Being Politically Incorrect!
John Fischer

Wrong is wrong even if everyone is doing it; right is right even if no one is doing it. - St. Augustine

Notice how little you hear about right and wrong these days? When right and wrong are purely subjective (what's right for me may not be what's right for you), we lose any external standard for morality. We have a cultural expediency right now called postmodernism that allows for a great deal of ambiguity over right and wrong. Indeed, any external standard of right and wrong has now become politically incorrect. Now isn't that convenient?

Even the Ten Commandments have become more of a controversial symbol of a fight over church and state than what they were intended to be -- a standard by which human beings can behave properly and live long on the land. I read recently where one commentator suggested that with all the fighting over whether the Ten Commandments should be displayed at government sites, obeying them has been completely overlooked. I think he's right.

Based on the Ten Commandments (Exodus 20), lying is wrong. Stealing is wrong. Wanting what others have is wrong. Killing is wrong. Adultery is wrong (regardless of what the meaning of “is” is). Worshiping anyone or anything other than the one true God is wrong. Invoking God's name when you have no real thought towards Him is wrong. And then there are a couple things that are right: honoring your father and mother, and keeping one day of rest among seven

I don't know about you, but I have a long ways to go on just these. I tell people I'm going to do things that I end up not doing. It's always well intentioned, but it is a lie if I don't follow through with what I said. I steal by being in debt and not paying back. I was doing fine on killing and adultery until Jesus came along and redefined killing as hatred and adultery as lust. (Whoops!) And then there are those commercials that appeal to everything I want that I don't have, and I don't see a whole lot of resistance going on in my own life. I want as much as the next guy.

Meanwhile, God's idea of right and wrong hasn't budged an inch since the beginning of time. We would do well to get a little old-fashioned about this. These commandments are there not only to help us be better people, but also to remind us how far we have to go, and how much we need God's grace and forgiveness to get there.

When it comes to right and wrong, we could afford to be a little politically incorrect!

PDL