Last Sunday I had my 6 granddaughters over and we had a conversation about how to know if something is right or wrong. Today we have the idea that if most people agree, then it must be right.
Doing what is right, by God's definition of right, brings a blessing. Doing what is wrong results in consequences that aren't pleasant. An example I used, is a person who is married and commits adultery; will this result in a blessing, or have consequences. They understood.
Then we talked about a little lie, and I asked, “What would the consequence,” and one responded by saying, “A lack of trust.”
We then began to talk about some of the topics being taught in schools today. I asked this question, "Have you heard it said, 'I was born this way'? and they both said, “yes.” "So how do we know if this statement is right or wrong? Should you decide like the rest of the world that popular opinion should rule? If they were born this way then, is their life filled with consequences or blessing?"
I went on to explain the difference between consequences of simply going through hard times that are out of your control, and a consequence from you doing what is wrong. You can do the right thing and still have hard times, but in these hard times that you can still have the true blessing from God.
2 Corinthians 4:17: "For our present troubles are small and won't last very long. Yet they produce for us a glory that vastly outweighs them and will last forever!" Hard times may only last a short time, but consequences last as long as the wrong is lived.
The world’s view for not wanting to acknowledge wrong, is to get as many people as they can to agree with them, thinking that they can make a wrong - right, and make a right - wrong. God has established right and wrong, and somehow I do not think He will change His mind based on what the world thinks.
