The Importance Of Scripture

Morality is knowing the difference between right and wrong, good and bad. For the Bible morality is essential. It is essential because the church cannot distribute people from personal moral decision or dismiss them from having to deal with their own conscience when it comes to a moral issue. Therefore, morality is important because the people should know the difference between right and wrong for themselves. As mentioned, conscience is an important element in morality. It works with morality and it is the inner voice in oneself that creates the emotion when a moral issue occurs. ‘’Fundamentally, conscience is the name given to that in us which responds to the moral – it is an aspect of our consciousness, the one which is aware of the distinction

Richard M. Gula says that Spiritual teaching is the heart and soul of all theology. Scripture is a ‘’normative criterion of judgement,’’ according to Christians because they believed that the events that happened many years ago were God’s intentions for human life. Christians believe that the Bible was the exact words of God and that the knowledge and the stories link together to make a better understanding of the Bible. However, in saying that again, it is not always the case that people follow the exact words of God. Scripture holds the ‘rules’ or the sayings of Jesus, nevertheless, it is us humans who control how we use them. Therefore, once again, here is another hint as to why we can say that the Bible isn’t intended to be a rule book or a manual of the moral life. There are four tasks which are required when it comes to trying to reflect scripture on moral theology. These four tasks are, the exegetical task, the hermeneutical task, the methodological task and finally the theological task. These are all tasks set up to examine moral theology in scripture and to try and investigate how exactly scripture is used in moral theology. They help us understand a little better the true meaning of scripture and its importance in theology today. In saying that, scripture is also a combination of the Old and the New Testament. Therefore, this shows that scripture is extremely important for moral theology. In past experiences, it is known that scripture was not regarded as an important element in theology, so to speak, however, today moral theology identifies the need to give Scripture a greater role in its development. Why is this we ask ourselves? Well, Scripture is a combination of many books and sources put together over a number of years, which also means that it is a collection of historical and cultural events that also happened over the years. In saying this, Scripture is a thing of past experiences.