By: Thomas

Thomas — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 06:58:39 +0000

Does this mean working on Sunday if neccessary? i tend to say yes, or should we trust God to provide work that doesn’t require us to do so? While there is a biblical order of working six days and resting one, believers should not bind their consciences to the Mosaic law.

By: Greg Gibson

Greg Gibson — Sat, 19 Feb 2011 18:51:15 +0000

Hello Davinci, I appreciate your comments. I think Scripture is clear on this when Paul exhorts us, saying, “If a man shall not work, he shall not eat” (2 Thess 3:10). The cultural implications here are beyond the mere “a wife making more money than her husband” concept. The concept of men working finds its placement all the way back in the Garden of Eden when God gave Adam the mandate to work (Gen 1:28). It is a theme that finds itself woven throughout Scripture. Mature masculinity will find itself running to this scriptural mandate to work hard and provide for one’s family. I’m not saying that you should provide a glamorous lifestyle. All I’m saying is what Scripture is saying – men should work hard, provide, and make dang sure his family has food on the table.

By: Davinci A.

Davinci A. — Sun, 13 Feb 2011 12:22:39 +0000

I must agree with all the word of God says about this subject. But problem is that we should not be contaminated with the world and even “christian counselors” take this out of proportion as in an idealistic manner. Life is always changing and sometimes woman makes more money than men. Or she is competing with men in the same job market. It is not like I have the need to go to the wilderness to risk my life to catch something and provide food formy wife anymore. Today my employer may prefer to employ my wife instead. “At the heart of mature masculinity is a sense of benevolent responsibility to lead, provide for, and protect women…” Yes I believe in all that, but this is between man and God, because more than 80% of working woman are not and will not be sensitive to their men relationship with God. Except when some of them want to legalistically pull out their rights with the mere purpose of justify their lack of commitment and disrespect. Yes they behave very pride and little fragile and not humble at all. This been said, I think it is unfair to pull out the scriptures to push and put down a man just because he can not make enough money to give his wife the great life she think she deserves. God is not ignorant and the scriptures are very updated. The real subject here and now is not men been good providers, it is not. This most be about a world of subliminal corruption that causes people to race against the ideals os the satanic media. Men would give their lives for their wives but they are feeling frustrated and impotent to compete against things beyond basic needs. While the average woman is uncociously obsessed with the media vanity, wanting and dreaming to have more, to have brands, to a more “succesful husband. That is biblically unfair and moraly sinful. It is moraly sinful for a pastor or a christian councelor to put a burden on a man that lives in the getto or in the barrio, who has the right to live happily married, loved and repected for what he is as a human being and as a child of God. Because no councelor is going to help every poor man in the neighborhood to find a better job without education, or to get a raise on salary, or to work overtime. This is a fallacy, God is wise and never refered to anything more than the very basic needs and that can’t be changed by the country we live or the culture. HE did refered to emotional, and spiritual needs since every man is the priest of his household and should be headed by God himself. Next time you are prompt to say he or so and so is or is not a good provider, think; is he what God wants him to be? or is he what the society, the getto, the media or may be his wife is pushing and forcing him to be?…

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