The
wicked freely strut about when what is vile is honored among men. (Psalm 12:8)
Regarding
sin’s downward spiral, Paul concludes: Although
they know God’s righteous decree that those who do such things deserve death,
they not only continue to do these very things but also approve of those who
practice them (Romans 1:32).
Have
you noticed how our heroes have changed? Saturday afternoon TV westerns
featured Roy Rogers wearing a white hat and crusading for justice; Marcus Welby
was not only a brilliant physician, but a good man; the town of Mayfield was
home to Ward and June Cleaver and their boys Wally and Theodore. They were good
kids even though the Beaver had a knack for getting into trouble.
Were
those shows to be remade today, Roy Rogers would be running from his past, Dr.
Welby would be addicted to painkillers, and Leave It to Beaver would be
retitled: The Adventures of Eddie
Haskell.
There
actually might be something healthy about realizing our heroes are just regular
men, women and children with all the faults and shortcomings inherent to fallen
humanity. Pedestals are too easy to fall from.
At
the same time, are we living in a time when what
is vile is honored among men? If we are, things may not be that different
after all than they’ve always been. Apparently, 3,000 years ago the psalmist
was experiencing the same thing.
How
can we encourage noble behavior from our children when their heroes do not?
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