God Defines: Work as Worship

God Defines:

Work as Worship

Humanity as Unique

Marriage as Sacred

Genesis 1:27-2:3 “So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them. And God blessed them. And God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it, and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over every living thing that moves on the earth.” And God said, “Behold, I have given you every plant yielding seed that is on the face of all the earth, and every tree with seed in its fruit. You shall have them for food. And to every beast of the earth and to every bird of the heavens and to everything that creeps on the earth, everything that has the breath of life, I have given every green plant for food.” And it was so. And God saw everything that he had made, and behold, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day. Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. And on the seventh day God finished his work that he had done, and he rested …”

Dominion and Provision

What is the Dominion Mandate?

How do we abuse dominion?

God’s good provision

God RESTS in and from His provision

What God’s Work Reveals

He is creative, ingenious, technically proficient

He cares about beauty

Work is intended to be a means of knowing Him more fully

Work as Worship

We are intended to reflect God’s nature through our work

attitudes toward work

negative- work as a curse

positive- work as an act of worship

Eric Liddel clip- Chariots of Fire- “I feel His pleasure when I run”

Sin Stains Work

too little work

loathing work

too much work (no rest)

idolizing work

working from weakness instead of strength

Sabbath

“God rested” is significant

We rest from work, and work from rest

intended to help us call to mind our Creator

Jesus’ Work

Jesus demonstrates:


obedient work


hard work


carpenter


rabbi


confronting pharisees


redeeming work


tender work


women


children


lowly (sick, poor)





Not Moralism


Jesus' example brings glory to God


God's glory transforms us


our work then becomes an act of worship