8 NRSV
Colossians 3:23-24 NRSV
In Christian work our initiative and motivation are too often simply the result of realizing that there is work to be done and that we must do it. Yet that is never the attitude of a spiritually vigorous saint Believer. His aim is to achieve the realization of Jesus Christ in every set of circumstances.
Oswald Chambers
If our identity is in our work,rather than Christ, success will go to our heads and failure will go to our hearts.
Tim Keller
Matthew 6:33 NRSV
Tomorrow I plan to work, work, from early until late. In fact I have so much to do that I shall spend the first 3 hours in prayer.
Martin Luther