Moral Compasses and Trains of Thought

     Sorry for missing last weeks post! I was working on a teaching presentation and then work was suddenly busy. I had the opportunity to teach my mum's apologetics class yesterday, which went relatively well, aside from the fact that I spent all week working on it only to end up with twenty minutes worth of material for an hour long class. I'm not sure if teaching is for me. With more practice and confidence, maybe, but I feel so awkward in front of people. I know a lot and can learn a lot but I feel much safer behind a screen and a keyboard, so here we are. 

    The next chapter in Holier Than Thou is about moral perfection, because that is the first factor that separates us from God and makes Him holy. Conveniently, morality is what I taught about yesterday. Specifically sexual morality, but morality is a much broader topic than just that. In the Morality Doctrine by C.S. Lewis, the author's argument for the existence of a God in the first place is morality. We all have an understanding of right and wrong and that has to come from somewhere. 

    We were created in the image of God and made to be holy too. Adam and Eve knew what they were doing when ate of the fruit. It was the only rule God had given them and they broke it. They gave up a perfect garden and a one and one relationship with their creator for a taste of fruit and a lie that told them it would make them like God. In reality, it brought them further away. 

    The root of sin is unbelief. It's our distrust in God and His word. It's hard. All our experiences are based off of human interactions and, surprise, humans aren't morally perfect. If they were, the world would be very different and I doubt I would be here writing about morality. This year has been hard for me. There have been circumstances that I never could've imagined and that I'm still struggling with how to process and deal with the situation. People have many different beliefs on religion and who God is. Even in Christianity, there are so many doctrines and denominations. We cannot even agree on who God is. If we can't even agree on who He is, how can we trust Him to be who He says He is? All we can do is read His word, see what it says about Him, and do our best to trust that He is holy. He cannot sin. He cannot be put into a denominational or doctrinal box. If He could sin or if He could conform to our definitions and morals He wouldn't be worth believing in. 

    Morality is important. I like the phrase "moral compass." I feel that it's accurate description. We know right and wrong. We can decide how we live our lives, to be kind and respectful. We can choose to love in everything we do. That's hard too. When you love, you open yourself up for hurt. I think that's why we're afraid to love God. We have to believe that He's worth loving and that He is working things for our good. If we don't, then why do we really believe in the first place? If God is too good to be true, then what's the point? This is where our faith comes in. We have to believe that God is good, that His law is true and for our best. He's holy. He can't hurt us and that makes Him more trustworthy than anyone else we could ever meet in this world. 

    Be brave. Have faith. God is holy and that makes Him good. 

Yours truly,

Rey