A Government With No Corruption

 MOTIVES

THE PROBLEM: The driving forces behind corruption are greed and self-interest.  Government officials and citizens often display those negative qualities.  In the department store collapse in Seoul mentioned in the preceding article, government officials accepted bribes from contractors who knew that paying a bribe would be less costly than using proper building materials and construction practices.

To eliminate corruption, then, people must be taught how to overcome entrenched motives such as greed and selfishness.  However, human governments lack both the will and the ability to implement this type of educational program.

THE SOLUTION: God's Kingdom deals with corruption as its roots by teaching people how to overcome the wrong motives that cause it.  This education helps them "to be made new in [their] dominant mental attitude." (Ephesians 4:23) They learn to replace greed and selfishness with contentment and interest in others. - PHILIPPIANS 2:4; 1 TIMOTHY 6:6.

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