I am certainly not a Gen Xer.. but this generation has it all wrong.
When in college a group of friends and I wanted lunch in our favorite joint, however, they refused to serve our two black friends. We told the manager, either they stay or we leave and we would tell others not to visit their restaurant. We were served!
All that being said, this was a mild protest on our part. But more is involved here than “civil rights.”
We as Christians are the strongest supporters of social justice. God is the innovator of this idea. However, many young adults have become agnostics because they share the view that God has put restrictions on humans that are unfair or unjust. I am certainly not saying that all young adults are agnostics, but many young believers have been swayed by left wing “theology”. They leave God out of the equation and make their own theology of social justice. “God loves us all, despite our sins.” Indeed He does but He also gave us restrictions on our behavior. Jesus did as well.
So now man’s views on moral behavior replace God’s view. Of course these ideas are based on what humans deem as moral. Does this remind you of our first ancestors? When the Tempter told Eve…..”You will know good from evil and you will become like God” (my paraphrase): the world went downhill from there.
When reading the Old Testament, God spoke to His people through the prophets, continually warning them of their attitudes toward others.
Micah. 6:8 “He has told you, O man, what is good;
and what does the Lord require of you
but to do justice, and to love kindness
and to walk humbly with your God?”
God was warning the “establishment” of their corruption and their lack of morality. Yes, He did indeed set standards for human behavior, because He knows that what man desires for himself leaves the higher standards of God out of the picture. Corruption of society follows.
Christians are somehow viewed as narrow minded and bigoted. Perhaps we have given that impression ….but at least we are trying to make the world a better place. We do this by viewing God’s morality and standards above what man has decided are best for society.
So how do these young agnostics believe that they can make the world a better place? They view their own moral standards as unbiased and without judgment toward others. Certainly, they cannot achieve their “cause” by themselves, so perhaps the government should establish the principles by which we are ruled. Karl Marx and Lenin had the same idea. The result is that now the decision making process of shared morality is taken from its citizens and given over to others to set the standards by which they rule. So much for social justice. The state becomes the arbitrator of right and wrong.
A good book on this subject is “A Reason for God” by Timothy Keller. He has a congregation in New York City teeming with “unconventional” members. It’s a good read.
Although these young agnostics are well meaning…….they are misguided in their view of morality.
Proverbs 14:12 “There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way to death.”
AbideLines 