Watch the video below by Steve McVey, Christian Religion Lie: “#70 We Should Live By Christian Morals“ and my comments follow…
Doesn’t this saying sound good?
Doesn’t it sound right?
Well, guess what? It’s an out-right LIE!
We don’t live by morals, we live by a LIFE that transcends morals — let me explain…
You see the word “morals” implies that there are good things and that there are bad things… and that you… as a human are to judge what is good and what is bad–then do more of the good than the bad things.
This is what “moral living” is, correct?
But you see, it’s this obsession with morals that IS the downfall of man. It is why our world is currently broken. It is the foundation of the tree of knowledge of good and evil that Adam ate from that broke humanity ever since.
Living morally requires that you decide what is good and what is not… this is independence from God– this is the fall of man — us choosing what is right and what is wrong.
You were created to live out of the life of Christ… out of your relationship with God… with Him in you, you in Him and Him expressing Himself through you each and every day in a loving, expressive dance of made of awesome and win 
Here’s how it all works:
- God created man and woman to live their lives OUT of Christ, out of God, finding full fulfillment ing God and trusting Christ to express Himself through the man and the woman each day. It was good.
- Man was seduced by the thought of becoming literally “god” himself, deciding — apart from the life of Christ — what was good and what was wrong… what was moral and what was not… he did this when he ate off the “tree of the knowledge of good and evil” and chose independence from the very essence of life — God.
- The world, creation, man is all broke now because of this independence from God… but… God has a way to restore man, creation, everything back to Himself — and that is…
- Jesus — who came into the world to take away the sins of the world so that God could restore things back to the way they were created to be — with Christ indwelling in the people of the world and all of us living out of that.
So the idea then that you are to live morally is a LIE
You are to live out of the life of Christ who resides in you, as a believer. You are to trust, by faith in this Holy life, each and every day to express Himself through you.
When you are letting the ESSENCE of Love express Himself through you moment-by-moment, believe me, “morals” take care of themselves. You will be expressing love first to God and then to everyone you meet.
Will it happen automatically?
No. But over time you will learn to “walk by faith”… to dance in this relationship with the divine life inside you… and “co-labor” in the world with it–all the while living out of the divine nature which you are now a part of.
So don’t believe this lie that you need to live by Christian morals anymore, it won’t get you anywhere (because there are a THOUSAND definitions of what is right and what is wrong, depending on who you ask, because every human has different paradigms, perceptions, and emotional make-ups)…
More importantly: You WEREN’T designed to live “morally” anyways
You were designed to live out of the one who created you — God. And that’s how you live a great Christian life!
With Love
Caleb
{ 3 comments… read them below or add one }
Jessica 08.06.08 at 10:25 pm
wow, and all this was going on in your head as you sat across the table from me.
Patricia 08.07.08 at 12:57 am
and not from me
Patricia 08.07.08 at 2:53 am
nobody can always help how they feel (and no one should have to).
I don’t like to feel neglected or unloved.
Oh well, I made a mistake, I was immoral, and I’m sorry and I regret it but I’m so happy I met you!