Oh, let the Son of God enfold you with His spirit and his love.

Let him fill your heart and satisfy your soul.

Oh, let him have the things that hold you,

and his spirit like a dove will descend upon your life and make you home.

Welcome to the Word for today,

featuring the Bible teaching of Pastor Chuck Smith,

founder of the Calvary Chapel Movement.

This radio program is a verse by verse study through the entire Bible.

And on today's edition of the Word for today,

Pastor Chuck continues with determining right or wrong as we pick up in Luke chapter 1 verse 45 and now with today's message

here's Pastor Chuck.

We talked a little bit this morning about what factors are considered in determining what is right and what is wrong in our present society.

And the effect that the philosophy has had upon our entire culture,

the idea that the mores determine in a society what is accepted and unacceptable

behavior. What is good, what is bad, what is right and what is wrong. And in this particular philosophical determination,

if enough people within a society begin to practice a certain thing,

it becomes then sociably acceptable, or it becomes good or it becomes right,

because that is determined by the mores of the society itself.

Accepting that God does not exist because it has to come from a totally humanistic base.

God does not exist.

And therefore, there is no godly standard for right or wrong.

And inasmuch as there is no godly standard for right or wrong, right or wrong now is

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