In Exodus 23, one verse in particular stood out to me. It's a verse that seems to speak in opposition to much of what has happened to Christianity in modern times. It's a verse that decries softening, diluting, and diminishing the Truth in the name of "political correctness." Surely, there's nothing political about the Truth! It is what it is. It cannot be changed. We must conform to it, it cannot conform to us. That verse is Exodus 23:2, and it reads:
"Thou shalt not follow the multitude to do evil: neither shalt thou yield in judgment, to the opinion of the most part, to stray from the truth."
What eternal and righteous words! And yet we are so guilty of violating this command. How many times have we heard of a Christian, or a group of Christians, "changing" God's Law to fit some sort of modern practice or lifestyle. Things such as divorce, birth control, and usury (to name a few), all once out-and-out condemned, are now sanctioned by many Christians. Why? Could it be they are following "the multitude," yielding "in judgment, to the opinion of the most part"? Those things just mentioned are clearly not permissible based on what Scripture says. But it is the scourge of Modernism contaminating the minds of many Christians today. We are clearly straying from the Truth. God, Who exists in all times and places, has denounced the bending of rules, the changing of rules, and the "altering" of principles, even in our own day. We've allowed our modern culture to determine which of God's Laws we will follow and which we'll disregard. The result is moral chaos. We've strayed so far from Truth we've lost sight of it.
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