Proverbs 18:9
February 12, 2020
February 12, 2020
Stewardship #
Prov. 18:9 ¶ He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him that is a great waster.
I. Stewardship – slothful, Diligence #
A. Slothfulness #
1. Physical Rest is not the same as slothfulness. #
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- The Bible gives us provision for rest… matter of fact, God rested on the 7^th^ day as an example to man.
- The law even provided times for the fields to be left to ‘rest’.
- Gen. 2:2 And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.
- Mark 6:31 And he said unto them, Come ye yourselves apart into a desert place, and rest a while: for there were many coming and going, and they had no leisure so much as to eat.
- Matt. 11:28 Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
2. Sin of laziness (How does God view laziness) #
- Slothful – inactive; sluggish; lazy; indolent; idle
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- We live in a lazy society… $50 an hour, no work.
- People are lazy spiritually… Bible reading… too much work…. They have time for a ball game, friends, and all kinds of other activities. - Preaching to the choir
- If we are not careful, laziness can creep into every one of our lives! - boiling frogs… (Gibbs)
- Rom. 12:11 Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;
- May we not become slothful in our spiritual business.
B. Waster #
- Waster – one who squanders, consumes or expends extravagantly a prodigal.
- Prodigal – given to extravagant expenditure expending money or other things without necessity; recklessly or viciously profuse; lavish; wasteful
- Luke 15:11-13 - “wasted his substance with riotous living”
- Everyone of us know that is not right.
C. Brother – similarities #
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Brothers are usually similar in appearance.