Is It Wrong to Get a Job Instead of Volunteering My Time to Help Others?
August 1, 2022

#STRaskStand to Reason
Questions about whether it’s a sin to get a job for extra money instead of volunteering one’s time to help others and a biblical response to the phrase “I don’t want to put the Holy Spirit in a box.”
* Would it be a sin to get a job for extra money instead of volunteering my time to help others?
* What’s a good biblical response to the phrase “I don’t want to put the Holy Spirit in a box”?
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