DAD'S RAMBLINGS – The Moral DNA
Romans 2:12-15
"For as many as have sinned without law will also perish without law, and as many as have sinned in the law will be judged by the law (for not the hearers of the law are just in the sight of God, but the doers of the law will be justified; for when Gentiles, who do not have law, by nature do the things in the law, these, although not having the law, are a law to themselves, who show the work of the law written in their hears, their conscience also bearing witness, and between themselves their thoughts according or else excusing them)...."
God has imprinted His moral law into the psyche of every person. It is a "moral DNA." So it is universally acknowledged that murder, lying, and stealing are wrong. Our conscience accuses us when we violate these laws. Yet we do go against these moral laws. Knowledge by itself is not enough. Obedience is required. That is why "to him who knows to do good and does not do it, to him it is sin" (James 4:17). Knowledge is only one side of the coin; obedience is the other. "But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves" (James 1:22).
TODAY'S THOUGHT: The "moral DNA" is the standard by which people without Christ will be judged in the Day Of Judgment.
Have an "obedience" day. Love you.
Romans 2:12-15
"For as many as have sinned without law will also perish without law, and as many as have sinned in the law will be judged by the law (for not the hearers of the law are just in the sight of God, but the doers of the law will be justified; for when Gentiles, who do not have law, by nature do the things in the law, these, although not having the law, are a law to themselves, who show the work of the law written in their hears, their conscience also bearing witness, and between themselves their thoughts according or else excusing them)...."
God has imprinted His moral law into the psyche of every person. It is a "moral DNA." So it is universally acknowledged that murder, lying, and stealing are wrong. Our conscience accuses us when we violate these laws. Yet we do go against these moral laws. Knowledge by itself is not enough. Obedience is required. That is why "to him who knows to do good and does not do it, to him it is sin" (James 4:17). Knowledge is only one side of the coin; obedience is the other. "But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves" (James 1:22).
TODAY'S THOUGHT: The "moral DNA" is the standard by which people without Christ will be judged in the Day Of Judgment.
Have an "obedience" day. Love you.
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