A simple lead in to a very broad question.
Time and again I see Christian responses to questions that indicate, if not outright state, that true morality only resides in those that love Jesus (not universal among Christians, but plentiful).
Is this because you believe the Holy Spirit resides in all of us and leads us to do good? What about those who blaspheme against it, who commit the unpardonable sin (i.e. non-believers and atheists) by denying it outrigt? Why do you suppose that the vast majority of agnostics and atheists are fully as ethical and moral as any Christian?
If you don't believe that it is only the Holy Spirit which prompts a person to be good, then why on earth do you believe that only a follower of Jesus can be truly moral?
If you believe none of this and realize that morality can and does exist outside of religious thought... then I applaud you.
2007-01-05 00:54:12 · 18 answers · asked by Eldritch 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
morality comes from your upbringing. if your parents teach you something is wrong, you will learn just that. mysticism and religion need NOT play a part in this. the bible merely provides a framework for morality to those who, long ago, knew nothing of it.
2007-01-05 00:58:58 · answer #1 · answered by Dashes 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Some very deep thoughts. There has to be some understanding and agreement on the Holy Spirit in order for this to be resolved. The reason blaspheming is the unforgivable sin is that it is the Holy Spirit that convicts us of our sins and prompts us to ask forgiveness for those sins--both for Christians who have proved once again that they still need a Savior, and for those who have not yet accepted Christ, it is the Holy Spirit that prompts them to do so. In denying the Holy Spirit one will eventually be turned over to a reprobate mind where they cannot tell the difference between right and wrong (to some degree--after all, sin is separation from God, and one can be more separated at times than at other times....no one is perfect)
Man can be good, and accomplish good acts even without the Holy Spirit, for man was created in God's image, and God is good. But, it is the Holy Spirit that makes man aware of his wrong doings, and ultimately of his need for salvation.
2007-01-05 01:04:25 · answer #2 · answered by firerookie 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What man is righteous? The Bible teachs all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God and that your righteousness is as filthy rags to God. The Holy Spirit reveals the truth. Jesus Christ came to the world and overcame temptation and remained righteous and died to atone for sin and only through this atonement does any man come to God. Those who accept the atonement have the Holy Spirit to guide them and by faith are new creatures.
2007-01-05 01:06:40 · answer #3 · answered by djmantx 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes.
as for your follow statements: well you are Correct, morrality is NOT a Christian thing. However, Unbelief and people who do not believe in Jesus are damned already,
Blasphemy of the holy ghost is not attainable as a sin for MOST of mortal beings. Even most people who make covenants with Satan will find their contracts are Annulled.
2007-01-05 01:07:24 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Being moral isnt what gets you to heaven in the first place. Anyone can have morals. Are you saved is the question here. Jesus said I am the way, the truth, and the life, no man cometh to the Father but by me(Jesus).
2007-01-05 01:02:37 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
sure. once you've the Holy Spirit living on the interior, it would want to on the spot you to bypass on a quickly. The Spirit is conscious a lot more desirable what you want than your own heart or concepts. The Spirit is in direct verbal substitute with God 24/7 even once you enable your flesh to act up. I had an adventure, the position i became not on a quickly, or I might want to say that I had not all started one on my own or had not prayed about fasting. i might want to not eat. at the same time as i tried i might want to not eat in any respect. i became hungry yet might want to not eat. This went on for 2 days previously I referred to as the first woman of my church and advised her about it. She requested me had I prayed about it. of route I had not. She reported that the Holy Spirit would opt for me to quickly for deliverance or for something or perhaps some different person, yet when you consider that I had not sought God for know-how or coaching, i did not recognize why. So I prayed, and that i fasted for 3 days. The Holy Spirit that God provides us, is conscious more desirable about what we choose for all time!
2016-10-16 23:39:06 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The question is more like "why do people do good?" If a Hollywood star goes to Africa and spends millions of her billions to help children. Is she doing good or is she just publicizing her career? It is the same with us, some people do good because it brings us good things. But to do good when it brings us bad things, that takes the leading of the holy spirit and that is what real good is.
2007-01-05 01:00:43 · answer #7 · answered by vincent 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
the holy spirit is a tool, god the father is behind it all. You can make this as simple or as complex as you want. Gods rules are to be understood by children not only scholars. remember keep it child like.
2007-01-05 00:59:26 · answer #8 · answered by dedwardsIII64 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
"No one comprehends the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God."7 Now God's Spirit, who reveals God, makes known to us Christ, his Word, his living Utterance, but the Spirit does not speak of himself. The Spirit who "has spoken through the prophets" makes us hear the Father's Word, but we do not hear the Spirit himself. We know him only in the movement by which he reveals the Word to us and disposes us to welcome him in faith. The Spirit of truth who "unveils" Christ to us "will not speak on his own."8 Such properly divine self-effacement explains why "the world cannot receive [him], because it neither sees him nor knows him," while those who believe in Christ know the Spirit because he dwells with them
2007-01-05 01:01:41 · answer #9 · answered by Gods child 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Galations 5:22-23
"The fruitage of the spirit is love, joy, peace, long-suffering, kindness, goodness, faith, mildness, self-control" all good things.
2007-01-05 00:56:58 · answer #10 · answered by hollymichal 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