Does the end justify the means?

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What’s Your Question? for June 4

Does the end justify the means?

A reader said the Bible does not authorize churches using recreation to draw people but it doesn’t say not to, and people may be saved by it. The Bible does not say churches cannot earn money by operating businesses, but it does say they should raise money by individuals giving on the first day of the week (1 Cor. 16:1,2). A woman told me she had received miracles by praying through saints, and the Bible does not say not to. When we read "there is one Mediator…Christ Jesus" (1 Tim. 2:5), she admitted God was right and she was wrong! Paul said "some preach Christ even of envy and strife" (Phil. 1:15-18). He rejoiced that Christ was preached, but the end, did not justify the means. We can only do with God’s approval what He has authorized.