At the heart of Christian ethics is the conviction that our firm
basis for knowing the true, the good, and the right is divine
revelation. Christianity is not a life system that operates on the basis
of speculative reason or pragmatic expediency. We assert boldly that
God has revealed to us who He is, who we are, and how we are expected to
relate to Him. He has revealed for us that which is pleasing to Him and
commanded by Him. Revelation provides a supernatural aid in
understanding the good. This point is so basic and so obvious that it
has often been overlooked and obscured as we search for answers to
particular questions.
The departure from divine revelation has brought our culture to chaos
in the area of ethics. We have lost our basis of knowledge, our
epistemological foundation, for discovering the good. This is not to
suggest that God has given us a codebook that is so detailed in its
precepts that all ethical decisions are easy. That would be a vast
oversimplification of the truth. God has not given us specific
instructions for each and every possible ethical issue we face, but
neither are we left to grope in the dark and to make our decisions on
the basis of mere opinion. This is an important comfort to the Christian
because it assures us that in dealing with ethical questions, we are
never working in a vacuum. The ethical decisions that we make touch the
lives of people, and mold and shape human personality and character. It
is precisely at this point that we need the assistance of God’s
superior wisdom. Keep Reading >>>
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