Moral Standards

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17. Moral standards

Almost daily, someone reports to me that they heard someone argue that abortions, homosexuality,

mercy killings and much, much more are perfectly alright, and that Christians have no right to force their moral standards and other people

Recently, I encountered the CM arguments in another area in New York magazine

A prominent advertising executive has condemned people who feel some things are more important than others

For example, he insisted that colored toilet seats are a very important matter

He declared in an interview quote

I say that it matters that toilet seats are colored

Those people who say that these are only marginal differentiations are full of S

They are legislating their moral systems on other people

End quote

In other words, there are no standards

If I say that the color of a new shirt is more important than a man's life, then no man has a right to disagree

For to do so is to legislate quote their moral system on other people end quote

But it isn't a question of my moral system or yours, but God's

There is an objective standard of writing wrong established by God's word, and I cannot be judged over it

It judges me and all men

There is a hierarchy of values in God's universe

I cannot place my interests whether they be important to me or not above those things which God declares to be important

God, my right of creation, legislates for all men

That advertising executive was guilty of trying to legislate his moral system, a very bad one on other people, and to overthrow God's law

Of course, all he has done is to make a full of himself

Scripture declares quote, to the law and to the testimony, if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them

Isaiah it's 20

The kindest thing you can say for that advertising man is that there is no light in him, nor much sense either