When there is no standard or universal truth, people would find it convenient for them to make standards and norms for themselves. Such standards and norms are inevitably subjective and relative. People like them anyway because they give the individuals a sense of freedom and control over what they like or hate. Such a liberal stance bears a great social and moral cost, namely, there is a general feeling and opinion of moral uncertainty as nothing is absolute or universal. One of the consequences of such a situation is that people tend to pick up the values from an egoistic and materialistic perspective. For instance, the theme of "family values" was a key one in the last several presidential elections in the United States. However, most Americans have a different understanding of what family values are about. Worse even, many people can't identify or define what “family values” are because the words' meaning has become so vague and imprecise nowadays.
Morality was once based on virtue while today morality is based on value. Therefore, morality changes as values change. In the last century, marriages are generally taken as sacred or solemn unions between a man and a woman. Today, marriages are probably no more than paper certificates of a so-called official union between either the opposite or even the same sex partners! Beloved, are you having some trouble or uncertainty about morality today? Do you have a good sense of truth and eternal values? If you are confused, please go back to the Bible as God's inspired words and be guided by them (2 Timothy 3:16)
Without God's words and an eventual standard of truth and value, people would be vulnerable to their desires, lusts and temperaments. It is the main cause for school shoot-outs happened from time to time in recent years in the States. It also makes divorces and separations commonplace nowadays in most cosmopolitan cities around the world. From a biblical point of view, it is a classic consequence of pushing out God's Word from our lives and hearts.
The dire consequence of adopting the lifestyles and falling on moral issues against God's Word is the judgment and the wrath of God. Evidence is ample throughout the history of God's dealing with people. The good news is God is still a loving Father and there is always hope in the Lord Jesus! Let's be watchful for ourselves and our society and bear witness to our Father with our Saviour's guidance and promises.
For further reading, see Causes Moral Uncertainty.
Morality was once based on virtue while today morality is based on value. Therefore, morality changes as values change. In the last century, marriages are generally taken as sacred or solemn unions between a man and a woman. Today, marriages are probably no more than paper certificates of a so-called official union between either the opposite or even the same sex partners! Beloved, are you having some trouble or uncertainty about morality today? Do you have a good sense of truth and eternal values? If you are confused, please go back to the Bible as God's inspired words and be guided by them (2 Timothy 3:16)
Without God's words and an eventual standard of truth and value, people would be vulnerable to their desires, lusts and temperaments. It is the main cause for school shoot-outs happened from time to time in recent years in the States. It also makes divorces and separations commonplace nowadays in most cosmopolitan cities around the world. From a biblical point of view, it is a classic consequence of pushing out God's Word from our lives and hearts.
The dire consequence of adopting the lifestyles and falling on moral issues against God's Word is the judgment and the wrath of God. Evidence is ample throughout the history of God's dealing with people. The good news is God is still a loving Father and there is always hope in the Lord Jesus! Let's be watchful for ourselves and our society and bear witness to our Father with our Saviour's guidance and promises.
For further reading, see Causes Moral Uncertainty.
