Who Makes the Rules for You?

“During the time Herod ruled Judea, there was a priest named Zechariah who belonged to Abijah’s group. Zachariah’s wife, Elizabeth, came from the family of Aaron. Zacharia and Elizabeth truly did what God said was good. They did everything the Lord commanded and were without fault in keeping the law” (Luke 1 vs. 5 – 6)

Interestingly, even in biblical times which is thousands of years ago, there were people who were obviously confused about what was right. If not, why would the bible identify someone or some people as doing what God said was right? It implies that there were other ‘right doings’ that were not from God that may be was politically correct and politically acceptable.

In our time today, there is a very blurring line about what is true and what is politically correct. People seem to be confused, or want to be confused. Young children are caught in between the debates that rage on TV screens and online daily about these positions. Parents are also caught up in the confusion so they cannot even teach what is right.
In the passage above, Zachariah and Elizabeth, the bible records were not part of the confusion of their time. They truly knew what God said was good and what was not acceptable to the one whom they knew had the ultimate authority in all the matters relating to mankind.

As Christians we should not be confused about who sets the standards. We should not be confused about where to find the rules and constitution that govern our behaviors. It is unfortunate and somewhat disheartening that even among Christians there are people who want to be politically correct because according to them, Jesus Christ did not reject or cast anyone away. They forget that He never compromised and never dilly-dallied about calling sin, sin and a sinner a sinner.

It seems to me that there are things that seem right and may be right before men who are polically judging all things and they are not what God said is good or right. It is important that we are not caught up in being all things to all men and being so concerned with being accepted by all and loved by all groups that we lose sight of who we are and whose we are.

When it sounds so ‘right’ it will help if we can check with the only true source to see if it is truly what God says is good before we jump into it. It may sound right, feel right but not truly what God said but what deemed good.