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Welcome to the Paul Tripp podcast, where pastor and bestselling author Dr. Paul David Tripp connects the transforming power of Jesus Christ to everyday life.

To be human is to work.

Work is not a result of the fall.

Work is something God assigned for man to do before sin entered the world.

Therefore, we have to take this call seriously in our lives. In today's episode, we'll continue

through Paul's Bible study in the book of Proverbs by looking at three more themes from this book

of wisdom. With today's first theme, Paul addresses the dignity of work from Proverbs.

Well, there is a whole theology of work in Proverbs.

Sorry, it's true for those of you who don't like work.

And you can't have a system of wisdom like is in Proverbs without concluding to be human is to work.

And again, that's how Proverbs fits so well with the larger narrative of Scripture.

One of the misconceptions of people is that work is the result of the fall.

That's not true.

God assigned work to Adam and Eve in that perfect paradise, perfect people, and a perfect

relationship to God.

Everything in its right place, everything doing what it was meant to do in the shalom of the

garden, God assigned Adam and Eve to work the garden, to dress it, to care for it, to manage it.

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