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What does the Bible stand for? It stands for the Word of God. 2 Timothy 3:16 says that all Scripture is breathed out by God. Does the Bible, or God’s Words if you will, expressly frame anything in terms of, say, a moral commitment? Is there anywhere in the Bible that says, for instance, that the two great commandments of Jesus—loving God, and loving our neighbor---are moral commitments to God? Is there any Verse in the Bible that says we have a moral commitment to abide by any Commandment, Law, Statute, Ordinance that Jesus’ followers say we should abide by?
Except for a number of Passages telling us to avoid sexual immorality, and an isolated Verse such as 1 Corinthians 15:33, there is nothing in the Bible that directs us to be morally committed to God’s Word. God Himself does not frame things in terms of morality or a moral commitment. Yes, there are a number of sins listed in the Bible, but except for sexual immorality are any of those sins expressly considered immoral?
Why is the concept of morality brought up here? Because we have such a concept being brandied about by people outside of, and perhaps in our homes. And many people may associate morality with what God expects from us. Yet God Himself, vis the Bible, doesn’t use the term much.
Perhaps the concept is relegated to things that are a given, such as breathing. The Bible doesn’t expressly mention the concept of breathing, yet breathing is vital for us to have faith and love in God and for each other. But can one really say that although the concept of morality isn’t mentioned much in the Bible, it is also vital in showing our faith and love?
What is morality? It’s generally defined as a set of personal or social standards for good or bad behavior. Well, there are such standards in the Bible, but they’re not explicitly mentioned as being moral standards. One might think that alongside the Bible classifying certain things as being sinful, it would also frame things as being moral or immoral. Morality is a word that people can relate to, and they have, going back to the days of the barbarian hordes, who in each of their societies were expectations in how people are to conduct themselves.
Perhaps the Lord had no need to frame things in terms of being moral or immoral, except for sexual immorality of course; it may be enough that there are things He wants from us, merely because He said so, without any need to defer to what generally may be or should be considered moral or immoral.
Should morality be considered an earthly term that God pretty much doesn’t use, even when He might reason with us on things? In Isaiah 1:18, God says “though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall become like wool.” We have generally equated sins with things that are immoral; that includes all the sins mentioned in the Bible. Why does God not say, or also not say, that though we may be immoral, our immorality will become as white as snow and as red as crimson becoming like wool? Is it enough for the Lord to frame things in terms of sin rather than in terms of morality? If so, does that make morality a word that was primarily meant to be used among people instead of by the Lord?
Except for a number of Passages telling us to avoid sexual immorality, and an isolated Verse such as 1 Corinthians 15:33, there is nothing in the Bible that directs us to be morally committed to God’s Word. God Himself does not frame things in terms of morality or a moral commitment. Yes, there are a number of sins listed in the Bible, but except for sexual immorality are any of those sins expressly considered immoral?
Why is the concept of morality brought up here? Because we have such a concept being brandied about by people outside of, and perhaps in our homes. And many people may associate morality with what God expects from us. Yet God Himself, vis the Bible, doesn’t use the term much.
Perhaps the concept is relegated to things that are a given, such as breathing. The Bible doesn’t expressly mention the concept of breathing, yet breathing is vital for us to have faith and love in God and for each other. But can one really say that although the concept of morality isn’t mentioned much in the Bible, it is also vital in showing our faith and love?
What is morality? It’s generally defined as a set of personal or social standards for good or bad behavior. Well, there are such standards in the Bible, but they’re not explicitly mentioned as being moral standards. One might think that alongside the Bible classifying certain things as being sinful, it would also frame things as being moral or immoral. Morality is a word that people can relate to, and they have, going back to the days of the barbarian hordes, who in each of their societies were expectations in how people are to conduct themselves.
Perhaps the Lord had no need to frame things in terms of being moral or immoral, except for sexual immorality of course; it may be enough that there are things He wants from us, merely because He said so, without any need to defer to what generally may be or should be considered moral or immoral.
Should morality be considered an earthly term that God pretty much doesn’t use, even when He might reason with us on things? In Isaiah 1:18, God says “though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall become like wool.” We have generally equated sins with things that are immoral; that includes all the sins mentioned in the Bible. Why does God not say, or also not say, that though we may be immoral, our immorality will become as white as snow and as red as crimson becoming like wool? Is it enough for the Lord to frame things in terms of sin rather than in terms of morality? If so, does that make morality a word that was primarily meant to be used among people instead of by the Lord?
