Epigrammatic Episodes

Where do we get our sense of right and wrong? How do we come to have a conscience that pricks us when we violate what we believe is moral? Is right and wrong determined by some higher authority? And if it is, how did they determine what was right and wrong ...did they just make it up arbitrarily? Christians believe in a highest authority -God- and that morality is determined through him. But not determined by some process of  random selection, but rather by the very standard of His character, His nature.  God's character determining God's will. God’s holy and loving essence governing what He commands from His creation.  Thus the values of morality are not based primarily upon what God has said, but upon who He is. As humans created in this God's image, morality is part of our heritage. We have been purposely ingrained with a sensibility toward right and wrong; a conscience that finds its innate objectivity in Gods architecture of us. It is part of us. ...

Religious or otherwise , all men possess an inherent moral compass. A conscience that either accuses or defends within them. However, possessing a compass is not the only prerequisite to morality.  To be truly moral, one must have confidence that their compass points true, and then, by virtue of trust, let it lead them. I've read that magnetic compasses are easily offset by local magnetic fields, and that these nuances of deviation have lost many a man to sea. Thankfully, this interference can be neutralised by placing correcting magnets around the compass. Analogously , the Bible tells us that we live in a morally hazardous world, where man's fallen nature interferes with his moral compass tempting deviance from what is good in Gods sight; and many a man has been lost due to it. However, to neutralise this influence, God has made provision through Christ, and his word. Together they become, for us, the correcting magnets for our moral compass. Many cite the evil th...