Whose Standard Is It Anyway?

“Heaven and Earth will pass away, but My Words will never pass away” (Matthew 24:35) NKJV

Some say, “I want to live in a culture where I am free to believe whatever I want and you can believe whatever you want.” Let’s mind our own business. What difference does it make whether I believe in Buddhism, Muslim, Hinduism, or I’m a non-believer (Atheism), or any religion. A great number may believe all roads lead to God or Jesus. They prefer to live in a culture where every belief is respected. That the problem they say, is when a person’s personal belief of faith is forcing their belief on someone else. That we should be left to decide on our own, what is true and what is false. We live in such a culture and we can believe whatever we want.

But who decides what is true or what is false?

The only one capable, is God! If we did not have a Creator, these free withal views would be okay. Left to ourselves, anything goes. But we do have a Creator and there is a God! We are accountable to Him! It is God who created us. We did not create Him! The Bible tells us, Psalms 100:3, “It is He who made us and not we ourselves.” NKJV God determines what is morally acceptable and morally unacceptable. The Bible speaks of a seared conscience.

1 Timothy 4:1, 2, “The Spirit clearly says that in later times some will abandon the faith and follow deceiving spirits and things taught by demons. ² Such teachings come through hypocritical liars, whose consciences have been seared as with a hot iron.” NIV

There is a God-given moral consciousness within each of us. If the conscience is seared, then it has been rendered insensitive. Such a conscience does not work properly; your sense of right and wrong has been dulled.

What does it mean for a person to have a seared conscience?

The picture given by the apostle Paul is one in which a person’s conscience or convictions have been desensitized. Through repeated exposure to evil, a person’s sense of right and wrong can become numb to the point that a person can no longer easily distinguish between good and evil. Whatever you continue to repeat, you get used to. It becomes normal to you. Taken in context, an individual would then call evil good and good evil.

In 1 Timothy 4, we see that “some will depart from the faith.” This indicates that those who call themselves Christians or are at least associated with Christianity will leave it. Instead, they will be devoted to demonic and deceitful teachings that will come through insincere liars with a warped sense of morality.

If the mind is not developed to focus on the things of God rather the ways of this world, that individual will be susceptible to the lies of the enemy. Staying in faith and sensitive to the Holy Spirit can be strengthened by prayer, growing in God’s Word, fellowship with other Believers and sharing the gospel. A vibrant Christian faith is one that is both growing in God’s grace and defending against false teachings.

Actions that move us away from God or desensitize our heart toward God should be removed. This can include the television shows we watch, books we read, the websites we view, or even video games we play. In this way, we will avoid a seared conscience and live in a way that pleases God and changes the lives of others.

Your thoughts? Comments are welcomed!

Marguerite Wafula

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