Here is a question I hear often: “I’m so tired of Christians telling me that my behavior is wrong. They don’t know my life details so how can they besocritical? Maybe those things are wrong for them, but it’s right for me!”
What these people are referring to is “relative truth”: the belief that truth is determined by how we feel or by our circumstances. According to this mindset, absolute or unchangeable truth doesn’t exist, and the claim that it does exist is regarded as “intolerant”. The irony is that they believe as absolute truth that absolute truth doesn’t exist!
We see in many practical ways that even secular human societies need unchanging standards to avoid chaos. For example, there are units of measure that are standard, and cannot be changed by any individual. A gallon is always 128 ounces. Let’s imagine that you buy gas for your car, and notice that the “gallons” meter is turning very rapidly. As you calculate the price, you realize that instead of $2.59 for 128 ounces, you are being charged $2.59 for every 64 ounces.
Indignant, you insist that the pump be recalibrated. “Oh no,” the owner says. “I decided this morning that it doesn’t matter what THEY say a gallon is. I need greater profit, so I’m charging the same amount for less gas. I know it’s right because it makes me feel good to make more money.” The station owner would quickly have to answer to the Department of Weights and Measures, which checks accuracy of the meters so that consumers aren’t deceived and “ripped-off ” at the gas-pump.
What your parents want to do is protect you from being “ripped-off” morally. Believing the lie that we can “change truth” to whatever feels good at the moment always results spiritual, emotional and relational chaos; producing a life that is foundationally unstable. The moral quagmire we currently face as a nation is the result of believing the lie of relative truth.
God has put certain foundational, unchangeable truth principles in place, so that we can avoid moral and spiritual chaos. When God says it is absolutely true that immorality will cause terrible harm, deciding it doesn’t feel true to you at the moment won’t change the principle (fundamental truth) that you will incur emotional damage if you indulge in immoral behavior. Just like gravity operates identically in every century, on every continent, God’s unchanging truth remains invariably and predictably in effect no matter what time period or culture we live in.
God’s Word and His Holy Spirit are the heavenly “Department of Weights and Measures” that offers protection from the inevitable loss and damage suffered when we try to live outside of His plan and design. God is our heavenly Daddy. He loves us without limit and desires to protect us from the destruction of sin as He leads us into maturity.
Psalm 33:11-12 “The counsel of the Lord stands forever, and the plans of His heart from generation to generation. Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord…” “So Jesus said to those Jews who had believed in Him, If you abide in My word [hold fast to My teachings and live in accordance with them], you are truly My disciples. And you will know THE Truth, and THE Truth will set you free…so if the Son liberates you [makes you free men], then you are really and unquestionably free.” (John_ “Jesus said to him, I am THE the Way and THE Truth and THE Life; no one comes to the Father except by (through) Me.” (John_ Infinite Grace Ministries exists to provide light to the way of Truth of the Gospel of Christ. Call 580-774-2884 today to find how Truth can untangle the most complex situation! The Truth of God’s love will truly set you free!
