Cultures
fail because they lack basic moral and spiritual values. Arguments exist
concerning the decline and fall of the Greek and Roman empires, but the central
cause was the loss of differentiation between right and wrong, good and evil,
which bears a direct correlation to values. Where was the voice then and now that
stands against the encroachment of evil?
The French Revolution was caused by a
decline in values. England in the same period escaped the carnage of revolution
because of a spiritual revolution prompted by John Wesley and the resulting
spiritual revival in the hearts and lives of ordinary citizens.
Ralph
Waldo Emerson observed: "Every man takes care that his neighbor does not
cheat him. But a day comes when he begins to care that he does not cheat his
neighbor.” Listen to Romans 12:9: "Abhor that which is evil. Cleave to
that which is good". Your core values should implore you to love others as
Christ loves you. This is not easy, but possible.
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