the 4^th Power The Moral Skeptic

 “So Jesus said to the Jews who had believed in Him, “If you abide in My word, you are truly My disciples, and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.                                                                                                                     John 8:31-32 (ESV)

Morals. Just to say or write the word can be the catalyst to stir up the rebellion or the conviction in a person’s heart. It covers those things we consider to be true, fair, free and peaceful. It’s a word we would like to think is being discussed and decided in the home with reverence to El Elyon…The Most High God. But it is an unfortunate thing to say that the discussion of morals has moved from the living room to the court room and I for one still can’t figure out why we as a society have allowed it to be so.

Maybe the reason for this to have happened is that people cannot really decide for themselves what is right or wrong. You see the root idea behind the moral skeptic is that people should decide for themselves what is right or wrong. In Bill Foster’s curriculum “Meet The Skeptic” he explains the root idea like this, “This may sound like a reasonable idea until you apply it in real life. This worldview is Moral Skepticism—morality is a matter of opinion—something can be “true for you but not for me.” Guess we need the courts to be our referee so we can all “Coexist”, huh?

Bill also goes on to say, “Relativists want to liberate the world of “restrictive” absolute standards while at the same time making up their own standards that they expect others to respect.” To repeat myself, “Guess we need the courts to be our referee so we can all “Coexist”, huh?” Society as a whole can battle out what it thinks is fair and just all it wants, but in the Kingdom of God this battle has already decided its victor. The battle that began in The Garden was won on The Cross. We should be able to feel like Adam did when YHVH’s absolute standard was compromised but we should be able to rejoice that the standard was reconciled through the shed blood of Jesus Christ.

The question to ask our moral skeptic is “What is your standard of right and wrong?” and wait for the “My’s and the I’s” in their answers. “My preferences are like this” or “I don’t think my feelings agree with that” and the infamous “It’s just the way our society is.” Well in my younger days there was a movie out called “Repo-Man” and in one scene as a young man lay dying from gunshot wounds he turns to the main character and say’s “The lights are growing dim Otto. I know a life of crime has led me to this sorry fate, and yet, I blame society. Society made me what I am.” May this never be so for those of us in Christ Jesus.

Our world today has a new religion and Charles G. Finney gave it a name…”The Religion of Public Opinion” and even though it was meant for those Christians who love the praise of men rather than the praise of God(John 12:43), in today’s sense it covers a broader mass. Society has become intolerant of intolerance and can’t figure which way is up in that statement. But for those of us who still believe and understand that God’s Word and the life of Jesus are THE moral compass to follow our way up is easy to follow. Let it be our pray that society can bring this discussion back into our living room’s and out of the court rooms, Amen? – Chris Hughes is a graduate of the Colony of Mercy and blogs regularly for Freedom Fighter

Daily Bible Reading: Psalm 77-78; Acts 27:27-44

Quote of the day: “We should make it clear to the skeptic that we don’t believe just because “the Bible says so,” but because its authenticity is consistent with history and its accurate, extensive, and vivid depiction of the human condition.”—Bill Foster

Verse to Memorize: I cry out to the Lord with my whole heart; Hear me, O Lord! I will keep your statutes. I cry out to You; save me and I will keep your testimonies. Psalm 119:145-146