Daily Worship, Spirit and Word Aug. 9, 2024
Where does morality and godly wisdom come from?
“For as the heavens are higher than the earth, So are My ways higher than your ways, And My thoughts than your thoughts.” (Isaiah 55:9, NKJV)
When a person who rejects God speaks about right and wrong, who has given them that sense of morality. Think specifically about the atheist: how do they determine the right way to live? How did civilized communities come into existence? Where do moral laws come from? As Christians, we have an answer. But where do unbelievers get the answer to this question?
It is wrong to lie, steal and murder. Whether you base that understanding on The Old or New Testament commands, it is wrong to lie, steal and murder. When a person feels no remorse for lying, stealing, or murdering, we categorize them as amoral or even psychopathic. If there is no “conscience” that dictates the wrongness of an action in our heart and soul, then something is lacking in the inward parts. However, even when a person has a “sense of morality”, how does one know if that sense is good or evil? People are good at justifying their actions and permitting themselves to do things that they would condemn in others.
If a politician tries to tell you what is right but they reject the righteousness of God, they are simply pressing for a personal agenda. Anyone seeking authority based upon righteousness must receive that righteousness from GOD. We can easily see how so many politicians have sold their moral compass to the highest bidders. When you watch corporate media, it is obvious that there is an agenda that permeates them all. Reporters are unnecessary because they are just paid to write and report what their overseers tell them. They have one source and speak the same things.
If your right and wrong is for sale at any price, you will not be willing to stand against evil. Don’t let others, especially those who reject God, tell you what is right. They will tell you to inject kids with chemicals that destroy their identity and destroy their ability to reproduce. They will tell you to destroy the child in the womb. They will tell you to go to war and kill and be killed; and if you resist them, they will persecute you. Their goal is the destruction of others and the preservation of themselves. Their morality is simple. What is best for them is best for the world, and they do not care about God’s morals.
Have you stopped standing in God’s righteousness? Turn back to God. There is forgiveness and restoration waiting for you at the cross of Christ. The only thing that remains on the cross is the redeeming blood of The LORD Jesus Christ. Christ Jesus is risen from the dead and ascended to the throne of God. His transforming resurrection power is available to all.