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Aug 13, 2025
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“What If the Moral Law Has a Name?"

Exploring the idea that the moral law points to a personal lawgiver.
Moral Relativism Part 6 of 7

You’ve felt the ache for justice.
You’ve admired the beauty of sacrifice.
You’ve cried over the kind of goodness that feels too deep to explain.

And now the question comes—not as a riddle, but as a whisper:

What if goodness isn’t just an ideal… but a Person?

Not a theory.
Not a code of ethics.
Not a cosmic algorithm for human cooperation.

A mind behind the moral law.
A will behind beauty.
A voice behind your conscience.

And that voice isn’t just calling goodness “good.”

It’s calling you.


The Moral Law Feels Personal—Because It Is

Ever notice how your conscience doesn’t argue with you like a computer?

It speaks like someone who knows you.

Not just, “This is wrong.”
But, “You know this is wrong. And you were made for better.”

It doesn’t just point.
It pleads. It grieves. It calls.

And if that’s true—if morality is more than instinct or math or pressure—then maybe the reason it feels personal…
is because it is.

Maybe the moral law isn’t just a set of principles.
Maybe it’s the character of a Person.
A Person who built the universe on His own goodness.


Every Law Has a Lawgiver

If there’s a real, unchanging moral law that transcends time and culture, then it had to come from somewhere—or someone.

Because laws don’t exist without minds.
Justice doesn’t enforce itself.
Beauty doesn’t dream itself up.

If right and wrong are real, that means:

  • There’s a standard
  • There’s authority
  • And there’s accountability

That can feel threatening—like we’re being watched.
But what if it’s something better?

What if the One behind the moral law isn’t just righteous…
but merciful?

What if He doesn’t just see your failures, but offers forgiveness?


The Gospel Isn’t Behavior Management—It’s Rescue

Christianity doesn’t say:

  • “Be better.”
  • “Try harder.”
  • “Keep the rules.”

It says:

“You already know what’s right.
You already know you fall short.
You already feel the weight.”

But God didn’t send commandments to crush you.
He came in person to carry you.

Jesus didn’t just teach morality—He embodied it.
And when we failed Him, He took the judgment we deserved.

The cross is the place where:

  • Justice wasn’t erased—it was fulfilled.
  • Mercy wasn’t theoretical—it was bloodstained.
  • The Lawgiver didn’t condemn us—He rescued us.

That’s not just theology.
It’s your invitation.


The Question Is No Longer “What’s Good?”—It’s “Will You Come?”

If you’ve made it this far in the series, you already know:

  • Relativism can’t carry your conscience
  • Science can’t explain your sense of justice
  • Biology can’t give you beauty
  • Pain can’t erase your moral longing

And now you’re standing in front of the One who can.

Not an idea.
A Savior.

He’s not calling you to a new opinion.
He’s calling you to repentance. To trust. To a new life that’s grounded in Him.

This is no longer an argument.
It’s an invitation.


The Lawgiver Knows Your Name

You’re not just a mind processing evidence.
You’re a soul being pursued.

And maybe the moral law you’ve felt in your bones wasn’t meant to stay abstract.
Maybe it was meant to lead you… to Jesus.

The one who fulfilled the law.
The one who forgives your failure.
The one who defines what is good—and invites you to share in it.

The ache was never just for justice.
It was for Him.

Moral Relativism Series

  1. Part 1
    “Why Do We Care About Justice if Morality is Just Made Up?”
    Examining the tension between moral relativism and our deep-seated sense of justice.
  2. Part 2
    “Everyone’s a Moral Absolutist When They’re Hurt”
    Exploring the common experience of moral absolutism in the face of personal injustice.
  3. Part 3
    “What If Morality Is More Than a Survival Trick?”
    Challenging the idea that morality is merely an evolutionary adaptation for survival.
  4. Part 4
    “What If Evil Isn’t an Objection - But a Clue?”
    Exploring how the existence of evil points to a deeper moral reality.
  5. Part 5
    “Why Does Moral Beauty Feel Like a Signal?”
    Exploring how our sense of moral beauty points to a deeper moral reality.
  6. Part 6
    “What If the Moral Law Has a Name?"
    Exploring the idea that the moral law points to a personal lawgiver.
  7. Part 7
    “So What Now?"
    Taking the next steps after exploring moral relativism.