You know, despite the world being so evil, people do have a love for what is right. For example, during the World Cup, Argentina was perceived by a lot of people to benefit from dubious refereeing decisions that allowed them to reach the final, especially in the games versus Egypt. A lot of people felt that the referees unfairly removed the second Egyptian goal and also unfairly denied Egypt a review by the VAR (the video assistant referee) of the third goal scored by Argentina in extra time. Following that was the Swiss game, where a lot of people felt like Argentina again benefited from a refereeing decision that gave the Swiss team a red card. So, people were very furious with Argentina, and they even called them "Vargentina." They even talked about how Argentina was FIFA's favorite team or how FIFA was planning to crown Messi as king.
But in the final game versus Spain, a lot of people—the majority of people who were not for Argentina—were supporting Spain because they felt like Argentina was unjustly in the final. Basically, they became the villain in the storyline. If there were a script, then that script was a brilliant one by FIFA to make people hate Argentina and support Spain, which also would bring a lot of people to watch the final because they wanted to see that villain defeated. So, it would be a brilliant idea if that were the script that FIFA wanted to develop. Just like in a movie, you make the villain so evil so that people will love the hero when the hero wins.
Nevertheless, Argentina played in the final and they played aggressively, while Spain played the way soccer was supposed to be played, and people loved Spain as a result. People were celebrating Spain because they felt like Spain had saved soccer from the anti-football tactics of Argentina. This goes to show us that people in this world, no matter how evil it is, love to see what is right done; even though they do evil in their own lives, they love to see righteous acts done. They want to see somebody who's fair, somebody who's just, and somebody who's beautiful in the way they deal with others. People still hate ugliness; a lot of people hated the Argentinian team because they felt like they played ugly and were not sportsmanlike.
So, that goes to show you that, as a Christian, you should not follow the world in doing evil, because you may think that by doing evil, the world will love you. The fact of the matter is, the world will despise you, even though they themselves are evil. The world loves to see somebody who's beautiful. Even when they are against you and your principles because you are different from them, there will still be a deeper appreciation for who you are. If you resist evil, this is where true love is developed. Anybody who cares for you will truly love you, and that's why righteousness prevails in the end—because righteousness is always beautiful. Righteousness appeals even when those who are evil hate you; even the one who hates you will have a deep appreciation for you. Just like with Jesus—if you notice, the Pharisees hated Jesus, but they were always around him.
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