A PRELIMINARY MORAL DISCOURSE: THE TERMS OF MORALITY & MORALITY MAZE

👑 *CHRISTIAN MORAL PERFECTION @ ZION* 👑

REV. PROF. CYPRIAN CHRIS JERUSALEM OKOLIE, 

PhD, DD.

(The LORD'S KINGDOM SON & APOSTLE Of Zionist Kingdom VISION, MISSION & DIVINE MANDATE @ ZION, With Kingdom University Missionary Education & Worldwide Kingdom Ministries @ Zion Of Jerusalem Above)

+A PRELIMINARY MORAL DISCOURSE+

YOU are warmly & cordially welcome to our Morality Lecture on the CHRISTIAN MORAL PERFECTION @ ZION revealing the vital "Philosophic Biblical Essentials Of Morality" To Blessed Kingdom Brethren & Favoured Associates Of God's Kingdom @ ZION Of Holy Jerusalem: Our Paradisal Home Of Blessedness, Peace, Bliss & Glory, To God's  🏡 Glory, By His 🏡 Grace. 

Alleluia!! Amen. Hosanna In The Highest!  

Glory, Glory Be To Almighty God In The Highest! Peace, Peace To Daughters Of ZION In Clean Manifestation Of Heroic Virtues Of Chastity cum Submission & To Blessed 👬 Men Of Integrity, Confidence & Goodwill! Peace On 🌍 Earth To Us - Blessed Kingdom Saints @ ZION Of Holy Jerusalem: Our Glorious Happy Home! Amen. Alleluia!! Hosanna In The Highest! May The Grace Of Our 👪 Blessed Lord Jesus Christ De Messiah Yahshua & The Love Of GOD & The Fellowship Of The Holy Spirit Be Upon Us In CHRIST De MESSIAH'S Holy Name. Amen. 

Beloved Blessed 👑 Kingdom Brethren & Favoured Sparkling ♨ Comrades @ ZION: 
Calvary Greetings To U All! 

Today, our interesting & thrilling theological romance on Morality Lecture is about vital Preliminary Moral Discourse. 

THE TERMS: MORAL & MORALITY 

The word, MORAL as defined by Oxford Advanced Learners English Dictionary refers to "the power of distinguishing right & wrong". Alternatively, it means "that which concerns the principles of right & wrong". Hence, a moral person is one who is virtuous. Usually, when we make a reference to a person's moral habits we refer especially to his or her sexual conduct. Similarly, standards, a question, sense or law can be qualified with "moral". Hence, Moral Rights or Obligations means that which are based on "Moral Laws". 

A Moralist is a person who expresses or teaches moral principles. Alternatively, he is someone who points out morals virtually in most of his teachings & practices. In another development, sometimes, we talk about "Moral Support" which merely implies encouragement. Thus to give somebody a "moral support" implies assistance offered to him by saying that the person has justice & right on his side. Furthermore, a "Moral Courage" means "strength to confront contempt or ridicule rather than do wrong". "A Moral Victory", on the other hand, is a triumph though without concrete gain. 

Moreover, "A Moral Certainty" means "something so probable that there is a little room for doubt". Above all & beyond all, a "Moral Man" is he who abstains from sexual immorality. An "immoral person", therefore, is an individual who indulges in illicit sexual intercourse. Such a person has fallen short of the standard of CHRISTIAN MORALITY as measured by the CHRISTIAN MORAL CODE OF CONDUCT. In fact, he or she has fallen from "Grace to Grass". God forbid!

Similarly, the term, MORALITY, is the quality  that expresses standards & principles of "GOOD BEHAVIOUR". It refers to a particular system of Morals. Alleluia!! Amen. For instance, at times we make a reference to the term: "CHRISTIAN MORALITY", which implies a standard that measures up to the requirements of Christian Moral Code of Conduct. The Christian Morality demands that all 👬 men & 👩 women should  refrain from acts of Premarital Sex (Sex before marriage) as well as Extramarital Sex (Sex outside marriage circle) & without any reservation accurately labels such acts as "arrant immorality". In Sacred Philosophy, the subject "Ethics" deals comprehensively & exclusively with the study of right & wrong in human behaviour; pointing as it does, to the principles & practice of Morality vis-a-vis rules, goodness or uprightness of conduct & virtuous living. Thus, a Moralist often concerns himself with moral lessons which aim @ teaching morals that impart or inculcate virtuous values culminating in development of sound moral habits in individuals. 

