Our modern morality claims that the what is all that matters, without regard for motives, or it just assumes the motives are good. One of the students that works in the gym said that if Hitler gave away enough money to help the suffering she would consider him paid in full for the millions of Jews slaughtered at his order. Contrarily, evidence suggests that for the continuance of civil society that it is evil to believe that what we do matters more than why, that it is possible for a man to redeem his past mistakes on his own.
This is why some people are allowed, at least in the mind of popular opinion, to commit crimes against the civil society and get away with it, because they are philanthropic. Nevermind the degree of their crime or the fact that they draw attention to their good deeds in order to distract us from the evil they do. Contrarily, they disallow some because they do not pay enough to the poor or needy or whatever special interest group they sustain.
Essentially in this diabolic plan, they believe they can save themselves. They believe that you can pay your debt and build up a positive balance. That’s not how it works, even in the legal system. A felon, even after he pays his debt to society, is still regarded and remembered, at least by law enforcement, as a felon for the crimes he committed. This is why men like Bill Clinton and Tim Allen can be forgiven; despite their immoral conduct, they entertain us and do good, and so some choose to regard them as if all things are forgiven.
In essence, these people believe that you can pay for your own sins. They believe that it is possible for a debtor who has no assets, no credibility, and no worth, to pay off his own debts. The sale of indulgences has so inculcated itself into our society, that men now believe it’s simply a matter of making sure your good deeds outweigh the bad ones, and you can buy your way into good graces with gods and men regardless of your motives, regardless of your character, and regardless of the consequences of your past. They believe that we can save ourselves.
What need have these people for a Savior? They would deny Him, not because they deny His existence per se, but because they deny the need for Him, His help, and the fact that all men are lost without Christ. They turn to Mary and Oprah for their exemplars, without recognizing that, however good these people might be, they are still mortals and as such fallen examples. There are no paragons among us. All of us need Christ.
Despite their claims, the self-proclaimed elites among us do not really care about the people. They care about themselves. They think it is possible to exalt themselves. They think an ax can lift itself. They think that a debt can pay itself off, because we have forgotten about debtor’s prisons. Perhaps it’s because we can continue to earn money that we think we can pay a debt and make ourselves as we were before we became felons. Their plight is dire, because they deny Christ, even as He is desperate and ready to help them.
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