Money For Nothing? - Genesis 2:15

      

Then the Lord God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to tend and keep it.
  - Genesis 2:15
   

    There is a radical economic movement under foot that is neither new nor novel; it is called Universal Basic Income - the notion that all people regardless of their status should receive a regular monetary stipend without condition or stipulation from the government in addition to any income gained by other means. In other words - it’s “free money for nothing.” The cash would not be tied to an EBT account and would not be monitored for what it is spent on. If illegal drugs, cigarettes or alcohol were being purchased with it . . . so be it.
    The idea is supported by many on both sides of the political spectrum from people such as liberal political commentator and former Secretary of Labor under President Bill Clinton, Robert Reich, to conservative professor and author of “The Bell Curve,” Charles Murray. Historically the idea has had its support from men like Bertrand Russell and Dr. Martin Luther King.
    Understand that the idea is to provide free money to every citizen or resident whether or not they are able or willing to work and thus it is inherently un-Biblical and thus un-Christian!
“For even when we were with you, we commanded you this: If anyone will not work, neither shall he eat.” - 2 Thessalonians 3:10.
    God commands those of us who are able to labor. “Six days you shall labor and do all your work . . .” - Exodus 20:9. God clearly expects those of us who can work TO work! We are not to lie about idly and expect anyone to serve us what we have not labored for. “. . . that you also aspire to lead a quiet life, to mind your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you, that you may walk properly toward those who are outside, and that you may lack nothing.” - 1 Thessalonians 4:11-12.
    We are instructed that working will provide for us but that our laziness will keep us in poverty - “He who tills his land will have plenty of bread, but he who follows frivolity will have poverty enough!” - Proverbs 28:19. Even those of us who lean on criminality for sustenance have been instructed to stop our thievery and work - “Let him who stole steal no longer, but rather let him labor, working with his hands what is good, that he may have something to give him who has need.” - Ephesians 4:28.
    Finally, we are told that laziness will be detrimental to us if we simply refuse to work - “The desire of the lazy man kills him, for his hands refuse to labor.” - Proverbs 21:25.
    Note that in none of the Bible’s admonitions about parasitic living is any warning given to the elderly, the incapacitated, or those unable to work. All the redresses are given to those who are perfectly able to work but simply choose not to. Obviously, the idea falls under the “social engineering programs” of the Secular Progressives, regardless of its support by some of more conservative views. There are many ways in which we can glorify our heavenly Father. Sloth and laziness are not two of them. “Therefore, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God. “ - 1 Corinthians 10:31. May we always and everywhere seek to provide for ourselves and those who are truly in need to God’s glory.