WHY??????????????????

                Clearly there is a biblical precedent for work.  Aside from the fact that we are commanded to do it (work that is), what are some good reasons to do it.

• 1 Thes 4:11-12 _________________________________________

• 2 Thes 3:7-12 _________________________________________

• Acts 13:1-2 ____________________________________________

• Col 3:23-24 ___________________________________________

• Pr 22:29 ______________________________________________

• 1 Thes 5:12-13 _________________________________________

• John 17:4 _____________________________________________

1. Eph 4:28 ______________________________________________

• 1 Tim 5:8 _____________________________________________

WHY NOT?????????????

But is there ever  a time when we don’t have to work?  Or shouldn’t work?

• Ex 34:21 ______________________________________________

• Gen 2:2-3 _____________________________________________

• Lev 23:3 ______________________________________________

• Deut 5:13-14 __________________________________________

BUT WHAT ABOUT Luke 13:10-17? What should we do with this passage in view of the others listed above??? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

• 1 Kings 16:7 ___________________________________________

• 2 Kings 22:17 __________________________________________

• Jer 32:30 ______________________________________________

• Deut 31:29 ____________________________________________

• 2 Kings 19:17-18 _______________________________________

• Ps 101:3 ______________________________________________

• Mic 2:1 _______________________________________________

• John 6:24-29 ___________________________________________

• Jer 25:4-6 ____________________________________________

=========================================================================2 Kings 12:11-15 NASB

¹¹ They gave the money which was weighed out into the hands of those who did the work, who had the oversight of the house of the Lord; and they ^[a]paid it out to the carpenters and the builders who worked on the house of the Lord; ¹² and to the masons and the stonecutters, and for buying timber and hewn stone to repair the damages to the house of the Lord, and for all that was ^[b]laid out for the house to repair it. ¹³ But there were not made for the house of the Lord silver cups, snuffers, bowls, trumpets, any vessels of gold, or vessels of silver from the money which was brought into the house of the Lord; ¹⁴ for they gave that to those who did the work, and with it they repaired the house of The Lord. ¹⁵ Moreover, they did not require an accounting from the men into whose hand they gave the money to pay to those who did the work, for they dealt faithfully.

Romans 4:4 NASB ⁴ Now to the one who works, his wage is not credited as a favor, but as what is due.

Psalm 62:12 NASB ¹² And lovingkindness is Yours, O Lord, For You recompense a man according to his work.

Jeremiah 25:14 NASB ¹⁴ (^[a]For many nations and great kings will make slaves of them, even them; and I will recompense them according to their deeds and according to the work of their hands.)’”

Jeremiah 31:16 NASB ¹⁶ Thus says the Lord, “Restrain your voice from weeping And your eyes from tears; For your work will be rewarded,” declares the Lord, “And they will return from the land of the enemy.

Proverbs 24:12 NASB ¹² If you say, “See, we did not know this,” Does He not consider it who weighs the hearts? And does He not know it who keeps your soul? And will He not ^[a]render to man according to his work?

Proverbs 24:29 NASB ²⁹ Do not say, “Thus I shall do to him as he has done to me;

Haggai 2:4 NASB ⁴ But now ^[a]take courage, Zerubbabel,’ declares the Lord, ‘take courage also, Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and all you people of the land take courage,’ declares the Lord, ‘and work; for I am with you,’ declares the Lord of hosts.

1 Thessalonians 4:11-12 NASB ¹¹ and to make it your ambition to lead a quiet life and attend to your own business and work with your hands, just as we commanded you, ¹² so that you will ^[a]behave properly toward outsiders and ^[b]not be in any need.

2 Thessalonians 3:7-12 NASB ⁷ For you yourselves know how you ought to ^[a]follow our example, because we did not act in an undisciplined manner among you, ⁸ nor did we eat ^[b]anyone’s bread ^[c]without paying for it, but with labor and hardship we kept working night and day so that we would not be a burden to any of you; ⁹ not because we do not have the right to this, but in order to offer ourselves as a model for you, so that you would ^[d]follow our example. ¹⁰ For even when we were with you, we used to give you this order: if anyone is not willing to work, then he is not to eat, either. ¹¹ For we hear that some among you are leading an undisciplined life, doing no work at all, but acting like busybodies. ¹² Now such persons we command and exhort in the Lord Jesus Christ to work in quiet fashion and eat their own bread.

Acts 13:1-2 NASB 13 Now there were at Antioch, in the church that was there, prophets and teachers: Barnabas, and Simeon who was called Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen who had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul. ² While they were ministering to the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, “Set apart for Me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.”

Colossians 3:23-24 NASB ²³ Whatever you do, do your work ^[a]heartily, as for the Lord ^[b]rather than for men, ²⁴ knowing that from the Lord you will receive the reward ^[c]of the inheritance. It is the Lord Christ whom you serve.

Proverbs 22:29 NASB ²⁹ Do you see a man skilled in his work? He will stand before kings; He will not stand before obscure men.

1 Thessalonians 5:12-13 NASB ¹² But we request of you, brethren, that you ^[a]appreciate those who diligently labor among you, and have charge over you in the Lord and give you ^[b]instruction, ¹³ and that you esteem them very highly in love because of their work. Live in peace with one another.

