Our Fallen nature — Our Fallen human nature assumes that what is right is based on our behaviors (our actions). Our perception of whether or not these behaviors are right is ultimately determined by whether or not they are considered to be “fair.” This causes a problem for people with this perspective because fairness is not only subjective, but it changes with varying situations and it also changes over time as values change.

Christians believe in their head that truth is absolute, and that “right” applies regardless of the situation. Yet, a focus on moral principles that are attached to actions gives way to socially determined justice judgments (determined by the current consensus of others in the community). When a Christian is influenced by their Fallen nature, they have a tendency to value behaviors and fairness. This inhibits them from applying God’s Kingdom notion of “right.”

Some Christians with a Fallen nature perspective will argue that “being fair” is the criteria for being “right,” or that the action itself must meet some “fairness” standard. For example, since it’s fair to each person when two unmarried people engage in consensual sex, then some would view that as “not wrong.”

Christians may use worldly fairness ethics to debate whether right is “fair” or moral, but in these cases Christians influenced by their Fallen human nature assumptions of right and wrong miss the matters of God’s heart. The notion that actions meet some socially acceptable standard of fairness (or at least that they are not illegal) results in ignoring the motives God cares about.

When a Christian has a Fallen human nature bias of right and wrong, they end up being uncomfortable with making principled decisions, and instead, generally see themselves as being “practical” (as though being “practical” excuses one from being principled).