{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/625b1ec1fa71dd0012e45d50/6706a65047b414d1546249fe?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Work as Vocation","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/625b1ec1fa71dd0012e45d50/1728488682064-06b0f807-72ba-49b7-82fa-a9d73878e6fb.jpeg?height=200","description":"<h2><strong>Work as Vocation</strong></h2><p><strong><em>Ephesians 6:5-9,&nbsp;Deuteronomy 15:12-18</em></strong></p><p><br></p><p>Because we are called by God, in our daily labours, to be agents of his providence and sustaining grace, we are primarily answerable to him. And because work is a calling from God, it earns us a reward!&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>As Christians we are ‘slaves of Christ.’&nbsp;In&nbsp;<strong><em>1 Corinthians 7:22-23 For he that is called in the Lord, being a servant, is the Lord’s freeman: likewise also he that is called, being free,&nbsp;is Christ’s servant. (Slave) 23&nbsp;Ye are bought with a price; be not ye the servants of men</em></strong>.&nbsp;We are servants (slaves) of Christ, – not by coercion, but because we love him, – because he first loved us, and we want to serve him, to acknowledge his complete Lordship over us.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>Read the <a href=\"https://saltyscrivener.uk/2024/09/24/whos-watching/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>NOTES HERE</strong></a>.</p><p><br></p><p>This sermon was recorded at Templepatrick Reformed Church, Carnage Road, Templepatrick, Co.Antrim, and used here with their kind permission.</p><p><br></p>","author_name":"Bob McEvoy"}