John 17:4 NASB ⁴ I glorified You on the earth, ^[a]having accomplished the work which You have given Me to do.

Ephesians 4:28 NASB ²⁸ He who steals must steal no longer; but rather he must labor, performing with his own hands what is good, so that he will have something to share with ^[a]one who has need.

1 Timothy 5:8 NASB ⁸ But if anyone does not provide for his own, and especially for those of his household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.

Exodus 34:21 NASB ²¹ “You shall work six days, but on the seventh day you shall rest; even during plowing time and harvest you shall rest.

Genesis 2:2-3 NASB ² By the seventh day God completed His work which He had done, and He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had done. ³ Then God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because in it He rested from all His work which God had created ^[a]and made.

Leviticus 23:3 NASB ³ ‘For six days work may be done, but on the seventh day there is a sabbath of complete rest, a holy convocation. You shall not do any work; it is a sabbath to the Lord in all your dwellings.

Deuteronomy 5:13-14 NASB ¹³ Six days you shall labor and do all your work, ¹⁴ but the seventh day is a sabbath of the Lord your God; in it you shall not do any work, you or your son or your daughter or your male servant or your female servant or your ox or your donkey or any of your cattle or your sojourner who ^[a]stays with you, so that your male servant and your female servant may rest as well as you.

Luke 13:10-17 NASB ¹⁰ And He was teaching in one of the synagogues on the Sabbath. ¹¹ And there was a woman who for eighteen years had had a sickness caused by a spirit; and she was bent double, and could not straighten up at all. ¹² When Jesus saw her, He called her over and said to her, “Woman, you are freed from your sickness.” ¹³ And He laid His hands on her; and immediately she was made erect again and began glorifying God. ¹⁴ But the synagogue official, indignant because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath, began saying to the crowd in response, “There are six days in which work should be done; so come during them and get healed, and not on the Sabbath day.” ¹⁵ But the Lord answered him and said, “You hypocrites, does not each of you on the Sabbath untie his ox or his donkey from the stall and lead him away to water him? ¹⁶ And this woman, a daughter of Abraham as she is, whom Satan has bound for eighteen long years, should she not have been released from this bond on the Sabbath day?” ¹⁷ As He said this, all His opponents were being humiliated; and the entire crowd was rejoicing over all the glorious things being done by Him.

1 Kings 16:7 NASB ⁷ Moreover, the word of the Lord through the prophet Jehu the son of Hanani also came against Baasha and his household, both because of all the evil which he did in the sight of the Lord, provoking Him to anger with the work of his hands, in being like the house of Jeroboam, and because he struck ^[a]it.

2 Kings 22:17 NASB ¹⁷ Because they have forsaken Me and have burned incense to other gods that they might provoke Me to anger with all the work of their hands, therefore My wrath burns against this place, and it shall not be quenched.”’

Jeremiah 32:30 NASB ³⁰ Indeed the sons of Israel and the sons of Judah have been doing only evil in My sight from their youth; for the sons of Israel have been only provoking Me to anger by the work of their hands,” declares the Lord.

Deuteronomy 31:29 NASB ²⁹ For I know that after my death you will act corruptly and turn from the way which I have commanded you; and evil will befall you in the latter days, for you will do that which is evil in the sight of the Lord, provoking Him to anger with the work of your hands.”

2 Kings 19:17-18 NASB ¹⁷ Truly, O Lord, the kings of Assyria have devastated the nations and their lands ¹⁸ and have cast their gods into the fire, for they were not gods but the work of men’s hands, wood and stone. So they have destroyed them.

Psalm 101:3 NASB ³ I will set no worthless thing before my eyes; I hate the ^[a]work of those who fall away; It shall not fasten its grip on me.

Micah 2:1 NASB Woe to Oppressors 2 Woe to those who scheme iniquity, Who work out evil on their beds! ^[a]When morning comes, they do it, For it is in the power of their hands.

John 6:24-29 NASB ²⁴ So when the crowd saw that Jesus was not there, nor His disciples, they themselves got into the small boats, and came to Capernaum seeking Jesus. ²⁵ When they found Him on the other side of the sea, they said to Him, “Rabbi, when did You get here?” ²⁶ Jesus answered them and said, “Truly, truly, I say to you, you seek Me, not because you saw signs, but because you ate of the loaves and were filled. ²⁷ Do not work for the food which perishes, but for the food which endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give to you, for on Him the Father, God, has set His seal.” ²⁸ Therefore they said to Him, “What shall we do, so that we may work the works of God?” ²⁹ Jesus answered and said to them, “This is the work of God, that you believe in Him whom He has sent.”

Jeremiah 25:4-6 NASB ⁴ And the Lord has sent to you all His servants the prophets ^[a]again and again, but you have not listened nor inclined your ear to hear, ⁵ saying, ‘Turn now everyone from his evil way and from the evil of your deeds, and dwell on the land which the Lord has given to you and your forefathers forever and ever; ⁶ and do not go after other gods to ^[b]serve them and to ^[c]worship them, and do not provoke Me to anger with the work of your hands, and I will do you no harm.’