Hello ,
Years ago in Germany, there was a young Jewish boy who had a profound sense of admiration for his father. His family's life centered on the acts of piety and devotion prescribed by their religion. The father was zealous in attending worship and religious instruction, and he demanded the same from his children.
While the boy was a teenager, the family was forced to move to another town in Germany.
There was no synagogue in the new town, and the pillars of the community all belonged to the Lutheran church. Suddenly the father announced to the family that they were going to abandon their Jewish traditions and join the Lutheran church. When the
stunned family asked why, the father explained that changing religions was necessary to help his business. The youngster was bewildered and confused. His deep disappointment soon gave way to anger and a kind of intense bitterness that plagued him throughout his life.
That disappointed son, disillusioned by his father's lack of
integrity, eventually left Germany and went to England to study. He sat daily at the British Museum, formulating various ideas and writing a book. In that work, he introduced an entirely new world-view, envisioning a movement that would change the social and political systems of the world. Drawing from past experiences with his father, he described religion as an "opiate for the masses" that could be explained totally in terms of economics and personal gain.
The boy's name? Karl Marx. His idea? Communism. It all began when his father was willing to compromise everything this young man had been taught in exchange for personal gain.
Integrity is a rare
commodity these days. God wants each of us to be people of integrity, not only in our personal lives, but with His Holy Word the Bible.
Have a great day and God bless!
