What is the biblical basis for Christians quitting their jobs?
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Diligence and not worshiping money
There is much Scriptural basis both for being diligent in work:
1 Cor. 4:12 And we labour, working with our own hands.
and not worshiping mammon (money):
Matttew 6:24 No man can serve two masters. For either he will hate the one, and love the other: or he will sustain the one, and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon.
Voluntary poverty
Voluntary poverty is one of the three evangelical counsels ("Good actions that are not prescribed by any law"); the two other evangelical counsels being chastity and obedience. The evangelical counsels are what brothers and nuns solemnly vow to practice their entire lives.
St. Matthew 19:21 Jesus saith to him: If thou wilt be perfect, go sell what thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me.
Work as an excuse not to follow Jesus
The parable of the great supper (St. Luke 14:15-24) illustrates those using work as an excuse not the follow Jesus; when the supper was ready, the invited guests
began all at once to make excuse. The first said to him: I have bought a farm and I must needs go out and see it. I pray thee, hold me excused. And another said: I have bought five yoke of oxen and I go to try them. I pray thee, hold me excused. [vv. 18-19]
Also, that video insinuates, @4:33 ff., that Catholic priests should quit their divine duty of offering the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass; thus, these "Jesus Christians" appear to be an anti-Catholic sect.
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