For Business Use Only

It's okay---as long as it makes money? Is gain godliness that it dictates change in Church policy?  Turn a profit and receive praise and allowances. Sell what you have and give to the poor or get too mission oriented and you find yourself in a censured zone---something has to be wrong---not balanced. Maybe too much zeal or piety ----to be real.


Think. 
How about "For Christ sake only"?


 Think. 
What did Jesus stand for. If God is love and he dwells within us ----what fruits will we bare.


True Godliness  = unspotted by the world + visit the widows + care for the fatherless = true religion = will suffer persecution and be tried by fire= takes up the cross of Christ ---that is committed to where ever Christ leads=Living sacrifice motivated by the love of the Father, Son and for his fellow men


Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world. James 1:7


FAIL:   social acceptance= health & wealth gospel = Leagalism (justified by one's own standards)= Covetousness= Self Living= Revivals centered on self preservation


THINK
 What did Jesus stand for?
 What would a real relationship with him do to me and my lifestyle?
 Who would he associate with? 
In our setting what would he strive for?


For Business Use Only?


(Authors Note: I am not trying to focus on particular business only issues, but rather on what is omitted in doing for "Christ's Only".)


J.T.