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If God is the basis for morality, why is morality not arbitrary or changing?
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God’s nature is eternal and unchanging, therefore he cannot change his mind or change what morality is.
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God is constant and unchanging and constant, he does not waiver.
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For something to b e arbitrary it has to change according to certain conditions. Kind of like an if-then statement where the IF changes causing the THEN to change as well. It makes morality completely conditional dependent on either the person or the circumstance.
According to James 1:17, God is unchanging, He is consistent regardless of the conditions we find ourselves in. Right is right and wrong is wrong, always, this will never change. The standards of morality are dependent on WHO God is, not a mood, opinion, or anything else that can change in the blink of an eye.
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I would like to define the term arbitrary. Arbitrary is an adjective that describes something based on random choice or personal whim, rather than any reason or system.
So bearing that in mind, the morality defined by the God of the Bible cannot be arbitrary nor can it change, because it is based on God’s character who neither changes in character nor is He random. He is wisdom and knowledge, knows all and is all-powerful. This is nothing random about what He does, commands, or how He moves and interacts among mankind. -
Simply because God is neither of those things. He doesn’t change, and he is the Creator who knows best what should and should not be done. Nothing from him is arbitrary, nor does his word or law change.
