Proverbs 14:34 (NLT)
34 Godliness makes a nation great, but sin is a disgrace
to any people.
When justice reigns in a nation there is usually a
righteous government administering over the people. There are those who protect
and preserve the virtues of men. Charities and compassion to strangers exalt
the nation and the people of the nation hold their country in high honor. But
sin brings disgrace. It causes failure of those in government and the people
react in their own sinful ways.
James Emery White, writes in You Can Experience a
Purposeful Life [(Nashville: Word, 2000)]: Whenever there is a separation between values
and practice, things break down. In ancient China, the people desired security
from the barbaric, invading hordes to the north. To get this protection, they
built the Great Wall of China. It's 30 feet high, 18 feet thick, and more than
1,500 miles long!
The Chinese goal was to build an absolutely impenetrable
defense—too high to climb over, too thick to break down, and too long to go
around. But during the first hundred years of the wall's existence China was
successfully invaded three times.
It wasn't the wall's fault. During all three invasions,
the barbaric hordes never climbed over the wall, broke it down, or went around
it; they simply bribed a gatekeeper and then marched right in through an open
door. The purpose of the wall failed because of a breakdown in values.
No matter how secure one may think a government is, if
there is corruption lurking underneath that government is subject to failure.
When the representatives of the people follow their own sin and forget they
represent the people then they too topple over.
A nation needs to have virtues, honor and morals. When those are lost a country begins to
crumble and even the greatest wall will not keep out the over pouring of evil. We
all must look to the church to help restore the morals and values that are so
important to the safety of our country. And we too must be righteous in our ways.
To all my friends far and wide let me say that I love you
with the love of Christ. May you share the same love with others on this Valentine’s
Day. God bless you my friends.
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