The people of ancient China built a massive wall to protect themselves from the barbaric hordes that swept down from the north The wall was too high for the enemy to climb, too thick to tear down and too long to go around. Yet during the first 100 years of the wall’s existence, China was invaded three times.
The enemies simply bribed a gatekeeper and then marched easily through a gate.
The fatal flaw in this defense system lay in spending its wealth to build a wall but paying much less to build the character of the gatekeepers.
Proverbs 14 : 34
Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a disgrace to any people
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