PART 5 – MORALITY
A business cannot run indefinitely if it is based on corrupt practise. Many money-lending businesses have crashed due to this problem. It may seem to be going well for a while, even for several years, but in the end it will come down. This is because God has built moral laws into our world. These moral laws are just as real and powerful as any of the natural laws, such as gravity, and the freezing of water into ice, and energy in sunlight. Anyone who operates a business MUST have a good moral framework, or what is known as “ethics” to support every part of that business.
The moral laws operate reliably too, and no person is immune from their effects. Grasping them leads to success, ignoring or rejecting them leads to failure.
This is why God says, in Isaiah 55:7 “Let the wicked (person) forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.”
Notice it is the “ways”, and also the “thoughts” that God addresses here. The two are linked like two ends of a stick. We are, in some sense, our thoughts, because we cannot purposefully do anything without first thinking about it. Try doing something without thinking… go on. As you read these words you are thinking, and as you plan your next action, you will think as you do so. Purposeful actions always start with thoughts.
SO God tells the wicked to forsake their thoughts as well as their behaviour, because these are both a breach of the moral code, and in the business context, all morally corrupt plans must be abandoned in order to best ensure success.
How to run a business using Bible principles – Introduction
How to run a business using Bible principles – Part 1
How to run a business using Bible principles – Part 2
How to run a business using Bible principles – Part 3
How to run a business using Bible principles – Part 4
How to run a business using Bible principles – Part 6
How to run a business using Bible principles – Part 7
How to run a business using Bible principles – Part 8
How to run a business using Bible principles – Part 9
How to run a business using Bible principles – Part 10
How to run a business using Bible principles – Part 11
How to run a business using Bible principles – Part 12
How to run a business using Bible principles – Part 13