People make the mistake of thinking that there is only one morality. There are multiple moralities and people choose the one that they want.

Christian morality is different from secular morality, which is different from Jewish and muslim morality, etc. People choose the morality they want to follow, and they are responsible for their morality because they have chosen it.

Peer-group pressure can force people into a particular mindset, but people choose their peer group and opt to adopt their mindset. This is why Jesus Christ tells us that human beings are born in spiritual bondage and need to be delivered from it by none less than God Himself, for which sake God sent Christ as a Light into the world.

It is common for secularists to complain that “Christians do not have a monopoly on morality”. I do not know any Christian who has said that Christians do have a monopoly on morality, but I have met many secularists who keep repeating this meme, without references.

Rather, Christians have a different morality, with a Trinitarian God at its centre. Secularists have a morality that excludes God and although I could attempt to describe its basic tenets, there will be those who disagree that I have described it accurately, only demonstrating the different views of morality. Like faith and truth, morality is based upon personal decisions and therefore everyone will be held accountable for their beliefs, what they consider to be the truth, and how it impacts upon their lives in their moral choices.

Jesus says: “You must be born again”, with a better nature than the one with which you were born. The Spirit of God can do it.