Folks who reject absolute standards of right and wrong are often inconsistent. When they think they are being treated unfairly, they appeal to a standard of justice that they expect everyone to adhere to.<\/p>\n
The story is told of a philosophy professor who began each new term by asking his class, Do you believe it can be shown that there are absolute values like justice? The modern free-thinking students all argued that everything is relative and no single law can be applied universally.<\/p>\n
Before the end of the semester, the professor devoted one class period to debate the issue. At the end, he concluded, Regardless of what you think, I want you to know that absolute values can be demonstrated. And if you dont accept what I say, I will flunk you! One angry student got up and insisted, Thats not fair!<\/p>\n
Youve just proved my point, replied the professor. Youve appealed to a higher standard of fairness.<\/p>\n
God has given everyone a conscience to tell right from wrong (Romans 2:14-15; cf. Acts 23:; Acts 24:16; Acts 26:9). God’s moral standards are all recorded in the Bible (i.e., Exodus 20:15; Ephesians 4:28). In fact, every time we use the words “good” and “bad,” we imply a standard by which we make such judgments (cf. Isaiah 5:20). Biblical values are true for any age, because they originate with eternal principles (i.e., Gal. 6:7) from an eternal, unchanging God (Malachi 3:6; cf. Numbers 23:19 ESV; James 1:17).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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