08-21-2007, 05:34 AM
Do not become unevenly yoked with unbelievers. For what fellowship do righteousness and lawlessness have?—2 Cor. 6:14.
Complimentary Scriptures
8 Certainly if anyone does not provide for those who are his own, and especially for those who are members of his household, he has disowned the faith and is worse than a person without faith. (1 Timothy 5:8)
29 To keep abstaining from things sacrificed to idols and from blood and from things strangled and from fornication. If YOU carefully keep yourselves from these things, YOU will prosper. Good health to YOU!†(Acts 15:29)
8 But as for the cowards and those without faith and those who are disgusting in their filth and murderers and fornicators and those practicing spiritism and idolaters and all the liars, their portion will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulphur. This means the second death.†(Revelation 21:8)
Comments from Watchtower 3/15/06 11, 12
Applying Bible principles in a mature way helps us in making decisions about how we fulfill our obligation to ‘provide for the members of our household.’ (1 Tim. 5:8) The first consideration is the nature of the work itself. Choosing a type of work that promotes what is directly condemned in the Bible is definitely wrong. (Acts 15:29; Rev. 21:8) As we grow in knowledge of the truth and our perceptive powers improve, we come to discern other criteria that must be considered. What if the work would involve us in an unscriptural practice, such as answering phones at a gambling establishment? The source of pay and the location of the employment also enter into the picture. For example, would a Christian who is a self-employed contractor bid on a job that involves painting one of the churches of Christendom?
Warm Christian Love
Bangalore
Complimentary Scriptures
8 Certainly if anyone does not provide for those who are his own, and especially for those who are members of his household, he has disowned the faith and is worse than a person without faith. (1 Timothy 5:8)
29 To keep abstaining from things sacrificed to idols and from blood and from things strangled and from fornication. If YOU carefully keep yourselves from these things, YOU will prosper. Good health to YOU!†(Acts 15:29)
8 But as for the cowards and those without faith and those who are disgusting in their filth and murderers and fornicators and those practicing spiritism and idolaters and all the liars, their portion will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulphur. This means the second death.†(Revelation 21:8)
Comments from Watchtower 3/15/06 11, 12
Applying Bible principles in a mature way helps us in making decisions about how we fulfill our obligation to ‘provide for the members of our household.’ (1 Tim. 5:8) The first consideration is the nature of the work itself. Choosing a type of work that promotes what is directly condemned in the Bible is definitely wrong. (Acts 15:29; Rev. 21:8) As we grow in knowledge of the truth and our perceptive powers improve, we come to discern other criteria that must be considered. What if the work would involve us in an unscriptural practice, such as answering phones at a gambling establishment? The source of pay and the location of the employment also enter into the picture. For example, would a Christian who is a self-employed contractor bid on a job that involves painting one of the churches of Christendom?
Warm Christian Love
Bangalore