THE MORAL STANDARD OF THE BIBLE

  I. Compared to standards surrounding the writers of the Bible:
     1. Old Testament writers lived in a country and in a time that
        was engulfed and influenced by heathen religions. These
        religions abounded in immoral practices which are too
        shocking to even discuss.
     2. New Testament writers lived during a period that was
        influenced by the immoralities and sensuous practices of the
        Pagan Romans and Greeks. Much of the religious practices of
        the world of idolatry was founded upon immorality and fleshly
        abuses. The heathen temples were little more than brothels.
     3. Yet, the moral standard of the Bible was set forth in the
        midst of such influences. A moral standard which has never
        been surpassed.
     4. NOTE: The world's greatest literature and highest moral
        standard came not from the "great minds of Rome," nor from
        the philosophers of Greece, nor the "intellects" of our own
        day, but from a few Jewish fishermen who never went to
        college and are not known for their ability to write,
        witnessed by the fact they never had another book published.
          The skeptic cannot explain this astounding feat. The
        Christian answers: These men were inspired by Jehovah to give
        a moral standard that lifts man above all other creatures.

 II. Christianity offers to the world a moral standard that pleads
     universal application without destroying mankind:
     1. The teachings of Plato would bring about slavery and make the
        brothel an accepted way of life.
     2. The Koran (Mohammedan,  570 A.D.) would replace the religion
        of Christ (which is founded upon love) with cruelty and the
        state of woman would sink to slavery.
     3. Hinduism (2000 B.C.) venerates snakes, antelopes, cows,
        monkeys. The foulest forms of obscenity are practiced. The
        state of woman is degraded.
     4. Buddhism (500 B.C.) is founded upon superstition and the
        futility of existence. Women are dishonored. Marriage is
        scorned. Some of the scriptures of Buddhism are so vile they
        cannot be translated and printed in English.
     5. Confucians (550 B.C.) -- emperor worship, women degraded.
     6. Compare the moral standards of countries where the Bible is
        taught in religious freedom with countries where the teaching
        of the Bible is restricted or stifled.

III. The Bible stands alone as man's moral standard:
          There is no comparison between the Bible and the books
     produced by man. The Bible offers to man not only an exalted
     moral standard, but also a hope for the life hereafter. The
     Bible teaches an inward change which results in an outward
     betterment. Men are made stronger, women are presented  as pure
     and chaste, the aged are honored. Children are revered.
          The moral standard of the Bible increases our belief that
     it is truly THE INSPIRED WORD OF GOD.

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