Laziness as Explained in the Bible

The rumor also says that lazy people like to sleep (Proverbs 6: 9-10; 24: 33; 26: 14). Because they are excuses to avoid responsibility, lazy people like to sleep. They also believe that they are intelligent in their eyes, irritated by discontented desires and successes. But according to the Bible, the lazy people are the poor who are lacking in diligence and they are likely to fall into poverty. For lazy people, there is nothing I want (Proverbs 13: 4, 14: 23, 21: 25 - 26; 26: 16). Lazy people can not solve comfort and complete their work.

Of course, some of them may be due to laziness. This explanation can be expanded to explain some parts of almost all problems. However, to idly use laziness to explain the root cause of the problem is lazy and irresponsible. So then, who can need food, but who have little or no money can choose not to do anything else? I do not blame most people for not eating free food. understood. I have never made myself hungry, but I am also suffering and I understand their pain. People with millions of socio-economic backgrounds suffer from this pain. This may hurt the relationship, weaken the career and weaken the community, it is a pain

Recently, I became a great friend, Candace, a Christian. However, it is not a "lazy" Christian of my parents and grandparents. No, my new friend reads the Bible every day, prays for the people of me (including me), goes to the Bible every week, is a spiritual teacher of trained Christians. Other people accompanying their travels with God. In a recent event, Candice introduced me to the podcast and insisted on listening to the history of the revisionists of certain Malcolm Gladwell episodes called "generic orthodoxies". . I listened, because I mainly read four Gladwell books. He is a very smart reporter. In addition, he is a Canadian, I respect "Canadian voices and have" things "about making it America's mainstream culture.

For Bible study, interpretive is about how you bring in its intention to the world today faithfully and discover the meaning for your life and time in the Bible. The Bible is not a lazy reading. When reading it you will use the method to understand what it means and how you will achieve what you have learned. This is science and art: Interpretation. Most interpretation methods are done internally by Christians (or Christian communities) who want to know more about what God is telling us in the Bible. Even if you do not think you have it, the interpreter will be used. Interpretation is the process of identification, the way to explore God, and the truth of God. We are seeking infinite things to transcend the ability to understand, so there are some heuristic tools that are actually used to do that (try experimenting with ideas or using "rules of thumb" ).