When King David arranged the murder of a man and stole his wife, he probably thought, “I’m only acting like all the other kings in the world.”
Many times as people of faith we measure ourselves by the standards of the world. As long as we can love a little more and lust a little less than the world, we call it a day.
They say “comparison is a thief of joy,” but comparison is also a thief of truth. The truth is the culture of the Kingdom of God and mainstream secular culture have always had very little in common.
Walk In Integrity
Very well put my brother, we must indeed compare ourselves to the standard of scripture alone.