MAN AND WORK
“I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work – John 9:4.” Today, by God’s grace, we shall commence with a series on man and his duties as fashioned by God. However, we shall not expound on all the duties of man but it shall be summarised under three headings. It is true the writer of Ecclesiastes concluded the whole duty of man as two: fear of God and keeping His commandments (obedience) – Ecc. 12:13. As a matter of simplicity, for the next two days beginning from now, we shall trust God to give us precepts concerning man. Remember the commandment which says – “Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work – Ex. 20:9.” This tells us the intention of God for man. There is work for every man. Every man ought to and is expected to work. It is a command. In the beginning, reading through the scriptures, you will have to agree with me that God had man in mind all the while He was creating the world and everything in it. The reason Go...