'To Bless All Mankind' January 11, 2016 ISSUE

God’s goodness negates corruption

Keith S. Collins

Originally published in The Christian Science Monitor, October 22, 2015.

Every day the news seems to bring us stories of corruption in a multitude of human arenas.

At one point, I worked in a city and a profession where it was widely accepted that to be successful, one had to mislead the public. I assumed it was necessary to do this in order to make a living. But the corruption took its toll. I eventually witnessed the deterioration of my career, and my marriage fell apart.

I was tempted to blame a lot of people, including myself. What brought me up short was something the Apostle Paul wrote: “There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it. Wherefore, my dearly beloved, flee from idolatry” (I Corinthians 10:13, 14).

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