I know adults (parents, grandparents, teachers) have the responsibility of teaching good morals to the younger generation, but I think it's often an exercise in futility. You can't teach morality without the grace of God, for without God's help men and women are doomed to failure.
All people have sinned and fall short of the glory of God. Romans 3:23
It reminds me of the Old Testament where the Israelites were given the Law by God, but time after time, generation after generation, the people failed to keep it. At least then they believed in God and tried to keep His Law. Now people try to teach moral behavior without God at all!
Maybe that's why many people lower the standards of character and behavior. Like those who think we need to teach children "safe sex" (a lie in itself, since no sex with multiple partners is safe) because they're going to "do it anyway."
Way back in the 70's there was a very popular song "Jesus Is the Answer":
Jesus is the answer,
for all the world today.
Above Him there's no other,
Jesus is The Way.
There needs to be a resurgence of that song. For it's only through faith in Jesus Christ and obedience to His commands, through the power of the Holy Spirit, that we can hope to be a moral society.
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