An ancient Roman inscription declared, “To hunt, to bathe, to play, to laugh that is life,” and it perfectly captured the mindset that led Rome to collapse. When civilizations abandon faith, they stop thinking about responsibility, hope, and the future, and instead live for present pleasure alone. History shows that technology, power, and comfort cannot save a people without belief good plumbing didn’t save Crete, and pleasure didn’t save Rome. It was not the powerful Romans who ultimately endured, but the persecuted Christians who lived by faith and hope in Christ. Once again, we are surrounded by a culture strong in numbers but empty of hope so the question remains: are you standing with faith and victory, or with those repeating Rome’s last mistake?

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