Oh man, he has told you what is good and what doth the Lord require of you but to do justly, love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God . Micah 6:8
Our society preaches at all times we are living in a serious crisis of values. No effort needs to be done to confirm.
What begins to seem common, obvious or normal?
- Homosexuality.
- free unions.
- Some go so far as to say that the "man / woman seriously (a) have a hard time"
- The philosophy that the end justifies any means or in plainer words: To achieve success is to do whatever. This includes accepting perks and bribes, and any sexual solicitation of someone in a position of power.
The social breakdown is not a new invention. Joel 3:3
and cast lots for my people and traded boys for prostitutes, they sold girls for wine drinking.
I think you can not fall below that. Is the natural consequence of a life of sin. While sin is dormant in humanity, mankind, the time it is, constitutes a being capable of anything. Sin pollutes everything. Everywhere and at all times.
Society faces an urgent need for values. But in this world who can show / help / provide a reference for the values \u200b\u200bthat are required? Securities
not circumstantial but permanent values. 4X4. A foolproof
- Teachers?
- Do the police?
- TV figures? Some examples
Bible.
I do not accept your reward. The s
oldado and Joab. 2 Samuel 18:10-12 10 Seen one, told Joab, saying, Behold, I saw Absalom hanged in an oak.
11 And Joab said to the man who gave the new: And seeing you, why do not you kill him then and there throwing to the ground? pleased I would give you ten shekels of silver, and a girdle ( = belt where hung the sword. NE )
12 The man said to Joab Although I pesaras thousand shekels of silver, I would not extend my hand against the king's son because we heard when the king sent you to you and Abishai and Ittai saying, See that no one touch the young man Absalom.
Tell him not the boss? coated type of authority and strong temperament.But boy you're driving you crazy? You have no idea of \u200b\u200bthe reputation that you could buy when you teach your friends the belt that gives you the General.
This soldier was very clear that there was an over-General, who would know. There is one over your head you see and you'll know if you accepted a reward dirty price of a reward for disobedience.
Naboth's case. 1 Kings 21:1-3
1 After these things came to pass that Naboth of Jezreel was there a vineyard near the palace of Ahab king of Samaria.
2 And Ahab spake unto Naboth, saying, Give me your vineyard for a vegetable garden, because it is near my house, and I will give for it a better vineyard than it, or if it proves better for you, I will pay you its value money.
3 And Naboth said to Ahab LORD forbid that I should give you the inheritance of my fathers. Was Naboth
a person too psicorÃgido that the nobility did not give their land to the King? Overall, I was going to get better.On the surface, it would seem that yes, that Naboth had to be more "diplomatic." However, an analysis of Jewish legal system allows us to realize that Naboth was not being "left hand thread, but I was obeying the law and most likely ancestral Ahab knew.
Let us beware of those who do us favors and then take its toll.
Numbers 36:7 that the inheritance of the children of Israel did not remove from tribe to tribe, for each of the children of Israel will be linked to heredity of the tribe of their fathers .
The prophet Ezekiel
more abundant on this principle in the Mosaic code.
And the prince shall not take the heritage of the people, not to disappoint of their possession of what he has given an inheritance to their children so that none of my people are driven from their possession. Ezekiel 46:18
Naboth paid dearly
its commitment to those values \u200b\u200bthat were instilled in him from the beginning. He paid with his life.
How much is your integrity? How long would you be willing (a) to bear?
Here is a last resort. Zero case
peer pressure. The case of Micah.
Some of the most common arguments in the peer pressure might be:
- Everybody
ago - I know it's not right, but not to attack me.
1 Kings 22:13 And the messenger who had gone to call Micaiah spoke to him saying: Behold the words of the prophets, a voice announced to the king of good things now is your word according to the word of one them, and also announces successful.
Side note: It seems to me that this messenger was used by the same spirit that used hundreds of years after Peter to try to convince Jesus to change the way to the Cross.
Micah Returning to the episode. 400 to 1. What and who can?
values \u200b\u200band principles of God and they do not change, not the people or their practices, should my references.
obey God rather than any man.
And Micaiah said, living Lord, Lord what I speak, that will. (1 Kings 22:14)
No doubt this is a continuing challenge.
- seems not worth being kind, just in this evil world
- seems not worth to serve Christ with passion
Micah 6:8 has three guiding principles. Principles that indicate the type of values \u200b\u200bthat must display and maintain.
- Do Justice
- Love Mercy (Be kind)
- humbly with your God (live humbly before God)
Want to go against the stream which abounds in this world? Accept the challenge. It's just a matter of values.
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