God has given us a sense of right and wrong. We are here for a greater purpose. Greater than living for self. Only found living for God. Do you live for God because it is the right thing to do? Or do you do the right thing because it is right? No deed, decision, suggestion, choice, or obedience to God is right just because someone says it is. It has to be right because God says it is. We don't say things are right to justify our behavior. We say things are right because that which is good is what we want. The good life is only good because God says it is. There is nothing wrong with God's Law or God's commands. But if you have lived without them you think that which is good is beyond the commands. Some purpose greater than doing good just for the sake of doing good. But doing good is good. So long as it is grounded in the purposes of God. They speak of God's ultimate desire for us, to live in peace with one another and to serve one another with a higher purpose in mind, the purpose of His kingdom.
There is a difference between right and wrong, and with practice doing that which is right we can tell the difference and support others and build up those around us. For those who have yet to know the truth and repent, we can call them to repent and experience the life we have in Christ.
There is meaning to life. And there is a morality that is God given, higher than the the morals of men seen when we try to quell or diffuse situations that we think would be harmful to us, at least that which comes from a desire for self-preservation. If you are living for God God gets the glory for having saved you and rescued you from your sin and (perhaps some of) its consequences. That which brings harm to oneself as an individual is often self-inflicted. At least we can have responsibility for that, and pray that God would alleviate the pressures we feel from outside of us in the world around us.
There is a difference between right and wrong, and with practice doing that which is right we can tell the difference and support others and build up those around us. For those who have yet to know the truth and repent, we can call them to repent and experience the life we have in Christ.
There is meaning to life. And there is a morality that is God given, higher than the the morals of men seen when we try to quell or diffuse situations that we think would be harmful to us, at least that which comes from a desire for self-preservation. If you are living for God God gets the glory for having saved you and rescued you from your sin and (perhaps some of) its consequences. That which brings harm to oneself as an individual is often self-inflicted. At least we can have responsibility for that, and pray that God would alleviate the pressures we feel from outside of us in the world around us.
