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Materialism versus Kingdom of God
ОглавлениеWe are living a unique moment in humanity. From the twentieth century extending to the present one is known that the humanity has advanced in several aspects, especially in the scientific-technological and cultural area. In contrast, there is a deterioration in the familiar, social and religious
We are capable of flying, of communicating over long distances, of combating incurable diseases, but most are unable to value family, friends, gratitude, respect, prefer to enter a competition environment in search of money, fame, power, social status to the detriment of oneself and the other.
Nowadays, it is common the disobedience of the child to the parents, the verbal and physical aggressions, the exacerbated freedom of the young people who even before the age of majority invade the social networks subjecting themselves to dangers unquestionable. Before we had a rigid patriarchal education, now the education has become impossible. The consequences of this modernity are in the increase of delinquency, in the family tragedies, in the separation of parents and children.
In addition, society and its false moralism compel people to live a character to fit into the accepted biotype. Examples are homosexuals not assumed, women and their marriages often front, Indians and blacks who once have escaped intolerance of religious syncretism.
All this exposed, we can conclude that in order to enter the Kingdom of God, it is necessary to deny what is in the world, materialism, and to integrate the mission that Yahweh has left us. It is necessary to show love, competence, honesty, sincerity and charity in all the senses towards the next. People thus have a reserved place in the spiritual world, my father's house.