There was work before the fall

In paradise, the Garden of Eden, man was already assigned work

Children need to learn to work. Many feel that work is a result of sin. It causes terrible attitudes at the mere mention of the word work. Adults often are just as mistaken.

On the mission field, where many have suffered oppression, they hate the very idea of work. Teach them Bible principles and help them learn to work. Teach the following notes in a five-minute devotional. The outlines are super simple. If you do so the five weekdays for a month, you will have taught them for nearly two hours. Little by little, let truth fill their minds.

Genesis 2:15 And the Lord God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.

This verse happens before sin has entered the world, the fall
Work is not a result of sin or the fall
We do not work because of Adam and Eve's sin.
We do die because of sin that entered through them
Work was instituted before sin entered the world
Work was a gift from God to man
Man was created a responsible being

God is in charge
Man didn't make himself
Man didn't put himself in the garden
Man didn't decide what to do
Man is managing what doesn’t belong to him
The garden doesn’t belong to man but God
Man is working as an administrator, a manager God's garden
Man can enjoy all the creation but never forget that it is God’s
When man obeys and does what he is commanded to do he is showing that he loves God. John 14:15 If ye love me, keep my commandments.
When we do what we were made to do we honor and worship God
When we work as He made us to work we worship
When we refuse to work we rebel against our Creator

The negative aspects of work came because of sin Genesis 3:17 And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life; 18 Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field; 19 In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.
Work didn’t change. It is still God's will for your life. It is just not as comfortable as it was before sin entered the world
God’s will didn’t change
Sin caused man to suffer when he works