One of the things I find interesting about our modern society is how civilized everything appears to be. In many ways we can be really thankful. We generally don’t have to fear for our safety.
We have a complex and civil government that’s based on the rule of law which allow us basic rights. So, we can be thankful. At least don’t live during the middle ages. I mean, I know that they had some sort of leadership hierarchy, but it was pretty rudimentary. They had to deal with bands of invading marauders. Can you imagine living during the time of the Norse Vikings? They weren’t the friendliest bunch. I would certainly be nervous if they were my neighbors. It kind of makes you think of those Capital One commercials, doesn’t it? Where they’re living here in our modern day age. The reason those commercials are so funny is because their crude, crass, and malevolent behavior is just so out of place in our culture today. We would tend to look down on them and think, “Do they have an open carry permit for that battle axe?” Of course, they wouldn’t give it a second thought, mostly due to the fact that they wouldn’t know what that is.
So, in many ways we can be really thankful we live in the day and age we do. We generally don’t have to fear that our neighbor is going to break down our front door and just take over our house and steal all our stuff. That’s comforting. I like knowing I don’t need a gun on my coffee table when I’m relaxing and watching TV.
As much as I’m thankful in regards to the gains we’ve made in civility, my concern is that this appearance can give us a false sense of our true natures. I mean, we all appear to be pretty good when we know there are harsh penalties for malicious behavior. What about when those penalties aren’t apparent or aren’t there?
Picture this—Imaging that our society all of a sudden broke down. We lost our government and everything was a free-for-all. I know we don’t like to think about this happening. However, if it did happen, how many would still do what’s right. One thing we would lose is our basic infrastructure because no one would be paying taxes, since there would be no one to pay taxes to. What would happen, though? Would there be looting in the streets? What if someone does decide they want to take my house and all my belongings? There would be no one there to stop them except for me. Would people be able to govern their own behaviors? So, I guess my question is, “How many in our society would still do what’s right if they knew there were no consequences for their behavior”?
My conclusion is, that the presence of a stable civil government can create the illusion of a civil society and, to a greater degree, a moral population. So, I guess the question is, “How good are we really?” Maybe we’re not as good as we think. And if we’re not as good as we think, then what can we do about it?
Well, my conclusion is, as you can see in the first part of my post, that there’s a danger in thinking we can be good in ourselves. So, what do we do with this knowledge? Well, the Bible brings us face to face with our true nature. It doesn’t mince words. Romans 3:10 says, “As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one:” Here’s another one: Isaiah 64:6 says, “But we are all as an unclean [thing], and all our righteousnesses [are] as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.” This also paints a grim picture. This says ‘our righteousness are as filthy rags”. So, not only do we end up doing what is wrong many times, but even the good things we do aren’t really that good. Why? Well, because we often do the right things for the wrong reasons. Somehow pride is involved, or jealousy, or envy. We have this selfish nature we can’t get rid of on our own.
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Romans 2:14 says, “For when the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature the things contained in the law, these, having not the law, are a law unto themselves:” This is an interesting thing. When we follow the matters of the law by the nature in our regenerate hearts, we become a law unto ourselves. We are expressing the law God has written in our hearts. Not only are we doing real good, we are doing good because we are good.
So, now we are not living a clean, moral life in and of ourselves. Because we can’t. It’s something that has to come out of us through the help of the Holy Spirit. A yielded life to him will produce in us a truly good and Godly heart and behavior. This is when we know what real and true good is.
Romans 3:10 says, “As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one:”
Isaiah 64:6 says, “But we are all as an unclean [thing], and all our righteousnesses [are] as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.”
1 Corinthians 11:31 says, “For if we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged.”
Romans 2:14 says, “For when the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature the things contained in the law, these, having not the law, are a law unto themselves:”