Immorality

A survey some years ago revealed that most Frenchmen no longer believe they sin. They make mistakes or commit errors, but they do not sin. Sin and immorality are not part of their vocabulary. Sadly, the same can be said of our own society. Morality involves the concepts of “right” and “wrong.” For centuries the word of God has been the standard for both acceptable and unacceptable conduct, but that is no longer the case. Recent trends have directed men away from the Bible and into a kind of “amoral” attitude in which nothing is inherently moral or immoral. Right and wrong are not a matter of divine pronouncement, but subject to the feelings and emotions of men.

Today, if it feels good and makes one happy, it is pronounced good. If it feels bad, or produces pain, then it must be evil. Abortion, adultery, homosexuality, drug use, and a whole host of other sins are now viewed as amoral, neither right nor wrong in themselves. There is no absolute standard in moral matters, and few seem to be really concerned. As a result, we have a president who is pro-abortion, pro-homosexual, and, by his own admission, has smoked marijuana. When men of either party can be elected without regard to the important issues of integrity and morality, this nation is in serious trouble.

I reject this amoral philosophy completely. The Bible is still the only standard for determining right and wrong. To reject it is to reject the only hope we have for a happy, productive life here, and for life with God in the hereafter. Even though many are unwilling to accept and abide by the divine standard, that does not make it any less true. There are some things which will always be right, and some which will always be morally reprehensible.

If an immoral revolution has swept our land, and I am convinced that it has, it is because the Bible has been discarded as the only acceptable standard for proper conduct. Only a return to the Scriptures can reverse the moral decline of recent decades. The Psalmist wrote, “Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.” (Psalm 119:11).