What if on one occasion our employer accepts a contract to beautify a place of false worship? In this case, we would need to consider such factors as the extent of our having authority over what is being done and the degree of our involvement. And what about performing a legitimate service, such as delivering mail everywhere in a community, including places that promote wrong practices? Would not the principle stated at Matthew 5: 45 have a bearing? Not to be overlooked is how doing the work day in and day out might affect our conscience. (Hebrews 13:18) Indeed, carrying our load of responsibility in making mature decisions regarding employment calls for us to sharpen our perceptive powers and train our God-given faculty of conscience.
This means, if our boss tells us to do it, we can do it. I had a worker tell me this when I did bid on a church. She did not like the idea that I gave the bid, thinking that I should refuse it. I told her that the 99 QFR did not say it was wrong. She said, well, if you tell me I have to do it, I will do it.
Does that mean if I tell her to cheat on the tax forms, that she will? Which is worse?
If we are told to do it by our boss, and we can do it, how wrong can it really be?
What a load of shiite.
