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Subject: Radical Boycott??? |
Bible Note: 1Co 10:14 Wherefore, my dearly beloved, flee from idolatry. 1Co 10:20 But I say, that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to devils, and not to God: and I would not that ye should have fellowship with devils. 1Co 10:21 Ye cannot drink the cup of the Lord, and the cup of devils: ye cannot be partakers of the Lord's table, and of the table of devils. 1Co 10:22 Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? are we stronger than he? 1Co 10:23 All things are lawful for me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but all things edify not. KJV Brazo's I do not believe that you can find the answer to your question here on the forum. I believe that you must find it in the word of God and through prayer. I wont take the time here to support nor argue against the answers that have already been posted (while i agree and disagree with parts of each). For my own approach, I agree that it is impossible to evaluate every item of every place of business in order to decide to participate with that business or not. Furthermore, if there were time and I accomplished this task, I could probably find at least one item that could be traced somehow to someone/thing ungodly. The focus, in my case, is the overt and intentionally controversial promotion of sin where there is no freedom of discretion. An example would be the Southern Baptists Association's boycott of Disney for Disney's "in-your-face" promotion of homosexuality. Research this. Disney has changed it's tune and the SBA has dropped their official boycott. There is also about to be a new TV station specifically ran by and for homosexuals. "In-your-face." I will boycott. I carry a certain brand name cell phone and that company is proudly sponsoring this station. Boycott. I will not throw away my phone, but when I buy a new one it will be from another company. Is boycotting a method of evangalizing. Absolutely. We are called to be set apart. 2Ti 2:19 Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his. And, Let every one that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity. KJV 1Pe 2:11 Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul; 1Pe 2:12 Having your conversation honest among the Gentiles: that, whereas they speak against you as evildoers, they may by your good works, which they shall behold, glorify God in the day of visitation. KJV We must live in the world but not be of the world, we all know this as christians. When the world around us is obviously and intentionally, promoting sin we can not keep silent and certainly can not contribute to it. If we do not articulate to the world and demonstrate through some means, calling sin sin and intentionally separtating from it when possible we show and prove nothing to the world except hypocricy. The church has stood silent for too long and I believe you and I and every other christian will account for it one day. Evangalism? We do not just tell the world about Christ, we show the world Christ living in us by abstaining from knowingly and intentionally participating in the committing and/or contributing to the overt, intentional, "in-your-face" sin of this world. One more thing, I will comment specifically regarding sparing the jobs of christian brothers and sisters. In the event that their place of employment is overt in it's intentional promotion of sin, you have no obligation to consider the consequences regarding their imployment. They, on the other hand, have an obligation to walk away. God will provide for their needs. Lord forgive us. We have become too tolerant and too self-serving that we will accept sin in the world around us and in our own daily living in the name of convenience, comfort, and safety, Amen. If you read all the way through thanks for hearing me out. Jeff (Opinion, everybody has one) |