Hi Jeffrey,<\/p>\n
I hope all is well with you. I would appreciate your thoughts about a company’s activities and the Bible’s guidance on working for that company. The company in question is a large retailer that does much good for society by providing food and other items at low prices. However, the retailer also sells alcoholic beverages and has recently grown a lottery business. Suppose a person works at the headquarters of this company in a business area that is not directly involved with these activities. In that case,\u00a0the person still works for the company involved in these activities.<\/p>\n
What do you see as the Bible’s guidance as to whether this person can continue working for this company?<\/p>\n
Thanks for your thoughts on this!<\/p>\n\t
What would a person conclude about someone working at that company? I once worked at a supermarket for a short while. Alcohol was sold in the store, but I had nothing to do with it. If I mentioned working at the supermarket, most would not immediately think that I was promoting the use of alcohol. However, that would have been different if the person worked at a liquor store or a cannabis store. The same would go for a large company. Does working there imply that you approve of inappropriate things? “Therefore do not let what is for you a good thing be spoken of as evil<\/em>” (Romans 14:16).<\/p>\n\t Thank you for replying, Jeffrey. I appreciate your thoughtful response and your many writings on biblical subjects.<\/p>\n To help me better understand your answer, are you saying:<\/p>\n Thanks again.<\/p>\n\t If that company were mentioned, would it be associated with sinful things? If not, then it would not be wrong to work there in areas not associated with immoral things. 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