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This innate standard was not "man-made," but evolved along with human society. It must come from an external superior force, or God. Yet, humans do fail and cannot always live up to such high standards. God therefore sent someone as a savior to make humans right. Christ forgave sins, "This makes sense only if He really was the God whose laws are broken and whose love is wounded in every sin." Lewis then faces the readers with different moral issues, including sexual morality, forgiveness, and pride. Finally, he presents his case for Christ and the need everyone has of deciding whether or not to put one's faith in Him. In some respects Lewis' approach is like a modern-day Socrates dilemmas, where common sense and logic can only make one decision best. How can there be any better way than following Jesus?

However, that places responsibility on a person. Nothing in life should come easily, especially if it has great meaning. "But...

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You must throw it away 'blindly' so to speak. Christ will indeed give you a real personality: but you must not go to Him for the sake of that. As long as your own personality is what you are bothering about you are not going to Him at all." Instead, by giving up oneself, a person will find him/herself. Lose one's life, and will save it.
Today, the world is just as much, if not more, in a turmoil than it was after World War II. People are floundering and not knowing to whom or what they can turn for answers. Lewis surely does not have all the answers, and the reader has to be receptive and open to the arguments presented in order to gain the most from this work. However, it is a good foundation and provides a hearty meal of thoughts for future direction.

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