Moral Relativism
Judges 7:6 In those days there was no king in Israel, but every man did that which was right in his own eyes.
Hello America!! We have thrown God out of the picture with His Bible and have taken the task at hand to determine what we think is right (in our own eyes). Men can marry men as well as women can marry women. Babies can be ridded of for convenience sake as well as marriage a not so popular institution to have babies. Desires rule in this country above Bible morality and ethics.
Now these words constitute a commentary on the conditions obtaining in this particular period; and they were doubtless written at a later time, when the nation was brought to a more orderly state under the rule of its kings. Whether the writer intended to or not, there is a deeper note in them than that. The nation had turned away from its one true King. He had not abandoned them utterly. That He has never done. But they had flung off restraint, and were acting according to their own desires. This chapter, and the next four, do not continue a consecutive history. That ended with the story of Samson. In these five chapters we have illustrations of the internal conditions of the national life, and it is most probable that they were written with that intention. The strange and deadly mixture of motive is set forth in the story of Micah. His act was a violation of the second Commandment. When he made images to himself and to his household, he was not adopting the idolatries of the heathen. His mother's words reveal her recognition of Jehovah, "Blessed be my son of Jehovah." So also do his own words to the Levite: "Now know I that Jehovah will do me good." Micah was desirous of maintaining his relation with God, but he attempted to do by violating the commands of God. When in full and practical loyalty the King is dethroned, it is impossible to maintain relationship with Him.
There was no sense of the sovereignty of God where men did what was right in their own eyes. Moral relativism. See also Deut. 12:8, 32.
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