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Originally Posted by OBW
Given what we know about humans who have become Christians, do you conclude that we really don’t need to be told what is right? Is it really so ingrained in us that we know righteousness without any external yardstick?
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If that were so, then why did Paul counsel, "Those of you who stole, steal no more" and "do not be drunk with wine" in Ephesians?
Why did the Acts 15 council urge Gentile believers to avoid fornication?
Why did the Roman Governor Pliny write to Caesar, circa 114 AD, that the Christian converts pledged to avoid lies and theft and immorality?
Why? Because behaviour matters, is why. It's patently obvious, unless you're bewitched by your own theology. If your theology tells you to ignore right and wrong, and just masticate the Processed and Consummated Triune God, at some point you'll probably be masticating lies and vanity.
And yes, you are what you eat. Your food is to do the will of the Father, not just to pay lip service to it.