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OLD FASHION VALUES. Some Things We Need To Learn. Nobility of Honest Labor. Gen. 3:17-19; I Tim. 5:8; Eph. 4:28; Acts 18:3; 2 Thess. 3:10-12. “He’s just working for wages.” Newspaper article about a man who won the national garbage collectors competition.
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OLD FASHION VALUES Some Things We Need To Learn
Nobility of Honest Labor • Gen. 3:17-19; I Tim. 5:8; Eph. 4:28; Acts 18:3; 2 Thess. 3:10-12. • “He’s just working for wages.” • Newspaper article about a man who won the national garbage collectors competition. • “He’s an honest, hard working man” should still be a compliment in our society. • Eccl. 910
Wisdom of Economy • Eccl. 5:4-7 • “Spend some, save some, give some away.” • Our attitude on this point is so important. • Our over spending, never say “NO” society is not healthy morally.
Dignity of Simplicity • 2 Cor. 11:3 (ASV); Eccl. 7:29. • Bondage of “station.” • Artificial “rules.” • “We buy things we don’t need to impress people we don’t like.” • Phil. 4:12
Obligation of “Duty” • A scary word to many. • Luke 17:10; I Cor. 9:16-17.
True Worth of Character • Prov. 22:1; 10:7. • Eccl. 7:1 • Character is what you really are, reputation is what others think of you.