Going along with the Crowd

JAMES 4:17
Anyone, then, who knows the good he ought to do and doesn't do it, sins.

"THEY ALL DO IT---so what? Growled the cab driver. He was talking about police men who took bribes and one of which who, after receiving money from him in when he drove in the bus lane.
   There's a thin line between right and wrong, acceptable behavior and unacceptable behavior. But over times that thin line has been blurred so much that in some cases it is almost unrecognizable.
   "Hey, why should you object to my mistress?" a father of four daughter asked his family as I sat and listened. Then he added, "Didn't I take care of all of you? What I am doing doesn't hurt you!.
   Little by little, the voice of conscience grows weaker and weaker until it no longer speaks. We have become a "no fault" society where we excuse corrupt behavior because "every body is doing it" lacking them courage to speak, we back away from confronting wrongdoing.
   Knowledge of right and wrong isn't legislated It begins with spiritual Reformation of the heart. You can decided that no matters what other do, you will refuse to do wrong;  you understand that getting away with something doesn't justify it.
   Integrity 101 is generally taught at a mother knee, not in a university or even a values seminar. But if you had no one to show you the way, you can learn what it is as Holy Spirit teaches you. The Army of those who are the "salt and light" of society may be small, but they can make a big difference when they are strong enough to refuse to be intimidated by the scorn of those who say; "Everybody's doing it." When you don't do it, you make a difference. You don't have to go along with the Crowd.