Everyone can quote the Golden Rule — “Do to others as you would have them do to you” (Luke 6:31 NIV).
Self-sacrifice is soon replaced by self-gain.
Much like Moses’ experience at Mt. Sinai in Exodus 32, people begin to look elsewhere for their significance and security when God’s presence leaves the camp. Without leadership based on God’s moral law, many of us will clamor for gods that are fashioned to fit our lifestyles and cravings.
Ironically, we’ve replaced the golden rule for a golden calf. We often look to worship the created rather than the Creator.
Ultimately, with no moral constraint or concern for others, chaos ensues. Society crumbles under the weight of its sin.
King David tells us in Psalm 115 that those who seek to replace God with an idol (literal or figurative) will ultimately be like them—hollow, hard, and unbending.
Ultimately, we wind up worshipping ourselves.
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