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Here’s my problem:
Say someone around you (a family member for example) steals something. Let’s say they steal a cat. You go to the pet store to buy food for this stolen cat. While at the pet store, you run into the CEO of a big company and he offers you a great job. (Unrealistic) The only reason you were at this store with this CEO was the stolen cat. What do you do about the job? Would taking it be benefiting from the sin of stealing and therefore make you guilty? Or would this be God turning the evil of the stolen cat into the good of the job?
This is a strange example but it explains something I’ve been dealing with.
Can we benefit from stolen goods without being guilty of them?
Or does being affected in any way by these stolen goods make us guilty of the sin?
A lot of benefits can come from something stolen, and I wonder if these benefits are sinful. Thanks for your help,
Say someone around you (a family member for example) steals something. Let’s say they steal a cat. You go to the pet store to buy food for this stolen cat. While at the pet store, you run into the CEO of a big company and he offers you a great job. (Unrealistic) The only reason you were at this store with this CEO was the stolen cat. What do you do about the job? Would taking it be benefiting from the sin of stealing and therefore make you guilty? Or would this be God turning the evil of the stolen cat into the good of the job?
This is a strange example but it explains something I’ve been dealing with.
Can we benefit from stolen goods without being guilty of them?
Or does being affected in any way by these stolen goods make us guilty of the sin?
A lot of benefits can come from something stolen, and I wonder if these benefits are sinful. Thanks for your help,