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Occasionally, despite the cacophony of politicians, hip-hop artists who call for acts of evil,
narcissistic people who stomp on others while promoting themselves, and of convicted felons who manage to mesmerize a nation into electing him as their leader, and who mesmerize other leaders into trusting in him, there pops up from time to time a term that is mentioned perhaps by a small group of people. The term is ‘moral courage.’
Try tossing it in amongst the cacophony of those mentioned heretofore, and you may be looked on with disdain, as if you’re challenging their knowledge of the world and how to get by. Moral courage has no place in that crowd, except the moral courage they make it out to be. Their form of moral courage invariably runs counter to moral courage under God. Do not expect that cacophonous crowd to pursue THAT kind of moral courage. If they think theirs is the courage that God wants to see, then they’re no better than those who say ‘Lord, Lord,’ but who don’t do the will of the Lord. That crowd thinks nothing of posing with a Bible held upside down.
So what is moral courage under God? It is the courage to abide by what is morally right under God, and to do what is morally right under God. What Is morally right under God? We can start with the two great commandments of Jesus, as expressed in Matthew 22:37–39 and proceed from there. And if these commandments seem vague, you can skip to Matthew 25:31-40. These are the things that are morally right under God. And you can see that God may grant entry into His Kingdom if you do what is morally right under Him.
Such moral courage involves a commitment to do what is morally right under Him, regardless of the opposition, temptations, disappointments and dismay that stand ready to take you off that righteous path. Such moral courage involves being true to yourself as God would want, regardless of what is trolling you.
Some may say that God expects us to be humble, contrite in spirit, and to tremble at His word, as it says in Isaiah 66:1–2. We need to address these verses here, since did not Jesus say in Matthew 5:17–18 that he intends to fulfill the Prophets in addition to the Law? So how does Isaiah 66:1–2 fit in with one’s quest to act with moral courage under God? I tell you that the humility, contriteness and trembling that God speaks of is in reference to Him. It is to God that we should be humble, contrite and trembling enough so as to be tempered with what God would approve of as being of moral courage.
If you are faithful to God, you need not worry about being alone as you abide by and act with the moral courage that may lead you to God’s Kingdom. As He said to Joshua in Joshua 1:5–7, “...Just as I was with Moses, so I will be with you. I will not leave you or forsake you. Be strong and courageous... Do not turn from it to the right hand or to the left, that you may have good success wherever you go.” One can almost imagine Joshua, in the manner spoken of in Isaiah 66:1–2, saying ‘Yes, my Lord.’
narcissistic people who stomp on others while promoting themselves, and of convicted felons who manage to mesmerize a nation into electing him as their leader, and who mesmerize other leaders into trusting in him, there pops up from time to time a term that is mentioned perhaps by a small group of people. The term is ‘moral courage.’
Try tossing it in amongst the cacophony of those mentioned heretofore, and you may be looked on with disdain, as if you’re challenging their knowledge of the world and how to get by. Moral courage has no place in that crowd, except the moral courage they make it out to be. Their form of moral courage invariably runs counter to moral courage under God. Do not expect that cacophonous crowd to pursue THAT kind of moral courage. If they think theirs is the courage that God wants to see, then they’re no better than those who say ‘Lord, Lord,’ but who don’t do the will of the Lord. That crowd thinks nothing of posing with a Bible held upside down.
So what is moral courage under God? It is the courage to abide by what is morally right under God, and to do what is morally right under God. What Is morally right under God? We can start with the two great commandments of Jesus, as expressed in Matthew 22:37–39 and proceed from there. And if these commandments seem vague, you can skip to Matthew 25:31-40. These are the things that are morally right under God. And you can see that God may grant entry into His Kingdom if you do what is morally right under Him.
Such moral courage involves a commitment to do what is morally right under Him, regardless of the opposition, temptations, disappointments and dismay that stand ready to take you off that righteous path. Such moral courage involves being true to yourself as God would want, regardless of what is trolling you.
Some may say that God expects us to be humble, contrite in spirit, and to tremble at His word, as it says in Isaiah 66:1–2. We need to address these verses here, since did not Jesus say in Matthew 5:17–18 that he intends to fulfill the Prophets in addition to the Law? So how does Isaiah 66:1–2 fit in with one’s quest to act with moral courage under God? I tell you that the humility, contriteness and trembling that God speaks of is in reference to Him. It is to God that we should be humble, contrite and trembling enough so as to be tempered with what God would approve of as being of moral courage.
If you are faithful to God, you need not worry about being alone as you abide by and act with the moral courage that may lead you to God’s Kingdom. As He said to Joshua in Joshua 1:5–7, “...Just as I was with Moses, so I will be with you. I will not leave you or forsake you. Be strong and courageous... Do not turn from it to the right hand or to the left, that you may have good success wherever you go.” One can almost imagine Joshua, in the manner spoken of in Isaiah 66:1–2, saying ‘Yes, my Lord.’
