Ultimate Authority
As more and more things become acceptable in society, a greater
need arises for us to understand who is really in charge.
Today's tolerance movement allows everyone to come up with his
or her own idea of what is right and says we must not tell them
it is wrong. Today's tolerance has no absolutes and no strong
opinions, except of course that you can have no strong opinions.
And therein begin the fallacies of this belief system.
For example, if I say homosexuality is wrong, tolerance
proponents will say I am being judgmental. But now they are
judging me. Thus this argument becomes infinite. Who decides
what is right and wrong? It cannot be man. What happens when
that man dies? The next man will make new rules of course.
Likewise where today's tolerance level stops, it is a certainty
the next generation will tolerate a little more.
Just like total freedom creates chaos, we must have laws, values
and standards grounded in something eternal and unchanging. And
whether society likes it or not there is only one with which
that authority rests.
God's word must be the basis for our standards. It does not
declare race, nationality, age, disabilities or gender as sin,
but it is very clear concerning sexual immorality, abortion
(murder), etc. Don't be swayed or intimidated by polished
intellectuals calling you judgmental or bigoted if you disagree
with such behavior. Some of their arguments sound good on the
surface, like godly love in many cases, but remember Satan often
disguises himself as an angel of light (2 Cor 11:14). All the
intellectualism in the world can't stand up against the truth of
God. Stand firm on the solid rock because they're on sinking
sand, and one day they'll be in it over their heads.