1 John 1:5 - 2:1 / Matthew 2:13-18
Almost anyone can be bought at a price.
It means to say that almost anyone can be “bribed” into giving up his values and principles.
As long as the price and the gains are attractive, one will succumb to the temptation of the bribe.
But when there is fear and insecurity, one can also give up one’s values and principles in order to have control and security.
King Herod, despite his power and might, feared the infant king of the Jews.
His phobia became so immense and intense that he even ordered the killing of the infants at Bethlehem.
The lives of those infants count for nothing in order to appease his fears and phobia.
We have our fears and phobia, and we have also faced temptations to give up our values and principles.
When we succumb to our fears and temptations, others will be adversely affected and we won’t gain anything too.
Let us pray to the Lord our God for protection and guidance that we will not succumb to fear or temptation.