YOUR RIGHTS / MY RIGHTS

OK, here we are again another week has come and gone. It's my Prayer that all is well with you and those in whom you care so much about. This week we are going to be looking into " RIGHT(S)".

Listen to this: when people do not carefully observe the distinction between good and evil, destruction soon follows. It is easy for people to say, "No one can decide for anyone else what is really right or wrong." They may think getting drunk can't hurt them, extramarital sex isn't really wrong, or money doesn't control them. But when we make excuses for our actions, we break down the distinction between right and wrong. If we do not take God's Word, the Bible, as our standard, soon all moral choices will appear fuzzy.

Without God, we are headed for a breakdown and much suffering. Listen, the longer we wait to deal with sin, the greater it holds onto us.

Finally, we forget what it means to do right. I have to ask are you on the verge of forgetting? Some of us get to a point where we truly become hardened. It may even seem like nothing shakes or even disturbs us any longer. Now the absence of guilt isn't always a barometer of whether we are doing right. We can deny reality, we cannot measure obedience by our feelings, instead, we must compare what we do with God's standards for living. We will do the right thing despite social pressure.

As sad as it is, sometimes we avoid doing what is right because of what others might think. We must choose to obey God rather than seek the approval of others.

Until next Time...
Jim