Christian Philosophy: Everyone Has a Philosophy. It's The Lens Through Which They View The World and Make Decisions. Read Online Free PDF Page B

you that Christians are not going to be universally loved for making a stand against current wrongs in our society. Abortion is a heinous crime, but the majority of society supports it and there are elements that promote it aggressively. Still, we shouldn’t be focused on how other people are going to respond. Our goal should be to do the will of God and to stand for what is right—that’s a Christian philosophy.
Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people.
    Proverbs 14:34
    Righteousness is conforming your character and conduct to a right standard. It’s conforming to the Word of God, not to philosophies of this world and the traditions of men. What the majority of society says is or is not right, is irrelevant. The majority is often wrong. The Word has to be the standard upon which we build our philosophy.
    Too many Christians aren’t building their philosophy on the Word. Some of them might not truly be born again, but some sincere Christians just haven’t become disciples of the Lord Jesus. They haven’t learned what the Word says, and they aren’t following Him. They haven’t made an effort to conform their heart and actions to a godly standard of righteousness. All they have done is accept Jesus to avoid going to hell. They often have philosophies that are completely contrary to the Word of God, but they don’t see any problem with that. Obviously, if you have a philosophy that is contrary to the Word of God, you don’t have a Christian philosophy.
    Some of this is the fault of the church. We have been preaching salvation in order to go to heaven when we die, but we haven’t been making disciples as the Lord commanded us. Some people are truly ignorant of God’s values, but others are willfully ignorant. Those people are choosing not to subscribe to God’s viewpoint because it doesn’t fit with their lifestyle. Either way, ignorance isn’t good for you. God loves you no matter what because He doesn’t relate to us based on our performance, but ignorance isn’t going to excuse you from the devil’s attacks. The world’s philosophy says that what you don’t know won’t hurt you, but the truth is that ignorance kills (Hosea 4:6).
    You can see the influences of Epicurean philosophy in those who aim to please themselves no matter the consequences. The overwhelming majority of abortions are performed on women who aren’t married. They are having sexual relations outside of marriage and using abortion as a form of birth control. God’s command restricting sex to a marriage relationship is given to protect us emotionally, and to protect children. Sadly, 70% of women getting an abortion in the United States identify themselves as Christians at the time of the abortion. 7 This shows the degree to which men and women who have a philosophy putting pleasure first are doing what they want to and not worrying about the consequences—even when it means killing an unborn baby.
    Christians should not be getting abortions. I’m not saying God is mad at you or that He won’t love you anymore if you’ve ever had an abortion. God dealt with sin when He poured out His wrath on Jesus on the cross, and He isn’t dealing with sin anymore. God is a good God who is full of mercy and unfailing love. So I’m not condemning women who have had an abortion. God’s grace is more than enough to cover all of our sins. I’m simply saying that abortion is wrong. Abortion kills innocent children, and there is no room in a Christian philosophy for the tolerance of abortion.
    We can’t just entertain the information that suits us. A ragbag collection of truths and half-truths will never add up to unified worldview that is godly and righteous. We need to get our philosophy from the Word of God. Filtering our lives through Scripture and basing our decisions on the philosophy that comes from the Word will keep us on the right path and prevent us from falling into hypocrisy. The reason there is such a wide