As a minister of the gospel, I address these things on a personal basis, by addressing the sin and guilt of each one by declaring the only answer, and that is for people to humble themselves before God, repent of their sin, and turn in faith to Jesus Christ. Nothing else will do it.
There are many contenders for this dubious crown, but they are all reducible to one, sin. That is the biggest problem of this and all centuries. It is the sin of pride that makes people seek their own fulfillment and empowerment at the expense of anyone and everyone else, and narcissistic self-worship that leads people to justify the most heinous acts against God and man. It is the sin of refusal to submit ourselves to God’s will that, quite literally, brings about every problem in our personal lives, our homes, our nations, and our world.
As a minister of the gospel, I address these things on a personal basis, by addressing the sin and guilt of each one by declaring the only answer, and that is for people to humble themselves before God, repent of their sin, and turn in faith to Jesus Christ. Nothing else will do it. A great, and important, question. The answers you will likely read in this week’s feature will demonstrate a popular but bankrupt view. Some will be relativistic, which leaves one with no way to argue that anything, at all, is immoral, which sounds very inclusive until someone wants to impose their personal “morality” on you, until you run into someone who believes racism, or theft, or rape, is within their personal moral wheelhouse. People tend to change their tune pretty quickly in such cases.
Others may appeal to a vague, undefined notion of love as an overarching moral principle, which is just begging the question, since love, as a moral category, still needs to be defined. Christianity defines moral behavior with an appeal to a universal standard given by the one true and sovereign law-giver. God’s law is perfect, and reflects God’s own perfect nature. And that law applies to everyone. |
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