The Light
“And this is the judgment: the light has come into the world, and people loved the darkness rather than the light because their works were evil. For everyone who does wicked things hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his works should be exposed. But whoever does what is true comes to the light, so that it may be clearly seen that his works have been carried out in God."
John 3:19-21 (ESV)
Motivation is often hard to evaluate. We are excellent at justifying, rationalizing, and harmonizing our actions with noble causes. We do not intentionally do wrong things and have no tolerance for what we would consider deviant behavior.
There is not a person or society that will accept deviant behavior. Therefore, for any action to be acceptable, we must first make it "acceptable." After the once deemed abnormal behavior is now acceptable, we make those who challenge our new normal the new deviants.
Our rigorous campaign against those who challenge us is more about the justification of our actions and less about right and wrong. It is usually focused on convincing ourselves and our peers of our noble intentions.
God's Word is the light under which we need to examine all of our attitudes and actions, and it will expose any flaws in our thinking.
John 3:19-21 (ESV)
Motivation is often hard to evaluate. We are excellent at justifying, rationalizing, and harmonizing our actions with noble causes. We do not intentionally do wrong things and have no tolerance for what we would consider deviant behavior.
There is not a person or society that will accept deviant behavior. Therefore, for any action to be acceptable, we must first make it "acceptable." After the once deemed abnormal behavior is now acceptable, we make those who challenge our new normal the new deviants.
Our rigorous campaign against those who challenge us is more about the justification of our actions and less about right and wrong. It is usually focused on convincing ourselves and our peers of our noble intentions.
God's Word is the light under which we need to examine all of our attitudes and actions, and it will expose any flaws in our thinking.
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