And the difference between these can be illustrated by the following example. Imagine its late at night and you on a lonely street and you see a little old lady coming towards you with a big purse filled with jewels and money. And you think to yourself: there’s no one else to protect this little old lady and there’s no ways she’d be able to resist me if I decide to steal her jewels and money. So here’s the first question: do you rob her? yes or no? And I hope all of us answer but here’s the bigger question. why do “no”. we say, no? What’s the motivation that stops us from robbing her. And of course the Christian virtue is the virtue of love. And that would be the greatest motivation not to rob her. You consider her well-being and what would it be like for her to lose all her money. And that’s what stops you from robbing her. But even if you removed that motivation of love. There still 3 other motivations that might stop you from robbing her. And the first one might be the law. Its against the law to rob this lady. You don’t wanna be guilty of breaking the law. And that’s the primary motivation for you if you come from a guilt culture. You don’t wanna be guilty of breaking the law. But another motivation might be fear of retribution. Even though no one can see what you doing, this lady might have connections with other powers, whether its human powers or even spiritual powers, that might bring retribution upon you. And that would be your primary motivation if you come from a fear culture. You afraid of being hurt.
And the difference between these can be illustrated by the following example. Imagine its late at night and you on a lonely street and you see a little old lady coming towards you with a big purse filled with jewels and money. And you think to yourself: there’s no one else to protect this little old lady and there’s no ways she’d be able to resist me if I decide to steal her jewels and money. So here’s the first question: do you rob her? yes or no? And I hope all of us answer “no”. but here’s the bigger question. why do we say, no? What’s the motivation that stops us from robbing her. And of course the Christian virtue is the virtue of love. And that would be the greatest motivation not to rob her. You consider her well-being and what would it be like for her to lose all her money. And that’s what stops you from robbing her. But even if you removed that motivation of love. There still 3 other motivations that might stop you from robbing her. And the first one might be the law. Its against the law to rob this lady. You don’t wanna be guilty of breaking the law. And that’s the primary motivation for you if you come from a guilt culture. You don’t wanna be guilty of breaking the law. But another motivation might be fear of retribution. Even though no one can see what you doing, this lady might have connections with other powers, whether its human powers or even spiritual powers, that might bring retribution upon you. And that would be your primary motivation if you come from a fear culture. You afraid of being hurt.