Why Do You Do Right?

If ye love me, keep my commandments. (John 14:15 KJV)

There are those who do right because it is right, like the Stoics. They looked admirable, because they are willing to do right and even suffer for it.

But when we do right without knowing the true standard of righteousness, it can be dangerous.

There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death. (Proverbs 14:12 KJV)

Then there are those who do right because they love righteousness. When we love someone, we love to be like that person in everyway, in looks, in behaviour, in action. There is this guy from Philippines, Herbert Chavez, who idolized Superman. He spent money and risk his health to have 23 surgeries just to look like Superman. That is love, but the object of love is wrong.

We are told to love God and to imitate Him. When we love God, we will love His standard of righteousness. We will do right because we love it.

Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children; and walk in love, just as Christ also loved you and gave Himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God as a fragrant aroma. (Ephesians 5:1-2 NASB)