Today I was reading Putting on the Armor of God, by Steven A. Cramer, and the author quoted President Kimball. The chapter I was reading focused on immorality and covered each facet of immorality specifically. Although this particular section was regarding homosexuality, I think the quote can be applied to any sin, sexual or not. I have replaced the word homosexuality with the word it.
"If all the people in the world were to accept [it] . . . the practice would still be a deep, dark sin." (Page 152 in Putting on the Armor of God, taken from page 79 of The Miracle of Forgiveness by President Spencer W. Kimball)
This really opened my eyes. We have been told that our world is going to get progressively harder to live in and eventually it is going to become harder and harder to distinguish because what is wrong and what is right. Even if in 20 years or 50 years the world completely accepts something that is contrary to God's commandments, it is still sin. I like the idea that if even every single person on earth considered something to be right, it is STILL wrong if God does not approve of it. This quote helped me to realize today that I need to base my morals and standards not on those of the world OR of anybody else around me. I need to adopt the moral standards of God.
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