Purity Standards
Created: 2004-2005; Revised:
2006-2007; 3/2/10; Recompiled: 3/16-3/17/10; 3/31/10; 8/27/10
Contents
B. What I Can Not Do… What I Cannot Promote1
1. The Big Picture
A. Why I Have Written This
The
reason that I write out these standards is to be as up-front and clear as
possible with those that I may work with.
There are a lot of potentially unclear things in the arena of computer
work, especially when working in graphic design. This can make it hard for
someone who wishes to live a clean
lifestyle. Because of this it is good to set clear
safeguards up front to avoid participating in what is not clean.
B. Jesus Is My Priority
I do not ignore the plain fact that Jesus and the Bible are proven beyond question to be the most real and pure standards of universal and absolute Truth and are the revelation of the eternally righteous standards of the one True and Living God. I do not play religious (polytheistic) games with people, as so many people do, as though these facts about Jesus and the Bible are somehow “less real” matters of personal religious faith. The need to humbly acknowledge the plain fact of God is just as real and pressing in “the work place” as it is if someone may be in a church building.
Because of these plain realities, it should be known without question that my first priority in life, including all work that I do, is my covenanted devotion and service to Jesus. Everything I do must be done in this light. This is both for my benefit and for those that I may work with, seeing that the greatest mutual benefit in all respects comes from prioritizing Jesus.
2. Specifics
There are a few specific details that I would like to
establish for all clarity:
A. What I Can Do
I. Work with all my
heart to do a good job
II. Work extra time
on complex projects
III. Apply countless computer skills (including graphic design)
IV. Creatively work on
material that may seem uninteresting
V. Produce
professional quality work
B. What I Can Not Do; What I Cannot Promote
Subject matter that
would in any way violate the standards clearly set forth in the Bible,
such as…
I. Sexually immoral content or lifestyles, which would include
things like premarital
romantic indulgence (fornication), adultery (including divorced
and remarried couples), homosexuality,
etc.. This also includes the violation of Biblical modesty, no matter how
foreign it is to our culture including skimpy/ “suggestive” clothing (such as
most bathing suits) especially those which display anything between the neck,
forearms, and ankles, the display of women in general, whether visually,
socially, or audibly/ vocally (such as women speaking to
assemblies of people), etc.. To stay as far away from all of these things
as I possibly can, my policy is to never be alone with a female that is not
advanced in years (unless I am related to them).
II. Addictions (including smoking, drunkenness, or any other similar
indulgence)
III. Idolatry or any other type of religion
IV. “Worldliness”
(That is, most
music, including music for entertainment,
any hints of pride, the love of money, etc.)
V. Any other sins (or their likeness) that are condemned by the Bible.
Hopefully all of this
would already be obvious from the fact that I have tried to be upfront about my
commitment to really following Jesus, but I write these things anyway because I
want this to be very clear in a muddied culture that is used to modern
“christianity,” and I have decided to be totally committed to living clean for Jesus
despite this.
Thank you very much for reading this. I look forward to working with you.
3. Links
To find out more about
my purity commitments and pursuit of truth and obedience to Jesus, you may want
to consider the following related links:
www.TrueConnection.org (my main
website)
www.trueconnection.org/BibleStudies/FAQs.html
www.trueconnection.org/BibleStudies/SinLists.html
www.trueconnection.org/BibleStudies/Judging_The_Church.htm
Also see:
www.ThePersonalComputerTutor.com
(my home business website)
Copyright © Josiahs Scott, All rights reserved (see below)
The only reason I put this here is to avoid people misusing this work with bad motives. This is officially copyrighted to protect it from those with money in mind, and to preserve it for free distribution, especially in the unlikely event that someone might think to make money off of it rather than maximizing its distribution. You are permitted and encouraged to freely copy and redistribute this work in its entirety, via standard copy machine or electronic documentation as long as you make no money off of it. If you wish to reproduce this work on any larger scale, please contact me at Josiahs@trueconnection.org. You may also quote this document, by citing the reference as:
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