Tag: right and wrong
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Is what He said wrong?
John 18:23 “Jesus answered him, ‘If what I said is wrong, bear witness about the wrong; but if what I said is right, why do you strike me?’ Annas then sent him bound to Caiaphas the high priest.” One example of how people try to justify their evil behavior is demonstrated in the verse above. Before Jesus’ crucifixion…
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Violating Standards
Mark 7:9 “And he said to them, ‘You have a fine way of rejecting the commandment of God in order to establish your tradition!’” It’s interesting how people will justify their sin by substituting their obedience to something other than the Word of God. Everyone has some standard of right and wrong. What that standard is becomes…
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Who’s the Judge?
2 Corinthians 10:12 “Not that we dare to classify or compare ourselves with some of those who are commending themselves. But when they measure themselves by one another and compare themselves with one another, they are without understanding.” Have you ever noticed that everyone seems to have some sense of morality? Racism and bigotry are…
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Is it right?
Judges 17:6 “In those days there was no king in Israel. Everyone did what was right in his own eyes.” The latter part of the book of Judges can largely be summarized by the verse above. Basically, this verse is nothing but a reiteration of what had been said very early in the book: “Then the Lord raised…
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Whose rules rule?
Judges 17:6 “In those days there was no king in Israel. Everyone did what was right in his own eyes.” Is racism a bad thing? Says who? Is it evil because you say it is, or I do, or the government? What if your name is Hitler or David Duke? If evil is based on…
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