Culture is the development of a people’s intellectual capacities and moral awareness through a combination of formal instruction and informal modeling. Parents and teachers teach the cultural elements, which include land, language, laws, symbols, constitution, moral code, shared values, customs, and social norms. We all come to think alike in the same environment we grow up in.
Control of the culture of a nation is the battlefield between good and bad; between the Kingdom of God and the kingdom of darkness. It is the batllefield of thinking of the minds. Whoever controls the minds of the people controls the culture.
Proverbs 23:7 ..man thinks in his heart, so is he.
This means that the way we think determines who we become. The heart is the mind. The kingdom of God is a kingdom of heart. The King of Heaven is battling for the minds of the creatures He created in His own image.
Values reflect our character. It is the belief or conviction that is considered worthy in and of itself by a person or group. It is a standard or ideal that regulates conduct or policy. It defines our attitudes, behavior, and view of the world. We must learn the values of the Kingdom of Heaven.
Social norms of the Kingdom of God are the fruit of the Spirit listed in Galatians 5:22. These are love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control.