Sermon Notes | May 4, 2025
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It’s No Big Deal : Laziness | May 4, 2025

Holiness leads to greater Kingdom usefulness.
Holiness leads to greater Personal happiness.
Holiness leads to greater levels of radiance and glory rendered unto our Holy God

Proverbs 24:30-34
30 I went by the field of the lazy man,
And by the vineyard of the man devoid of understanding;
31 And there it was, all overgrown with thorns;
Its surface was covered with nettles;
Its stone wall was broken down.
32 When I saw it, I considered it well;
I looked on it and received instruction:
33 A little sleep, a little slumber,
A little folding of the hands to rest;
34 So shall your poverty come like a prowler,
And your need like [b]an armed man

1. The of Laziness

Proverbs 6:6-11
Go to the ant, you sluggard!
Consider her ways and be wise,
7 Which, having no captain,
Overseer or ruler,
8 Provides her supplies in the summer,
And gathers her food in the harvest.
9 How long will you slumber, O sluggard?
When will you rise from your sleep?

Genesis 2:15
Then the Lord God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to tend and keep it.

Genesis 3:17–19
Then to Adam He said,
“Because you have heeded the voice of your wife, and have eaten from the
tree of which I commanded you, saying,
‘You shall not eat of it’
“Cursed is the ground for your sake;
In toil you shall eat of it
All the days of your life.
18 Both thorns and thistles it shall [a]bring forth for you,
And you shall eat the herb of the field.
19 In the sweat of your face you shall eat bread
Till you return to the ground,
For out of it you were taken;
For dust you are,
And to dust you shall return”

Ecclesiastes 3:1
To everything there is a season and a time for every purpose under heaven.

Exodus 20:8
Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days you shall labor and do all your work, but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord your God. In it you shall do no work”

Mark 2:27
And He said to them, “The Sabbath was made for man, and not man for the Sabbath.

2. The of Laziness

Proverbs 26:13-20
The lazy man says,
“There is a lion in the road!
A fierce lion is in the [streets!”
14 As a door turns on its hinges,
So does the lazy man on his bed.
15 The lazy man buries his hand in the bowl;
It wearies him to bring it back to his mouth.
16 The lazy man is wiser in his own eyes
Than seven men who can answer sensibly.

A. Activity Without

Proverbs 26:14
As a door turns on its hinges,
So does the lazy man on his bed.

B. Claims

, Sounds

Proverbs 26:13
The lazy man says, “There is a lion in the road! A fierce lion is in the streets!”

C. Starts But

Proverbs 26:14
The lazy man buries his hand in the bowl;
It wearies him to bring it back to his mouth.

Proverbs 12:27
The lazy man does not roast what he took in hunting.

D. All

, No

Proverbs 26:16
“The lazy man is wiser in his own eyes
Than seven men who can answer sensibly.”

E. Desires but

Do

Proverbs 21:25
The desire of the lazy man kills him, for his hands refuse to labor.”

Proverbs 13:4
The soul of a lazy man desires, and has nothing.

3. The of Laziness

Proverbs 12:24
“The hand of the diligent will rule, but the lazy man will be put to forced labor.”

Proverbs 10:4-5
4 He who has a slack hand becomes poor,
But the hand of the diligent makes rich.
5 He who gathers in summer is a wise son;
He who sleeps in harvest is a son who causes shame.

A. The

believe that self-denial for Christ is worth it.

Matthew 16:24-25
Then Jesus said to His disciples, “If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me. 25 Forwhoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will find it.”

B. The diligent believe that work is an act of

.

Ephesians 6:7-8
7 Work with enthusiasm, as though you were working for the Lord rather than for people. 8 Remember that the Lord will reward each one of us for the good we do, whether we are slaves or free.

1 Corinthians 10:31
Therefore, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.