One person with his adolescent son drives a car. He jumps the traffic light and reaches the school to drop him off on time. He said proudly to his son, “See, son, how I cheated the system and brought you to school on time.” His son understood that heroes were those who broke laws and achieved something. No wonder he, too, wanted to become a hero. The tragic story is that he took his father’s motorbike, rode on it without a license, without wearing a helmet, jumped the traffic light, hit a truck, and fell dead. Paul writes: “I am speaking in human terms because of your natural limitations. For just as you once presented your members as slaves to impurity and to lawlessness, leading to more lawlessness, so now present your members as slaves to righteousness, leading to sanctification.” (Romans 6:19)
Lack of discipline: Self-discipline leads to holiness and a righteous life. Discipline is to do what is right, even when it is not convenient. Instead of being patient, an undisciplined person is restless, abrasive, and breaks all restrictions, including laws.
Lack of respect for the law: Those who do not respect the law do not have an idea about governance and respect for authorities. Without laws and a law-enforcing system, the world would be chaos, and society would live in perpetual anarchy. Society will resemble a jungle where only the fittest and brutal will survive.
Bad model: As a father, he did not model good citizenship to his son. Instead of being an embodiment of good values, he became an example of rebellion or a lawbreaker, without a cause. When parents behave as bad role models, the next generation will be worse than the current generation.
Bad concept: Hero is the one who upholds truth, righteousness, and even lays his life for truth. Sadly, his father taught and modelled that a hero is the one who breaks the law. Lawlessness leads to death. The wages of sin are death, which is the Second Death in the Lake of Fire.
Do I regard God, His governance, and obey laws?