Relative Terms — 

How often have fellow believers described themselves as conservative or liberal Christians? What exactly are they conserving or liberalizing? Some will say that they are conserving the Christianity of their forefathers. To honor our forefathers is good. However, what if their Christianity was just different in some ways to that taught by Jesus? Would they then be more liberal or more conservative than Jesus? Some want to conserve so-called family values or a national way of life. What if that way of life or those family values are different than what Jesus taught? Would they then be more liberal or conservative than Jesus? In John 15:26 it says that a mission of the Holy Spirit is to testify about Jesus. Are terms like liberal or conservative used relative to this world's values or to the ultimate benchmark, what Jesus taught?