Morality Matters

​As you head to the polls to fulfill your duty and privilege as a citizen of the United States to vote on November 3rd, what will be your main criterion for marking the box of candidates running for public office?
Personally, I believe it should be morality. Moral issues are the most important, significant issues our nation faces.
America’s moral compass no longer points to true north. Without question, morality is at an all-time low while immorality is at an all- time high in our nation.
It is difficult to understand, but some people do not know what being moral is. Look up moral, morality in Webster’s Dictionary. Morality matters because it is about ethical, moral principles and conduct. Morality has to do with what is righteous, virtuous, and decent. 
Morality pertains to our belief and convictions regarding sanctity of life, sexuality, speech, conduct, marriage and family relationships, business dealings, treatment of others, law and order and our view of a culture that should be glorifying God and edifying its citizens. 
What is moral or immoral has been pre-determined, defined and decreed by God in the Bible.
Our sovereign Creator created a moral universe. His eternal Kingdom is based on truth and moral principles. Sorry folks. You and I do not get to pontificate, legislate, or pen an executive order as to what morality should or should not be. Bottom line: we are not God. He, and He alone, is. You and I are accountable to Him (Romans 14:12) for our moral life.
As one example of personal responsibility and accountability, you and I must answer whether or not we believe God created humans male and female (Genesis 1:27). The God of the Bible is a two-gender guy! There is no transgender. Boys are born boys; girls are born girls. Period. Surely God knows which bathroom males and females should use.
Our gender has been chosen by a loving, benevolent, gracious Creator who has an awesome plan for each of us who are unique and significant (Read Psalm 139). To think or act to change gender is perversion of what God calls pure. 
Take marriage as another moral principle. Marriage is between one male and one female. The first husband and wife, Adam and Eve, established the sacred bond of two becoming one flesh in the Garden of Eden (Genesis 2:24-25). Fornication, adultery, homosexuality, having sex with a member of the same gender, as well as same sex marriage is immoral, not moral. God’s word calls those man-instituted unions abominable. (Leviticus 18:22, 20:13, Romans 1:18-32).
The Supreme Court of the universe, made up of the God the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit residing on the bench of justice, has ruled so. No exceptions. Not now. Not ever.  
Reasons Why Morality Matters

• Morality, established by God, is non-negotiable. Unchangeable.
• Moral boundaries are a blessing, not a curse.
• Morality provides holy, sacred guidelines for a wholesome, healthy, respectful lifestyle.
• Immorality erodes purity, decency, and cleanliness in a culture.
• Moral conduct provides a protective, safe cover over individuals, families, and a nation.
• Moral behavior sets people free. Immoral conduct enslaves people.
• Immoral societies implode, collapsing from the inside.  
• Immorality reaps a grim harvest of insecurity, instability, unrest, and chaos in society.
• Moral misconduct breaks the bond of trust between God and people.
• Biblical morality is the most important legacy parents can pass on to their children.
• Morality matters because God will judge our moral behavior.  May we not be deceived.

The Apostle Paul proclaimed the good news of Jesus Christ to a pagan, sex-obsessed, immoral culture. The city of Corinth was notoriously known for its perversion and impurity. Paul boldly and compassionately preached God’s standards for moral conduct to the Corinthians and to us.  In I Corinthians 6:18-20, inspired by the Holy Spirit, Paul wrote:
“Flee immorality. Every other sin that a man commits is outside the body, but the immoral man sins against his own body. Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and that you are not your own? For you have been bought with a price; therefore, glorify God in your body.”
Flee immorality. Flee means run! If you are being immoral, you are sinning against God, others, and   against yourself. Your body is not yours. It belongs to Christ if you choose to follow Him. Your body houses the Holy Spirit. Jesus bought your body with the price of His precious blood. So how can you be immoral? Why would you choose immoral behavior?  
Paul’s exhortation needs to be heard and heeded today in America and our world. 
Worth thinking about: How can a holy God bless an unholy nation that mockingly flaunts immorality in the face of the One who called us to be holy?
I do not believe He can or will until we as a people turn from immortality to morality.
God’s prophet called out to the Jewish nation “Woe to you, O Jerusalem! How long will you remain unclean? (impure). (Jeremiah 13:27). I wonder what Jeremiah would say to America today. 
This very day, Almighty God is looking for a few good moral men and women who will turn our immoral nation back to righteousness, purity, and holiness by standing up for and living a biblically moral life.
I am praying daily for a revival of righteousness and morality to sweep through the hearts of Americans. Will you pray for me as I pray for you and our fellow Americans?  
On November 3rd, moral decisions must carry the day if our nation is to be blessed by God.
“Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord, the people He has chosen for His own inheritance.” Psalm 33:12
Moral or immoral, which do you choose today?
A Word For Your Week: Be a biblically moral person because morality matters.