Where Did We Go Wrong?

Peter daniel
Let modesty take a back seat says an advertisement displayed at a textiles show room. Another
Ps. 51

ad on T.V. says, Neighbors envy, owners pride. We squeeze to please is written above the price list of a juice shop. All these ad gimmicks seek to promote their own goods. However they have blasted the basic value system in order to attract the buyers for their selfish gain ! The value system in India is slowly declining. People think that education will provide a value system that would improve the students life. This view of thought went horribly wrong when the child of today started using the gun to quench his anger instead of seeking better solutions from the moral values learnt. The moral class failed to impart the desired value system. Some people seek values from movie stars. That has become a mockery. Lets take a flashback at the prominent stars who frequently visit the jail for crimes of indulging in terror against humans and animals. also two their

Some people think that riches and wealth will give them the required value system. The sad stories of the Ambani brothers and the Mahajan family reflect the fact that money cant even solve fights between siblings. The latter case saw brother killing brother for the sake of money. The flow of money can never increase the flow of values into a system. The world evades from providing the values which man needs to have a better life. When values diminish, man begins to behave like an animal, killing other human beings without knowing the cascading effect on the victims family and the society at large. Many people think that the value system has to be embedded into a person at birth or even before birth which would give a better effect. This theory lies defeated after seeing the news splashed by the media. The value system has been marred in the birth process itself. The child comes out of the womb crying and not smiling! The reason behind is that the child has entered into a hopeless and helpless world. In Ps 51:5, David said, surely I was sinful at birth, sinful from the time my mother conceived me. The root cause for the decay in the value system is the sin which has entered into the human race. The value system has showed negative progress on the chart due to the sin of man and not because of nature or fate. The world has allotted a lot of money for safeguarding the value system for different issues such as protection, preservation etc. The way out for this degrading value system is to follow the Person who has lived in this world without any sin, corruption or blemish. That Person has lived in this world already. That Person was testified by the king, high priest and the people as a sinless man.

He said I am the Way, the Truth and the Life. He followed the rules and regulations by giving the tax to the government and encouraged others to pay the taxes. He had compassion on the poor, the sick and the outcasts. He had the courage to touch and heal the lepers which was more than touching an HIV+ patient today. His values were praised by many stalwarts. He spoke of Godly values. He practiced those values. On the cross, He died to take away our sin. He was buried and resurrected on the third day and ascended into heaven. Now, He is with us to help us practice those values which He spoke about and followed the values which the world is still searching for. Jesus will come back again to take all those who have accepted Him as their Lord and Savior. The demolished value system can be restored by Jesus Christ. If you accept Him and follow His steps, you will become a new person and the world will become a better place! For reflection and discussion: 1. Are we able to open our minds and see how the values have been portrayed in the advertisements? How are you going to rebuild the values in society? 2. Jesus is the only way to restore the scattered values in this world. How and why?