Discussion on Natural Law and Morality

We have a lot of things going on today in our world that are, are pretty

terrible. And, uh,

um-

Are there similarities?

Yes.

What are some of those similarities?

The, those similarities would be, uh,

violations of our, of our human nature as

male and female, the, uh, violations of the,

the-

Transgenderism

... that would be an, a, a clear example.

They didn't,

they didn't have the capacity to do all

these terrible surgeries and so forth to try to, uh, well, to

mutilate somebody, try to make a man into a woman

and vice versa.

But, uh,

there are other un- what w- I guess some way to put it,

unnatural, uh, relationships-

Okay

... or, or relationships that violated the unity and the

indissolubility of the marital bond, adultery, uh,

or just sexual activity outside of, of marriage

because sexual union is, is expression

of the bond, the exclusive bond of marriage.

And, uh, to, to have sexual union with someone

who's not your wife, uh, this,

uh, it's, uh, is a, is a grave sin. So God saw this,

what was going on, and of course other things too, people,

dishonesty, uh,

uh, abusing, uh, people for one's own

gratification and so forth. It could be also done in

economic affairs and s- and so forth.

So the--

God saw this

and, but he saw that Noah and his family

w- were,

were living rightly, were living in, in, in

truth, uh,

according to the way God made us. And so he called

upon Noah,

uh, to build the ark and to, to save, as I was saying before,

what, what is, what is, what was good, the good that he had created.

Now, um, uh,

the, of course, this was before the Ten Commandments.

Noah comes before Moses.

But this, I would like to make a point here

if I may, and that is that

God made us

in, uh, His, His own image and likeness, with

intelligence and free will,

and He wrote on the human heart, we use that image,

His law. In other words, if He made us in that way,

He made us to, to live in accord with our true nature

and not

in accord with idolatry or sinfulness.

And so, uh, that, we call that the natural law,

that the, and that, that its expression, uh,

uh, is found in the, in the Ten Commandments.

Uh, but that every man, even if he doesn't know the Ten Commandments,

if he is in communication with his heart, with,

with, with his deepest being, he knows, for instance,

that human life

is inviolable, that

he, he knows that, that, uh, human sexuality is intended

for the, to form the bond of marriage and for the family.

And, and he knows that God is to be worshiped in,

as our Lord says, "In spirit and in truth." And, uh, and,

and we see this,

that people eventually, when they're told about the faith

and so forth,

they understand that this is the truth about themselves.

And so, uh, in any case,

Noah and his sons, they were living according to the natural law,

to that law

that God had written on their hearts.

And so God, uh, called upon them to, to, to build the ark

and to save His people. And, and so the, the

people of God continued, even though this flood destroyed

everything, including all the people who, who continued even

when Moses was building the ark and so forth.

Uh, they continued to carry on as, as we say, as if there were no

tomorrow.

And, uh, and they were all killed by the flood.

So the natural law

is

God is to be worshiped.

Yes.

Human life is invaluable, and sexuality is for procreation-

Yes

... and the family unit.

That's right.

And so what did God promise Noah?

God promised him that he, his descendants, that he would have descendants and

that they would have life and that, and that they would en-

enjoy His, His friendship forever.

And, uh, and in fact, He, He kept that promise.