noun: the philosophical study of moral values and rules
noun: motivation based on ideas of right and wrong

AnswerI sincerely do, with all my heart, believe so. If not may God have mercy on us all. I don't think God would have given up his only son if not to demonstrate to us his desire for our salvation. He doesn't want us apart, God will continue to find us no matter how lost we are. Hasn't that already been proven to us. Jesus was the light God so mercifully placed for us here on Earth so that we could find our way to the gates of heaven with certainty a light so bright we could not lose our way. Jesus spoke of the great joy the father receives from the returning of his lost son. Does not God rejoice all the more each and every time one of his lost sheeps remembers the great light and finds their way back to the master? Therefore I stand firm in believing that yes they are livable. I can but only hope that some light may have been shed over your question may God bless you and all.

First we have to make a list of Jesus' ethics; then we decide if we will follow all or just a some and reject others.

AnswerStrictly speaking the ethics of Jesus are not livable by anyone on this earth in a perfect sense. This is simply because Jesus' ethics are so far-reaching in that they demand that not only a persons outward actions must be right but also their inner attitude of the heart.

Also, the Bible teaches that 'the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God'. In other words, whoever is not a Christian will choose their own standard of right and wrong according to what is convenient to them. They will not subject themselves to God's perfect standard, as reflected in Jesus' ethics. "Be ye Holy (i.e. absolutely perfect) for I am Holy."

Fortunately, as the Bible also teaches, the power and right understanding necessary to do what the ethics of Jesus demand is available to every person who has received Jesus and thus received the indwelling Holy Spirit. This breaks not only the penalty but the power of sin, releasing the believer to truly free and ethical conduct. The book of Galatians has much to say about this as well as Romans.

Thus, even though everyone probably keeps Jesus ethics from time to time and some consciously so, the Christian believer (who will always fail as well) has 'assistance' in doing the job. This by the way, does not make them a better person or 'holier than thou' ( since pride is a sin) but it just means that any good they do, God gets the glory.

AnswerAbsolutely, that is why Jesus was sent here - to teach us how to live and how we could become acceptable to God. In my experience God does not fool around, that is why he is called the Truth. AnswerNo they aren't. That is the meaning of original sin, but they are the standard to which we must aspire. On the other hand, "the just shall live by faith". The Protestant Church makes a big thing of that in theory, but it is inclined to forget it in practice.

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