Christianity is not about being moral, and being a Christian is not about being a good person. Churches point out people's sins and short coming and then tell them to change, but don't connect their need to Christ. It's like telling cancerous folks to stop growing tumours.
We have rules to obey but the reason why we obey is not to be good or to change ourselves. But because of love for and from God.
Voddie Baucham had an good example regarding pre-marital sex, morality would say that sex before marriage was wrong, and the parent would say you gotta wait till your married son cause that's the right thing to do, but Christians do not have sex before marriage cause Christ would not join himself with an harlot. It is because of Christ's love for his bride the church that men and women abstain from sexual immorality.
Paul has a good mentality when he went to the Corinthians resolving to know nothing but Jesus Christ and him crucified. The gospel is very rich and it is the power of God unto salvation for those who believe.
Morality brings shame and judgement, Christ brings life.
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