"All things are clean" - Apostle Paul
"That is just naturally nasty" - The Majority
One of the greatest barriers to properly understanding holiness and sin, is our concept of what makes an act "unclean," "unholy" or "sinful." The default setting for our thinking is that God condemned certain acts because of their inherent impurity: they are just "naturally sinful."
We do not think of sinful acts being wrong by virtue of the effect of those actions on other people.
The concept that no action is inherently wrong, is radical to most people. We haven't learned to view "sinful" acts in a strictly objective way.
This series focuses on the Apostle Paul's radical claim that "nothing is unclean in itself...All things are clean." (Romans 14:14, 20 NASB).
When this truth, and its implications, finally registers in our spirits, we will see "sin" in a completely new light, and we will be firmly on the path to understanding how to define sin as God defines it.
This truth ? all by itself ? will free us from virtually all the man-made rules concerning "sin," and we will see that "sin" is not at all what we have supposed it to be.
And our consciences will be set free from the strictures that prevent us from enjoying some things we "have always wanted to do," but could not, because we thought those acts were inherently wrong.
This one truth may be the most revolutionizing thing you will ever learn about the nature of morality.
Read carefully and let us know what you think.