MORALITY MAZE 
Previously, I pointed out that Morality is more especially proved in the abstinence from sexual intercourse & associated sins. In fact, all Children of GOD are called to be pure both in the body & spirit. Alleluia!! Hosanna! Amen. Of course, one's ability to refrain from sexual sins affords a big score in the measurement of Holiness, without which, according to the Holy Scriptures, no one shall see God. To this effect, all 👬 men & 👩 women are called to avoid premarital sex & sustain a life of virginity until they are married. On the other hand, adult Children of GOD are called to eschew extramarital sex & live faithfully with their spouses. 

In my quest to know how far the Children of Almighty God measure up in this all-important aspect of Morality, I had an organized but informal Interview conducted on the essential subject. The observation, inferences & results obtained thereof are well worth the while.

• I feel it is necessary to share with you some of my observations along with the facts  & information which I have obtained therefrom. Despite the strong influences working in favour of retaining virginity until marriage, premarital sex seems to be the rule instead of the exception among all age groups I interviewed. Subjects found it difficult to point out to any reason as to why they acted against upbringing & prevailing social & sacred ♥ attitudes. There are some who said that they were, or thought themselves to be, in love with the man concerned. Others said it was because their friends had lost their virginity, but the majority could only be uncertain as to their reason, shrink their shoulders & helplessly admit, saying: "It just happened". It is necessary to point out that, though there were common views of the reason, yet there were some exceptions.

 For instance, one was a girl of twenty years of age who approached the issue clinically & with a deal of fore-thought explained: "I simply made up my mind that I was going to loose my virginity to a stranger. I had heard so many stories about how girls always fell in carnal love (infatuation) with the first man they had sex with, & I wanted to prove myself different. I didn't want to go through the messy business of loosing my virginity with someone whom I like an awful lot". The reason that so few actually made up their minds to rid themselves of their virginity most probably was because the conflict between what had been instilled into the minds of most girls & what they felt as a natural urge led them to dismiss all probability of clear thinking on the matter. The tendency was to drift into intercourse along a path of gradually intensified sexual experiences. O God Save His Daughters Of Zion! 

Virtually, all the ladies allowed certain liberties such as caressing of their breasts & masturbation for quite some time before they progressed to full intercourse. There is little doubt that many girls would not have indulged in intercourse when they did if it had not been for the activities of their friends & acquaintances. "I allowed it to happen", said Bridget, "because all my friends were doing it & because they talked so much about it". "It was for the same reason that I started 🚬 smoking. I thought something was happening to other people which I was missing", she added. 

"O My People Perish For Lack Of Knowledge", said the Holy Scriptures (Hosea 4: 6). Again: "Be not deceived; bad associations spoil good manners" (1 Cor. 15: 33). Moreover, the Word of God adds: "Do not follow the multitude to do 😈 evil" & "But as He Who hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation; Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy" 
(1 Pet. 1: 15-16). 

Whilst directing essentially on the vital need to sustain a life of perfect morality, The Holy Scriptures admonished: "Know ye not that ye are the Temple 🏃 of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you? If any man defile the Temple 🏃 of God, him shall God destroy; for the Temple 🏃 of God is holy, which Temple 🏃 ye are (1 Cor. 3: 16-17). 

Above all & beyond all, the Lord, in the Holy Scriptures, commanded: "Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is outside the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body. What! Know yet not that your body is the Temple 🏃 of the Holy Spirit which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? For ye are bought with a price: therefore, glorify God in your body, & in your spirit, which is God's (1 Cor. 6: 18-20).

 In fact, such immoral act among our Youths, as indicated above, was a sheer bye-product of IGNORANCE & lack of CHRISTIAN PERFECT MORALITY in the contemporary Youths. Hence, the need for this essential Course on CHRISTIAN MORAL PERFECTION @ ZION as well as the need for soundly & morally conducted Sex Education Programs both in the Primary & Secondary Schools. Alleluia!! Hosanna! Amen. 

Beloved 👑 Kingdom Brethren & Favoured ♨ Sparkling Friends @ Zion: Permit me, in the next theme of this vital Course of Christian Morality, to offer a thorough & worthwhile discourse about LOVE in the marital circle - I believe you will be edified, thrilled & philosophically nourished by the deep informative marital love insights & interestingly exciting experiences which the talk can unveil, to God's Glory & by His 🏡 Grace. Alleluia Hosanna! Amen.

                                           Shalom To U All Today, In Love!