In my continued efforts to bring clarity to my thinking, you will likely see a bit about how my mind works in this post. I have a hard time when I'm as scattered as my thinking has been on "morality" in general. Again, most of this scatteredness will probably become evident in the next few posts.
However, on with the topic! The morality a Christian follows, though imperfectly, is one that is driven by faith and belief in God. Through His Word, God has set forth what the conduct and thinking of a Christian would ideally be. While a Christian, changed by the Holy Spirit into belief, takes on this morality, (s)he does so imperfectly (that darn sinful nature thing still works against us, even after we have been claimed by God).
This means that Christians can hold one another to certain types of standards. Again, we will do this imperfectly because of the continual battle against the devil and our inherited sinfulness. But, in general, Christians have the obligation to uphold certain standards of morality.
Where this topic gets tricky is when the Christian encounters the person who does not share a Christian faith. My assertion is that Christians CANNOT enforce Christian morality upon a someone who is not a fellow believer. Tomorrow's post will dig a little deeper into this topic.
Again, thoughts, comments, questions welcomed.
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