"Work and labor of themselves are never held to be evil, but rather are thought of as man's natural occupation in the world. Even in the state of innocency man as the apex of creation, the representative of all creation before God (Gen. 2:15ff.), was given work to perform as part of his normal existence. This is contrary to much modern thinking which adopts the attitude that man should regard work as something evil and to be avoided if at all possible.
