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Why Your Work Matters | Dave & Ashley Willis

Name: Why Your Work Matters | Dave & Ashley Willis
Uploaded: 2023-08-06T16:00:20+00:00
Duration: 58 s
Channel: Dave Willis
Description: A short conversational teaching (YouTube video) by Dave and Ashley Willis discussing 2 Thessalonians 3:6 and the biblical injunction against idleness…

6 Aug 2023 · 1 min

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A short conversational teaching (YouTube video) by Dave and Ashley Willis discussing 2 Thessalonians 3:6 and the biblical injunction against idleness. They clarify that 'idle' (lazy) — not 'idol' (false worship) — is the intended warning, and emphasize the dignity of work, providing for family, and avoiding corrupting influences that devalue labor.

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We are. In second Thessalonians, chapter three, verse six, it says this and now dear brothers and sisters, we give you this command in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. Stay away from all believers who live idle lives and don't follow the tradition they received from us. It's a big one and kind of like what you know but idol. Why don't we talk about what idol is? It's not a u, a word we.
Use all the time and this is not idol idol like the worship of false gods. This is idle which means lazy. And so I think that there's a lot of practical examples here of just the importance of hard work is a theme in this book of working hard, not making work an idle but just the dignity and nobility that comes from being able to work and provide for our families and provide for ourselves and to avoid people who are gonna try to cheapen that value in your life because bad company corrupts good character. The Bible says.