Corruption: The Evidence of a Sinful Nature.

Few weeks ago, i took a client to the airport (i'm a cab driver), we were talking about politics and corruption and i told him that for me, lobbying is a "legal" corruption. Thankfully he agreed with me, because the first time i said that to another client, he never called me back. I knew that my statement was true, but i didn't have the "evidence" to prove it. My client told me about a man called Jack Abramoff, a famous (or infamous, depending on your point of view) lobbyist that literally bought (with gifts and such) a few politicians here in America. I came home and watched his interview on CBS' 60 minutes (Jack Abramoff: Inside Capitol corruption). In this interview, Abramoff explains how he bribed politicians to "change laws" to benefit his clients, just by inserting a few words that opened the way to personal gain. Then, my client explained the difference between ethics and morals. It's very easy to condemn Abramoff, but in reality we are all alike, we are "corrupted to the bone". Why? Because we are born in sin: Psalm 51:5. We are all corrupted by the sinful nature that lives in us! Romans 3:23. Financial corruption is just a consequence of this sinful nature in action! Why do we see so much greed and unthankfulness nowadays? 2 Timothy 3:1-5. The sin is different but the root is the same: The sinful nature. By the way, what does corruption mean? Corruption: Dishonest or fraudulent conduct by those in power, typically involving bribery; the action of making someone or something morally depraved or the state of being so. Besides the financial aspect, corruption is changing the "state" of someone or something, e.g.: Sex trafficking. The perpetrator abducts a young girl and change her "state" of freedom into captivity, from being a morally correct person she becomes a morally depraved one (prostitution). The antidote for this deadly poison called sinful nature is holiness or Christlikeness. Hebrews 12:14. How can we grow in holiness? Psalm 119:9; Ephesians 5:26; John 15:3.