Get In the Right Game

The world understands choices from a perspective of being either right or wrong.

So, any of them which are questionable eventually end up somewhere inside the realm of acceptability. It’s a convenient system. When any given part of “wrong” becomes too problematic, it’s simply transferred into the darkest gray area of the “right” category.

As a result, that domain is expanding rapidly, blurring the lines which define sound judgment.

But it’s nothing new under the Sun. Our Creator has always perceived sound judgement as choosing life instead of death rather than right over wrong. The first choice brought death to the choosers. [see: Gen. 3] And ever since then, His offer has remained unchanged. After leading His people out of Egypt, He set life and death before them and let them decide which they wanted:

“See, I have set before you today life and prosperity, and death and adversity; in that I command you today to love the LORD your God, to walk in His ways and to keep His commandments and His statutes and His judgments, SO THAT you may live and multiply, and that the LORD your God may bless you…” [Deut, 30:15] [my emphasis]

Note also that the reasons for choosing life have always been good ones. In the same way today, the Son of Man has set the same offer before His disciples:

“Enter through the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the way is broad that leads to destruction, and there are many who enter through it. For the gate is small and the way is narrow that leads to life, and there are few who find it.” [the gospel account of Matt. 7:13-14, Jesus’ words to His disciples.]

[What is Life? see: The Precious Pearl of Life. see also:LIFE IN THE BALANCE: Hearing Its Source]

The Lord Jesus Christ’s crown of life is the prize sought by His faithful disciple. [see: Ja. 1:12, Rev. 2:10b] But this type of life will never be achieved when sought by what this world defines as either right or wrong.

The goalposts keep moving all around.