John 5:17 indicates that work (defined as an effort to accomplish something useful) is a positive thing, while retirement or the desire to stop working has proved somewhat problematic. Social Security, because of government mismanagement, is nearly bankrupt. Looking at the pension liability of all fifty states, there exists a five trillion dollar liability with only a little over one trillion dollars in assets—surely not enough to cover the mounting expenses. The Protestant 'no works-eternal salvation' doctrine has sprung from a built-in antipathy to work and accomplishment, physical or spiritual, partly from the red herring argument that "we can't earn our salvation by our works." Consequently, most antinomians look upon grace as an entitlement welfare program, letting Christ do all the heavy lifting. The same welfare-mentality, antinomians forget that we were called to perform good works. Some people are so anxious to retire that they convince their bodies to stop producing, often leading to a premature death. The country is reaching a disastrous tipping-point when the Baby Boomers will begin drawing Social Security at a time a shrinking younger population will not be able to pay for the burgeoning expenses. Throughout the Scriptures, it is difficult to find examples of God's servants retiring. Work originally was intended to be good, and only through sin did it became wearisome and toilsome. God intended us to be gardeners, taking pride and joy in our horticultural output, rather than farmers, where we become slaves to the endless furrows and windrows. We need to emulate our Heavenly Father and our Elder Brother, deriving nourishment from doing His work, rather than seeking to become unproductive.