I think I’ve written about this before but can’t think where…<\/i><\/p>\n
When I hear the words ‘should’ and ‘ought’ alarm bells go off. So often the language is used to reinforce social pressure to do certain things – because that is the way that the community does them, it reflects what the community expects and considers “right”.<\/p>\n
Christians need to exercise extreme caution when dealing with such worldliness. I use this corrective: when considering an action that ‘should’ or ‘ought’ to be done, try to rephrase it in terms of the great commandments, ie:
– will this action give glory to God, or
– will this action show love to a neighbour?<\/p>\n
If the answer is ‘No’ then the Christian is free from any obligation, no matter how strenuous the efforts to say ‘you should <\/i>be doing this!!’ I think I’ve written about this before but can’t think where… When I hear the words ‘should’ and ‘ought’ alarm bells go off. So often the language is used to reinforce social pressure to do certain things – because that … Continue reading
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