The One In The Highest Standard Of Morality
THE ONE IN THE HIGHEST STANDARD
OF MORALITY
This morality is a matter of having the human virtues strengthened and enriched by the divine attributes. When the human virtues created by God are strengthened and enriched by the divine attributes, that is the highest standard of moral ity. God is expressed in the living that is accord ing to the highest standard of morality. If we understand this matter, we shall understand the basic and crucial principle followed by Luke in writing his Gospel.
The living in the highest standard of morality is the underlying principle in the Gospel of Luke. In this Gospel we see the Lord Jesus as the God- equipped Man living a life to express God. Be cause He expressed God, He lived in the highest standard of morality.
This highest standard of morality revealed in the Gospel of Luke is much higher than the morality taught in any kind of philosophy. Con fucius, for example, taught morality, but what he taught was not the highest standard of morality. On the contrary, at most, it was a matter of the development of the human virtues. There was no