Atheists will tell you there is no absolute standard for living.
Situational ethics says to let your circumstances be your guide.
We’ve all heard the phrase that if it feels good, we should do it.
Then there’s, “What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas.”
Is there truly a standard we can trust? Has a line really been drawn in the sand?
Here are two verses to live by, two examples that provide absolutes the Father expects from us if we’re to claim our Christian citizenship.
Matthew 6:12 says:
“Forgive us our debts, as we have also forgiven our debtors.”
The first part is what God does for us. It’s important, but the line in the sand, the thing we are to live by, is found in the second part.
We must forgive those who have wronged us if we want God to do the same for us.
We must. No ifs, ands, or buts. We can’t say, “But look what they’ve done!” Nope. We must forgive, period.
Ephesians 4:32 tells us:
“Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.”
Jesus forgives us when we come to him. Then he expects us to follow suit. Be kind. Be tenderhearted. Forgive others. Why? Because Jesus did it for us first.
These are not situational. We can’t apply these verses to our friends but ignore them around people we don’t like. These are absolutes. We must live by them all the time.
Jesus was not a respecter of persons, and he still isn’t. His benchmark is the same today as it was two thousand years ago.
When we choose Jesus, we must live by his standards.
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