The world has changed so much. When I talk to my teenagers about moral standards based on the Bible, they tell me life is different now. Are the Bible’s moral standards still relevant today?
One of the things you need to tell your teenagers is that moral standards based on the Bible are God’s moral standards. Because they are God’s standards, they are relevant for all time. Times may have changed but God is still God.
God gave His laws for our benefit, not His. When we obey them, we live good productive lives. But those who disregard them experience many hurtful and tragic consequences.
The Ten Commandments are the basis of civilized society. The tenth commandment says, “You shall not covet your neighbor’s house. You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or his male or female servant, his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.” (Exodus 20:17)
How many crimes, thefts, conflicts, and wars have occurred because of failure to obey this moral standard? How many marriages and relationships have ended because of coveting what you do not have?
The Bible says in 1 Thessalonians 4:3-4, “God’s will is for you to be holy, so stay away from all sexual sin. Then each of you will control his own body and live in holiness and honor…”
Disregarding God’s standards of sexual immorality has resulted in teenage pregnancy, rape, sexually transmitted diseases and the spread of HIV.
If your teenagers disregard God’s moral standards found in the Bible, they do so to their own harm. Biblical moral standards are relevant for this present generation and every generation until the end of time.
