What would life be like without moral sensibility? The answer may soon be staring us in the face. Without God, there is no anchor to hold us in place in the midst of our rapidly devolving culture. Moral ambiguity is giving way to outright hatred toward anyone who would uphold clearly-defined moral values.
We are conditioned into believing that morals are relative and situational. Then, we are led to believe it is noble to be non-judgmental and tolerant. Some religious folks even cite the “judge not” passage in Matthew 7:1 as their proof-text. We would encourage a full reading of the passage so as to discover that Jesus is condemning hypocritical judgment, the kind of judgment that measures others by a different standard than we measure ourselves (vss. 2-5). Jesus not only forbids hypocritical judgment; He also forbids us to judge “according to appearance.” Instead, we must “judge with righteous judgment” (John 7:24). Righteous judgment requires a righteous standard. God’s word is that righteous standard for measuring right and wrong. David sings praise to God’s word, saying, “All Your commandments are righteousness” (Psalm 119:172).
After being conditioned into accepting that nothing is inherently right or wrong, the next step in society’s downward journey toward moral insensibility comes as a reaction toward the hatred which is shown toward any who would take an alternative point of view. Why would anyone want to shut down discussion on matters so important to the benefit of society? Even as He was pointing out the godless and hypocritical tendencies of His people, God said, “Come now, and let us reason together…” (Isaiah 1:18). But, reason seems not to be in the purview of those who, in the pursuit of change, believe that they have moral superiority to require others to accept a view of life that is completely amoral. How can one even assume moral superiority in the pursuit of a world without morals altogether? (Isaiah 5:20).
Unwilling to consider opposing views, some have decided to cancel any with whom they disagree so as to silence their voices. In a world so largely exposed to moral relativity, where moral values receive little or no attention, it is all-the-more essential that our voices be heard – not so much in our nation’s news outlets, but in the day-to-day bold, but gentle voices of dedicated Christians shining their light on “the unfruitful works of darkness” (Eph. 5:11). May God help us make this our mission: shining His light in a world of darkness (John 8:12).
–Glen Elliott–