Help me on this one — seriously, help me. There’s a Great Divide in our nation about “The Right to Choose”, but when I do, should it have been avoided if not by popular belief? Is choosing the right to avoid a choice, still a choice, and where does that put me?
As you know, I write about awareness, and illustrate an understanding about it using the Holy Bible as reference, but this right to choose is where I need some honest feedback because of the scriptures. Scripture gives me “The Right to Choose” – (Joshua 24:15). Scripture also tells me; God loves me even yet I was still a sinner – (Romans 5:8). Again, scripture tells me, God loves me no less, even if I miss the mark, because He’s allowed me to repent, and I can start over – (1st John 1:9). One more, scripture tells me, as He is, so am I in this world – (1st John 4:17).
God gave me “The Right to Choose”, right or wrong, without losing His love. He’s not in agreement with all I do, but still won’t pull His love away – (Hebrews 13:1-6). It seems I’ve every chance possible to conform before judgement, but if I don’t — I didn’t.
So, why do saved people categorize a person’s right to choose if it’s not common, by disrespecting, insulting, and belittling them, and the very God they believe in doesn’t? What makes saved people self-righteous over a person’s right to choose? Doesn’t scripture say, he who is without sin cast the first stone – (John 8:7), but we’ll cast the first stone anyway? We’re not to judge, but if we do, scripture says, judge ourselves – (Romans 2:1), but we don’t?
We’re not to have any gods/idols other than God Almighty – (Exodus 20:3), but we do, because anything you first turn to for help instead of God is an idol. Example: food, sex, a relationship, work, drugs, gambling, etc. Better yet, where we go for comfort when things get tough reveals our idol god.
We’re not to use God’s Name in vain, but we do, and not just with filthy language, but how many of us say when surprised, Oh my God! Same thing. We’re to honor our mother and father – (Exodus 20:12). Have you seen the character of children and young adults these days toward their parents? So, we don’t do that either…
We’re to not murder anything – (Exodus 20:13). According to the news, says who? Scripture says, anyone who hates his brother or sister is a murderer – (1st John 3:15). Hello racists; hello bigots…
We’re to not commit adultery – (Exodus 20:14). Surprised? Greetings pornography, girlie magazines, prostitution, affairs, and sex out of wedlock…
We’re not to bear false witness – (Exodus 20:16), Lie in court, or to protect yourself from exposing your wrongdoing, no matter how big or small…
We’re to not want stuff that’s not ours – (Exodus 20:17). Ever take typing paper, ink pens, paper clips, etc. from work? Wait a minute, aren’t we using our right to choose?
I cringe when people use their freedom of choice/their right to choose wrongly, and without a doubt, we’re going to use it wrong; everyone, so what do I do to keep people safe when they do choose to do harm, or do to themselves that’s wrong — even though I don’t like, or agree with what they’re doing?
Example:
If I don’t like drinking alcohol, do I fight to stamp it out, or regulate it so that it’ll be safe for the ones that do? If I don’t eat meat, should I fight to stamp it out, or regulate it so it’ll be safe for the ones that do? If I don’t smoke because I know it kills you, do I stamp it out, or regulate it with warnings for those who do, so they don’t violate me, or any of mine. I could go on but it’s the same with every social issue. How far do we go to protect the innocent?
I don’t agree with abortion, racism, murder, rape; homosexuality, but they’re there, and we have a system in place for those that don’t care to see it as I, but that’s as far as I can go according to Scripture. Vengeance is the Lord’s – (Romans 12:17-21).
God saved me through Jesus, and He’ll not stop with me. I have “The Right to Choose” if God agrees or not, and since I didn’t create Man, and my job is to be a Disciple of the Living God, then I am my Brother’s keeper. I am to love my brother as Jesus loves me – (John13 35,36). So, all I can do is regulate a safety measure when my brothers and sisters miss the mark for the benefit of a civil lifestyle.
So, help me, because I don’t believe in disrespecting, and threatening people who work at being their Brother’s Keeper, even if it’s not favorable.
Gaidi
Word of note: Since God gave us “The Right to Choose”/free will, does that make Him a scoundrel when He knows up front that by not choosing Him it’s spiritual suicide, and the second death – (Romans 2:11)? This death follows the first physical death, and is an eternal separation from God, and all that is of Him. It’s for the cowardly, the unbelieving, the vile, the murderers, the sexually immoral, those who practice magic arts, the idolaters, and liars – (Revelation 21:8)
Should He remove our right to choose, or since He defends our right to choose, is He Himself ungodly because He knows we’ll abuse it?
Doesn’t He forgive? Wasn’t Jesus’ death on the cross for the ungodly – (Romans 5:6-11)? What kind of God does He think He is by continuing to give us “The Right to Choose”? It’s because of – (Romans 17-21), that’s why.
Doesn’t He know that billions of people are choosing to go to Hell. What is He going to do about it? I’ll tell you. He’s going to continue giving us “The Right to Choose” because we are without excuse – (Romans 1:20).
I’m pro-life, but I won’t roadblock “The Right to Choose,” because God hasn’t done it with me.
We all know how horrific “The Right to Choose” can be, and so does God. God destroyed Man once because of it, and because we didn’t learn anything, He’s coming again; but this time “The Right to Choose” evil will not exist, but “The Right to Choose” will continue, and continue as long as we are in His image and likeness – (Genesis 1:26)
Gaidi