Those around us also conclude that one’s circumstances can make one’s sinful actions pure. The Bible disagrees! Regardless of motives or circumstances, wrong is never right!
No matter how clear and plain the Bible is, in pointing out that something is a sin (you name the sin), there will always be someone, who will say, “There is nothing wrong with that.”
The Bible pronounces a woe against such! “Woe to them, who call evil good, and good evil” (Isaiah 5:20). The world around us concludes that even if something is wrong, if one’s motives are pure, then the wrong is not wrong anymore.
Wrong is never right, even if you do not know it is wrong. Ignorance is not an excuse for sinning. If it is, then let us work at keeping the world ignorant. If ignorance excuses sin, then Peter and Paul should not have told the Jews that they crucified the Messiah (Acts 3:17-19 and 1 Corinthians 2:7-8).
Wrong is never right, even if you do not learn better until the Judgment. Jesus described this very situation by saying, “Many will say to me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name, and in thy name cast out devils, and in thy name done many wonderful works?’ And then will I profess unto them, ‘I never knew you: depart from me, ye who work iniquity’ ” (Matthew 7:22-23).
Wrong is never right, even if people around us consider it to be right. People do not decide right and wrong, God does! In Acts 14, Paul healed a lame man, and the whole town tried to worship Barnabas and him, but Paul spoke up and stopped the people. In Acts 17, the whole town of Athens, Greece considered idolatry to be right, but Paul preached that it was wrong for them to worship idols.
Many do not see the sinfulness of disobeying the speed limits (1 Peter 2:13), abortion (Romans 13:9), gambling (Romans 13:9-10), immodest clothing (1 Timothy 2:9), social drinking (Ephesians 5:18), adultery (Matthew 19:9), lying (Revelation 21:8), etc. etc. All five billion people on the planet believing something is not a sin will not change the Bible!
Wrong is never right, even if you do it for a good cause. Churches and schools and organizations selling chances and having cake walks to raise money is still gambling. Circumstances never make any sin holy and just. Paul was falsely accused of saying, “Let us do evil, that good may come” (Romans 3:8). Some today are saying it and practicing it, and they will not be where Paul will be eternally.
Wrong is never right, even if you do not get caught. This applies to cheating at school, cheating on income taxes, shoplifting, etc. Every sinner will get caught at the Judgment.
Wrong is never right, even if the government says it is legal. Gambling, law suits, abortion, divorce and remarriage, alcohol, and the possible legalizing of drugs will not override what God says. “We ought to obey God rather than men” (Acts 5:29).
Wrong is never right, even if it is very hard to make it right. Some sins are very hard to give up. Drugs and adultery are two examples! “The way of transgressors is hard” (Proverbs 13:15). We must follow the example of the Corinthians and stop our sinning, regardless of the cost (1 Corinthians 6:9-11).
Wrong is never right, even if someone else has done something as bad, or worse than us. Go on and make the mistake of comparing yourself to someone besides Jesus, but know this; you are not wise if you do it! Paul said he did not dare do it (2 Corinthians 10:12).
There is never a right way to do a wrong thing! Truth is not relative. There are absolutes. God says, “He who doeth wrong shall receive for the wrong which he hath done, and there is no respect of persons” (Colossians 3:25).
Some are allergic to cats, and cannot stand a cat in their presence. God cannot stand sin in his presence (Habakkuk 1:13). Strive to be like God (1 Peter 1:15-16). If it is wrong, call it sin. If it is right, call it godliness.