FBC Gridley

This past week’s mid-term election are a clear illustration of America's changing moral culture is the sharp shift in what citizens prioritize as core personal values and how public consensus has moved on social institutions over the last few decades.

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There has been a Shift in Core Values in America and an evolution of Moral Acceptability.

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Isaiah 5:20, says, Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness

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It seems that among many of the religious leaders of our land, there is exactly that kind of reversal of God’s standards.

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How appropriate for us to be following in the steps of Moses that lead us to Mount Sinai and the giving of the Ten Commandments.

 

Here, the nation of Israel, just three months out of slavery, is given an absolute guideline for living. These laws were immutable.

 

God said, “You obey them, and you will be blessed. If you disobey them, you will be cursed, even to the second, third, and fourth generation.”

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Jesus was asked, “Of all the commandments, which is the most important?”

“The most important one,” answered Jesus, “is this: ‘Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one. Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’ The second is this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no commandment greater than these.”   
Mark 12:28-31

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