In those days there was no king in Israel: every man did that which was right in his own eyes.
In those days there was no king in Israel, and each person did what seemed right to himself, left without a governing standard. To do what is right in one's own eyes is to treat one's own judgment as the standard and rule of right. It is to act independently according to one's own judgment, turning from God's counsel and walking in the light of one's own eyes rather than submitting to Christ in obedience, which shows a lack of personal, lived knowledge of God. Such self-directed independence, pursued apart from the counsel of others, produces disorder rather than united action, and when godly guidance is disregarded the community falls behind and is left spiritually wanting.
Those characterized by what is right in their own eyes refuse correction because they believe their ways are right, and will not heed reproof even when it is given. Despite great light and privileges, Israel failed to live up to the light it had received, and that light became darkness; its example warns God's people in the last days against the same failure. Making void God's law leaves the world without a standard for condemning guilt or justifying obedience and opens the way to oppressive rule; France under atheism demonstrates the terrible result of throwing off God's restraints. Such independence is satanic rather than Christlike and is contrary to Christ's order; Christian physicians and medical workers are to work in unity and harmony with thorough order, following Christ as their guide and serving under the direction of the Conference in subjection to the church's counsel and discipline.
In those days there was no king in Israel, and each person did what seemed right to himself, left without a governing standard. To do what is right in one's own eyes is to treat one's own judgment as the standard and rule of right. It is to act independently according to one's own judgment, turning from God's counsel and walking in the light of one's own eyes rather than submitting to Christ in obedience, which shows a lack of personal, lived knowledge of God. Such self-directed independence, pursued apart from the counsel of others, produces disorder rather than united action, and when godly guidance is disregarded the community falls behind and is left spiritually wanting.
Those characterized by what is right in their own eyes refuse correction because they believe their ways are right, and will not heed reproof even when it is given. Despite great light and privileges, Israel failed to live up to the light it had received, and that light became darkness; its example warns God's people in the last days against the same failure. Making void God's law leaves the world without a standard for condemning guilt or justifying obedience and opens the way to oppressive rule; France under atheism demonstrates the terrible result of throwing off God's restraints. Such independence is satanic rather than Christlike and is contrary to Christ's order; Christian physicians and medical workers are to work in unity and harmony with thorough order, following Christ as their guide and serving under the direction of the Conference in subjection to the church's counsel and discipline.