Moral Integrity Matters.

Why Moral Integrity Matters.

Our society used to be based on moral integrity and I want to talk about why this still matters. It should be obvious that if we are going to live in a fair and just society, we need to be decent people. God's people should always demonstrate this in community, but it should spill over into every aspect of society. We cannot live like we don't care about our fellow man, to do otherwise would be brutality. We all have the nature of God in our souls, which means we can express divine qualities as human beings. To take on our humanity to the fullest, we need to live our lives expressing divine qualities not beastial ones.

There is a place in hell for humans who lived like they were animals and there is also a place in the next world for those who didn't. Why this matters is because we have the choice to live as angels in the next life, or devils. Those who have failed to cultivate the positive aspects of their human natures will not have a second chance after death to do so. The kind of person we were designed to be is in danger if as a society we no longer see any need to become saints. We were created by God to actualize the positive aspects of our human nature, through faith, and we are only given one life to do this. In the resurrection we will be the people God created us to be only if we tried to become that person in life.

Because of original sin, our human natures are flawed, but throughout redemption history God has given mankind Grace to become by practice what we were created to be originally. While it is true that none of us is perfect, we were given the potential to become what we lost through sin. While none of us are saved by good behaviour, the potential to become better people always exists while we are still alive. Yes, we don't need to compare ourselves with one another now, but we need to live in that potential of faith and human completeness which comes from expressing and living with divine qualities. These can include compassion, forgiveness, gracefulness, gratitude, peace, peace of mind, gentleness, kindness, unconditional love, mercy and many others that we choose to cultivate through faith.

Not forgetting that when we can all change like this, we change our culture. This is Mike.

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