See to it that no one takes you captive through hollow and deceptive philosophy, which depends on human tradition and the basic principles of this world rather than on Christ."
Colossians 2:6-8 (New International Version)
Just as the Bible warns us not to be taken captive through hollow and deceptive philosophy, in our relationship with God and Jesus Christ, we must be careful in our business opportunities.
There are a certain amount of things that we have to take by faith when it comes to God and Jesus because we can't know God's mind and we didn't live during the time that Jesus walked on the earth. There is also a certain amount of faith that we have to have in the person that is sharing a new business opportunity with us but we must also keep our minds and eyes open and do a little research.
Just as we need to read the Bible for ourselves and do some of our own studying so that we aren't being taught untrue things we need to do research on the businesses that we are looking at.
When someone is sharing from the Bible, make sure to read it yourself. Read the surrounding scriptures to make sure that a verse isn't being taken out of it's original context and someone is giving it a total different meaning than it was supposed to have.
When deciding about a new business, check into the people at the head of the company. Do some research on the company and the product. When we started looking at the nutritional supplement that we ended up with, I went to National Library of Medicine and looked up the fruit name, the scientific name of the fruit and some of the nutritional components of the fruit. I also researched some of the doctors that were saying this fruit has health benefits.
You cannot receive all of the answers to all of your questions, when it comes to God or a business but don't go blindly into either one. Be sure to learn what you can, use faith where there are no answers and always pray over everything.
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