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Series: The Six Sins Of Sodom
Jeff Strite
Ezekiel 16:48-50
OPEN: (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uo0KjdDJr1c-time stamp 0:0 thru 2:44 - A Millennial Job Interview)
Now, how would you describe that young lady?
Was she a self-centered, selfish woman?? Well, yeah. It was very clear that she absolutely had to have a specially created coffee latte every morning; and (when her interview went south) she said she wanted to talk to the HR director because she wanted to take off a day as a ''mental health'' day.
Did she feel Entitled. No question. She said she needed validation and encouragement, and it was obvious that she believed she deserved this job just because she showed up!!!
And was she lazy? Unquestionably. She said she stayed up till 3 skyping with her boyfriend, and 8 o'clock only came once a day, and it was not in the morning. ''Who gets up at 8?'' she asks.
She's an excellent example of what we're talking about this morning. According the ESV the 3rd sin that Sodom was condemned for was called ''Prosperous Ease''. The KJV is a little clearer when it calls it an ''abundance of idleness.''
Now THIS kind of sin (abundance of idleness) has been around for centuries. It's a kind of a feeling of entitlement, selfishness and laziness all wrapped up in one neat little package.
One of the terms the Bible uses for this kind of behavior is ''slothfulness''.
Proverbs 12:24 says ''The hand of the diligent will rule, while the slothful will be put to forced labor.''
And Proverbs 19:15 declares ''Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep, and an idle person will suffer hunger.''
God warns us against this kind of lifestyle. One of my favorite passages on this topic is this from Proverbs 6:10-11 (and I repeat it to myself anytime I feel like getting a little too lazy) ''A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest, and poverty will come upon you like a robber, and want like an armed man.'
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Series: The Six Sins Of Sodom
Jeff Strite
Ezekiel 16:48-50
OPEN: (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uo0KjdDJr1c-time stamp 0:0 thru 2:44 - A Millennial Job Interview)
Now, how would you describe that young lady?
Was she a self-centered, selfish woman?? Well, yeah. It was very clear that she absolutely had to have a specially created coffee latte every morning; and (when her interview went south) she said she wanted to talk to the HR director because she wanted to take off a day as a ''mental health'' day.
Did she feel Entitled. No question. She said she needed validation and encouragement, and it was obvious that she believed she deserved this job just because she showed up!!!
And was she lazy? Unquestionably. She said she stayed up till 3 skyping with her boyfriend, and 8 o'clock only came once a day, and it was not in the morning. ''Who gets up at 8?'' she asks.
She's an excellent example of what we're talking about this morning. According the ESV the 3rd sin that Sodom was condemned for was called ''Prosperous Ease''. The KJV is a little clearer when it calls it an ''abundance of idleness.''
Now THIS kind of sin (abundance of idleness) has been around for centuries. It's a kind of a feeling of entitlement, selfishness and laziness all wrapped up in one neat little package.
One of the terms the Bible uses for this kind of behavior is ''slothfulness''.
Proverbs 12:24 says ''The hand of the diligent will rule, while the slothful will be put to forced labor.''
And Proverbs 19:15 declares ''Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep, and an idle person will suffer hunger.''
God warns us against this kind of lifestyle. One of my favorite passages on this topic is this from Proverbs 6:10-11 (and I repeat it to myself anytime I feel like getting a little too lazy) ''A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest, and poverty will come upon you like a robber, and want like an armed man.'
Someone on ...
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