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Week 3
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Topic(s): Laziness, Busyness, Potential, Intentions, Dreams
Big Idea of the Message: Laziness isn’t always being unwilling to work.
Laziness can
also be failing to work where it really matters—which breeds sins like lust, greed, and
envy.
Application Point: Lazy people can be lazy.
Busy people can be lazy.
Laziness is a
heart problem, not a work problem.
Sermon Talking Points:
Intro:
Have you ever thought of fishing from the fish’s perspective?
Of course, they’re unintelligent beings compared to humankind, but it’s still fun to think about.
unintelligent beings compared to humankind, but it’s still fun to think about.
Here we are on land, organizing fishing competitions, parent-child fishing trips, and
fishing TV shows.
We eat fish sandwiches, have fish markets, and buy fishing
magazines so we can be better prepared to fish.
And the fish aimlessly swims around biting at whatever looks good.
Before a person accepts Christ, that person is aimlessly swimming through life, biting at whatever looks good and tastes right.
that person is aimlessly swimming through life, biting at whatever looks good and
tastes right.
BUT
creation
This means that anyone who belongs to Christ has become a new person.
The old life is gone; a new life has begun!
This means that anyone who belongs to Christ has become a new person.
The old life is gone; a new life has begun!
now aware of their deep depravity and sinful
So after a person comes to know Christ, they are a new
now aware of their deep depravity and sinful leanings.
leanings.
creation now aware of their deep depravity and sinful leanings.
There is a new (though not total) understanding of the warfare that
surrounds us, and we no longer have to swim ignorantly or aimlessly through life,
hoping we just get by.
Can you imagine if the fish became aware of our tactics as
fishermen?
It would certainly make fishing a lot more difficult.
As Christians, we see that The Bible exposes the devil and our sin/flesh for what they are
and reveals their tendencies;
they both are no respecter of persons
and are set on catching us and destroying us.
God very diligently pinpointed some of these sins and some of these baits because he knew that humanity would easily be taken by them.
One of these sins is laziness,
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Laziness is a lack of spiritual character.
This is another bait that the devil could use to destroy us.
Really pastor laziness?
Someone might say, “I’m definitely not lazy, so I can tune out on this one.
I work a sixty-hour workweek, I’m raising three-plus kids, I’m taking care of my spouse
a sixty-hour workweek, I’m raising three-plus kids, I’m taking care of my spouse
who is ill, and so on and so on.”
But wait a minute.
We’re not talking about being
busy.
We’re talking about laziness.
We’re talking about laziness.
Being lazy means “to be unwilling to work or use energy.
Showing a lack of effort or care”
use energy.
Showing a lack of effort or care”
The Bible uses the word “sluggard.”
This means “loose or
undisciplined.
The Hebrew term can refer to a bow not strung or equipped with
an arrow for action”
Hebrew also Stands for
a bow failing he that trusts in it
Application Point: Lazy people can be lazy.
Busy people can be lazy.
Laziness is a
heart problem, not a work problem.
So if laziness is a lack of spiritual character then that means
So if laziness is a lack of spiritual character then that means
There can be professional and personal discipline while still maintaining a lack of character because of our sinful inclinations.
This is the person who is a workaholic at work but is too tired to pay any attention to their family when they arrive home from work.
work.
STOP, DONT YOU DARE LEAN OVER TO YOUR SPOUSE AND TELL THEM TO LISTEN.
Because if they do truly need to hear this the minute you lean over and say something to them is the minute they turn their ears off and refuse to listen to it.
You let the Holy Spirit do that work.
You let God be God and you be you.
You brought them to this church With me as the Pastor so you let me preach the church
You brought them to this church With me as the Pastor so you let me preach the church
This is the person who is a workaholic at work but is too tired to pay any attention to their family when they arrive home from
work.
Some would call that exhaustion.
The Bible would refer to that as “lazy”
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(NLT): Lazy people don’t even cook the game they catch,
but the diligent make use of everything they find.
(NLT): 25 Despite their desires, the lazy will come to ruin,
for their hands refuse to work.
26 Some people are always greedy for more,
but the godly love to give!
It sounds like an insult; after all, we are working
hard, but are we disciplined in all areas that matter?
If not, we’re still lazy.
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