surfunbear@yahoo.com wrote:
> > The whole hard work ethic doesn't seem to be heavily based on
> scripture
> > either.
>
>
> >> See below.
>
>
> > I think think there are a few proverbs, but the emphasis of the
> > large part of the bible doesn't seem to have much to do with how
many
>
> > extra hours of hard work you put in.
> > Ecclessiastes takes about the vanity of work and most of the
prophets
>
> > who where wandering around in the dessert didn't seem like they
where
>
> > being particularly industrious in the worldy sense either.
>
>
> >> So? And did they make a point of blaming others for their lot in
> life,
> >> or did they choose this because it was their calling (or God chose
> it
> >> for them)?
>
> Scripture is full of judgements leveled at the rich and the
oppression
> of the poor.

I get that you are subsituting criticism of one thing for another.
Because my neighbor may be more lazy than me, it is not a sin if I work
harder than him, nor am I "oppressing" him in any way. On the other
hand, it may not be a case of laziness, just that he may have other
priorities (or none at all). In that case, I am not oppressing him
either. If he brings judgment against me, then who is it that is
sinning?

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Stephen M. Adams wrote:
> lsenders@hotmail.com writes:
>
> Fine. Take John 6 literally, and THEN I'll listen to you about
Genesis.
>
I take it literally. What, you don't believe in miracles -supernatural
causality?
>
> In other words, you wasted your money, since you didn't really learn
> anything. :-(
>
My point was that at least I have made an attempt. That EO is such a
mystery does not graciate the system. God's gospel is simple. Christ
died for me. Nor does it involve any sort of heirarchial magistratum.
1 Cor 3 & 4. Paul seeks to correct the divisions by presenting in a
true Christian understanding what the ministerial office are -equal and
servant. Ministers were never to be thought of as heads of rival
schools of theology or sects as in the paradigm of the Grecian
philosophers. Ministers were stewards while false teachers and their
followers considered themselves to be in a higher state of religious
prosperity. Ministers have but one Head, all alike being
fellow-laboreres. To attempt to build up the temple of God with the
rubbish of their own wisdom would have such work put to the test of
fire. Employ the materials which God