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Introduction
Last week, we saw how society is opposed to God’s truth and has attempted to fashion facts according to its version of reality rather than fashion its reality to the facts.
Today, we are going to look at how society has attempted to fashion its version of morality apart from God.
Society’s “form of godliness” as taken God completely out of the moral equation.
In fact, it is in direct opposition to God’s standard of morality found in the Word of God.
By Definition
Morality
Principles concerning the distinction between right and wrong or good and bad behavior.
Biblical Morality/Ethics
Ethics is theology, viewed as a means of determining which persons, acts, and attitudes receive God’s blessing and which do not.
Entitlement Mentality
Society’s Take
The belief that one is inherently deserving of privileges or special treatment.
Individuals with an entitlement mentality believe that they shouldn’t have to work towards or earn something but rather that they have a right to it.
The society has propagated the entitlement mentality through various government programs.
Fannie Mae and Freddy Mac
Welfare Programs
Food Stamps
Cash Assistance
Stimulus checks (Covid Relief)
Jesus referred to an entitlement mentality in the parable of the Prodigal Son.
The prodigal son demanded his inheritance early because it was his “right” to have.
According to the Word of God
The Sabbath, i.e., a day off, is only part of the 4thCommandment.
The forgotten part of the 4th Commandment is the where we are commanded to labor or work for a living.
The Ends Justify the Means
Society’s Take
“The ends justify the means” is the moral justification used in today’s society for achieving its goals with what was once construed as unethical behavior.
It is especially used to justify slander and lying by certain groups and individuals in achieving their agenda.
Groups that utilize “the ends justify the means” philosophy are…
Politicians
Political advocates
Law enforcement
Journalist
Educators
The religious leaders of Jesus’ day believed that “the ends justify the means.”
Jesus encountered such individuals at His trial before the Sanhedrin.
According to the Word of God
Self-Indulgent
Society’s Take
Society’s self-indulging attitude usually manifest itself in various ways, i.e.,
Sexual gratification
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Polygamy movement
Swingers
Pedophilia movement
Bestiality movement
The woman taken in the act of adultery was engaged in or at least promoting self-indulgence in the area of sexual gratification.
Jesus didn’t condone the woman’s sin, but rather told her to quit sinning.
According to the Word of God
Conclusion
Society has fashioned its morals apart from God.
Regardless of what it claims, society’s morals are sinful.
God will judge the immorality that society plays off as “normal behavior” according to His moral standards and not society’s.
We need to seek the Lord’s mercy and forgiveness, and pray for a Spirit-filled revival to sweep through our families, community, state, nation, and the world as a whole.
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