Monday, November 7, 2011

A Bloody Popsicle

Sin and the destruction it brings, reminds me of the story of how Eskimos dealt with

wolves who killed their livestock. They would capture a rabbit or some other small game

and drain their blood. They would take a razor sharp double edged knife dip it into the

blood and then freeze it. By repeating this process numerous times, they would freeze

layer upon layer of animal blood around the deadly blade. In essence a blood popsicle

on a knife.

Then the villagers would take the knife to the outskirts of the village, where the wolves

had been active, and secure the blade on a stick. During the night, when a wolf would

come and smell the blood, he’d start licking and licking. As the wolf would lick away on

the bloodsicle, his tongue would become numb. So as his taste for blood would grow his

lust would cause him to lick faster and faster down and down to the razor sharp blade.

But by this time, because his tongue was so numb from the cold, he wouldn’t feel it as

the blade started slashing his tongue. In fact, what happens the taste of his own blood

would cause him to lick even faster.

By the time the wolf would figure out what was happening it was too late. His tongue

shredded and bleeding profusely, he’d wonder off and bleed to death! (Weird Craig
Groeschel)

Galatians 5:16-21 NASB says; But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not carry out

the desire of the flesh. For the flesh sets its desire against the Spirit, and the Spirit

against the flesh; for these are in opposition to one another, so that you may not do

the things that you please. But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the Law.

Now the deeds of the flesh are evident, which are: immorality, impurity, sensuality,

idolatry, sorcery, enmities, strife, jealousy, outbursts of anger, disputes, dissensions,

factions,  envying, drunkenness, carousing, and things like these, of which I forewarn

you, just as I have forewarned you, that those who practice such things will not

inherit the kingdom of God.

Every one of these sins are a bloody popsicle sin! So what is normal in our society? 90%

of children between 8 and 16 have viewed Pornography online. Pornography use to be a

problem that affected men predominantly, now 1/3 of adult web sites are visited by

women. In 2009, a total of 650,843 young people aged 10–24 years were treated

in emergency departments for nonfatal injuries sustained from assaults. Nearly three out

of four (74%) of Americans personally know someone who is or has been a victim of

domestic violence. Approximately 92% of U.S. adults who drink excessively report

binge drinking in the past 30 days.2 Although college students commonly binge drink,

70% of binge drinking episodes involve adults age 26 years and older. Some of the

results of excessive drinking are poverty, health problems from Heart issues to children

born with fetal alcohol Syndrome. Do you really want to be normal? Can you really say

you want to be In bondage to this sins?

Be God's

Roger Miller

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