Many professing Christians mistakenly think that whenever the Word of God says that one is not to seek mammon, it means that one should not work. Nothing could be further from the truth.
No where in the entire Word of God does it says that the purpose of work is to earn money. When God said to Adam and Eve: "Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth" (Genesis 1:28), He did not say even to the slightest that one is to have dominion over the earth for return. Instead, He simply commands humanity to have dominion over the earth.
In Genesis 1:26 where it says, "And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth", there is no indication that the purpose for God assigning dominion over the earth to humanity is for the purpose of their own gain, be in money or whatever material thing.
Rather, the purpose of work is to exercise dominion over the earth. This can be done in a myriad of ways. It is God's Will for humanity to work which is why work is meaningful. Work was created by God as a good, and not a curse that one must endure to survive on earth.
Owing to the Fall, work has become cursed. Work is now futile, and no longer meaningful. Work is now something one has to do, merely to survive on earth, and which comes with many sorrows:
And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;
Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field;
In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.
(Genesis 3:17-19).
That work is now cursed and necessary for survival, does not mean that work is now an excuse for serve mammon, instead of God, as is the mindset of many professing Christians who love to use 1 Timothy 5:8 as an excuse to serve mammon.
1 Timothy 5:8 is totally separate from the teaching of Jesus that one cannot serve both God and mammon in Matthew 6:24. Both are equally true. 1 Timothy 5:8 is about exercising responsibility and caring for one's family. Matthew 6:24 is about being able to serve either God or mammon, and not both. 1 Timothy 5:8 does not in anyway negate, modify or qualify Matthew 6:24 as some of you make it out to mean.
The purpose of work is not for earning money. To even have that every mindset itself is to be under the spirit of mammon. Having such a mindset brings nothing but spiritual bondage to you. Be free from such a mindset by focusing on Jesus, seeking first the Kingdom of God, and simply trusting that God will provide all your needs.
Repent of your sins. Turn to Jesus Christ.
No where in the entire Word of God does it says that the purpose of work is to earn money. When God said to Adam and Eve: "Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth" (Genesis 1:28), He did not say even to the slightest that one is to have dominion over the earth for return. Instead, He simply commands humanity to have dominion over the earth.
In Genesis 1:26 where it says, "And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth", there is no indication that the purpose for God assigning dominion over the earth to humanity is for the purpose of their own gain, be in money or whatever material thing.
Rather, the purpose of work is to exercise dominion over the earth. This can be done in a myriad of ways. It is God's Will for humanity to work which is why work is meaningful. Work was created by God as a good, and not a curse that one must endure to survive on earth.
Owing to the Fall, work has become cursed. Work is now futile, and no longer meaningful. Work is now something one has to do, merely to survive on earth, and which comes with many sorrows:
And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;
Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field;
In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.
(Genesis 3:17-19).
That work is now cursed and necessary for survival, does not mean that work is now an excuse for serve mammon, instead of God, as is the mindset of many professing Christians who love to use 1 Timothy 5:8 as an excuse to serve mammon.
1 Timothy 5:8 is totally separate from the teaching of Jesus that one cannot serve both God and mammon in Matthew 6:24. Both are equally true. 1 Timothy 5:8 is about exercising responsibility and caring for one's family. Matthew 6:24 is about being able to serve either God or mammon, and not both. 1 Timothy 5:8 does not in anyway negate, modify or qualify Matthew 6:24 as some of you make it out to mean.
The purpose of work is not for earning money. To even have that every mindset itself is to be under the spirit of mammon. Having such a mindset brings nothing but spiritual bondage to you. Be free from such a mindset by focusing on Jesus, seeking first the Kingdom of God, and simply trusting that God will provide all your needs.
Repent of your sins. Turn to Jesus Christ.
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