"What's Right In Your Eyes?'

Victory Can Be Yours!

Article # 21 – “What’s Right In Your Eyes?”

You have probably heard people say that they do not believe the Bible literally.  That is a troubling statement.  What portions do you believe and what portions do you not believe to be true?  If you believe that certain miracles are only stories instead of fact or, you believe some of the Old Testament accounts are not fact, then do you believe that Christ died for your sins?

Over the past few decades it has been contended by many, maybe most, that there is only one absolute and that is; there is no absolute.  When this is the way people view things then everything is done according to one’s own opinion.  The book of Judges makes a comment that would describe that approach to life, “In those days there was no king in Israel; everyone did what was right in his own eyes.” (Judges 21: 25)  When this condition exists, we have no standards to guide us to do the right thing.  It is all according to someone’s opinion.

The Israelites had that problem and God gave them the Ten Commandments.  This was to be their guide to living a civilized lifestyle, something to measure their actions.  Without intending on getting into politics, look at what is going on at our border with Mexico currently.  The United States has laws on the books that should control this problem of illegal aliens.  Those laws are the standard, the gauge to what should be done to control this situation.  However, the law or standard is not being enforced and chaos reigns supreme.  We should be looking to the standard to solve the problem but instead are fighting over whose opinion should trump the other’s opinion.  We can read or see on television daily how all of that is working out.  The solution is simple, enforce the law that exists; enforce the standard.

That is only an example of the results of not having any absolutes.  God is, whether we want to acknowledge Him or not, is our absolute.  He is our standard and gives us the rules that we should live by to keep us on path.  When do not believe in God’s word as the inerrant word of God, we begin to live our life by doing “what is right in his own eyes”.  That is what is going on in our nation and in our churches, today.  We have turned our back on God, our only absolute, and are struggling to find our way.  “All Scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness, so that the man of God may be adequate, equipped for every good work.”  (2 Tim. 3: 16, 17)

We need to understand that God’s word is to be taken literally or, we will continue to do the things that seem right in our own eyes.  “Trust in the Lord with all your heart and do not lean on your own understanding.  In all your ways acknowledge Him, and he will make your paths straight.” (Prov. 3: 5, 6)

You, too, can have victory in Jesus!  More to follow.

Lowell Parrish