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Sinful
Life
Covetousness
A father was walking down the street with his two small
sons
both of whom were cry loudly
A neighbor passing by inquired
“What’s the
matter? Why all the fuss?” The father responded
“The trouble with these lads
is what’s wrong with the world. One has a piece of candy and the other wants
it!”
Covetousness
The trouble with this world is that too many people try
to go through life with a catcher’s mitt on both hands.
Covetousness
The story is told of an elderly Quaker who
to teach his
neighbors a lesson
put up a sign on a vacant piece of property he owned that
read
“I will give this lot to anyone who is really satisfied.”
A
wealthy farmer read it as he rode by and said to himself
“Since my Quaker
friend is going to give this piece of land away
I might as well have it as
anyone else. I am rich and have all I need
so I am well able to qualify.” He
went up to the Quaker’s door and
when the aged man appeared
the farmer
explained why he had come.
“And
art thou really satisfied?” asked the owner of the lot.
“I
surely am
” was the farmer’s reply. “I have all I need
and I am well
satisfied.”
“Friend
”
said the other
“if thou art satisfied
then what dost thou want with my lot?”
The question revealed the covetousness that was hidden in the man’s heart.
Depravity
”Total depravity” is a doctrine rarely preached anymore.
Why don’t we feel as wicked as the doctrine says we are? For the same reason
that a fish doesn’t feel wet—because it is immersed.
Depravity
The Bible says that man was created a little lower than
the angels. One thing is clear today—he’s been getting a little lower ever
since.
Depravity
Nothing comes out of man’s physical body that is either
pleasing to look at or pleasing to smell. Likewise there is nothing that comes
out of man’s heart that is pleasing to God (for salvation).
Depravity
Suppose we pour a measure of salt into a container of
pure water. The salt affects every drop of the water to the extent that all the
formerly pure water becomes salty. From that time on
every bit of water drawn
from that container is salty and no pure water can be drawn. This is similar to
the depraved condition of man. The first sin was an act
one act that brought
sin into the human race. Since that one act the very bloodstream of the human
race has been polluted.
Depravity
Dr. Albert Einstein
in a lecture given in 1948
spoke of
the nature of man in relation to the world: “The true problem lies in the
hearts and thoughts of men. It is not a physical but an ethical one…What terrifies
us is not the explosive force of the atomic bomb
but the power of the
wickedness of the human heart.”
Depravity
No clever arrangement of bad eggs will make a good
omelet. –C.S. Lewis
Depravity
”If only there were evil people somewhere insidiously
committing evil deeds
and it were necessary only to separate them from the
rest of us and destroy them. But the line dividing good and evil cuts through
the heart of every human being. And who is willing to destroy a piece of his
own heart?” –Alecksandr Solzenitsyn
Fornication
Fornication is like a cat’s paw. When lightly stroked
it is quite soft
and pleasurable
but increased pressure brings out the claws of sin that will
shred you very life.
Fornication
Vice is a monster of such terrible mien
That
to be hated needs but to be seen.
Yet
seen too often
familiar her face
We
first endure
then sanction
then embrace.
Depravity
The creator of Hustler magazine's
"Chester the Molester" cartoon
was found guilty January 5
1990 on five counts of molesting a teen-age
girl. Jurors found Duane Tinsley
44
guilty of molesting his victim
now an adult
from the age of 13 to
18. He was also found guilty on
three counts of substantial sexual contact with the girl. Tinsley's cartoon
features a lewd old man who molests young children. The woman he victimized as a child said
some of his cartoons were based on things he did to her. Tinsley could face a maximum sentence of
16 years in prison and a $50
000 fine. --American Family Association
Newsletter
Spring
1990
Depravity
The Bible says that in the last days
"the love of many will grow cold"
indicating a terrible breakdown in
the ability to treat even those closest to us properly. A sad example of this condition comes
from North Chicago
where prosecutors say a father poured sulphuric acid down
the throat of his infant son
and then he put sulphuric acid in a can of baby
formula
and then he conspired with the mother to blame the manufacturer of the
baby formula
hoping for a large cash settlement. The baby boy
after 27 months
his
throat and insides irreparably burned
died. --Associated Press
Depravity
A jury in Allegan
Michigan
deliberated about 40 minutes before
convicting Carolyn Wilson
42
and Annette Sanford
34
of criminal sexual conduct. They
were accused of allowing men to rape and molest their children in exchange for
money or drugs several times a week from 1985 to 1988. These convictions involved the rape of
Drugs
More than twice as many people as
previously estimated - 2.2 million - are addicted to cocaine in the USA
says a
congressional survey. The new
survey
which finds one addict for every 100 people
is considered more
accurate than previous federal surveys conducted by the National Institute on
Drug Abuse. "We're facing an
epidemic that's out of control
" says Sen. Joseph Biden
D-Del.
who is
releasing the Senate Judiciary Committee Survey.
The
new study shows:
*
*
*
* 1
out of every 5 people arrested for any crime is a hard-core cocaine addict.
*
Homeless people are five times more likely than average to be cocaine
addicts.--Jack Kelley
USA Today
Evil Influence
James City
VA - A girl who said she
loves what Freddy Krueger does in the Nightmare on Elm Street movies has been
charged with attempted murder. She
tried to murder a 13 year old boy with a jump rope - this is the girl's fourth
assault. Her reply
"It feels
good to try and strangle - it is fun to kill." --
Evil Speech
Most of us have watched T.V. grow from
infancy to adultery. It's
interesting to note that when it was made in 1946
the script of the classic
Christmas movie "It's a Wonderful Life
" -- starring Jimmy Stewart --
had the following words deleted:
jerk
lousy
God
dang
impotent
and garlic eaters. These words were censored from the
original script because they were deemed unacceptable at that time for movie
audiences. Whether up or down we
have come a long way. --Associated Press
Foolishness
In an article published on April 2
Depravity
I read recently some remarks shared by
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
who spent many years in Soviet concentration camps
upon receiving the Templeton Prize in Religion in London:
"Through decades of gradual erosion
the meaning of life in the
West has ceased to be seen as anything more lofty than the 'pursuit of
happiness'...The concepts of good and evil have been ridiculed for several
centuries...It has become embarrassing to appeal to eternal concepts...The West
is ineluctably slipping toward the abyss...losing more and more of its
religious essence as it thoughtlessly yields up its younger generation to
atheism."
Depravity
Today's quote worth requoting is by
Billy Graham. He says
"Most
of us follow our conscience as we follow a wheelbarrow. We push it in front of us in the direction
we want it to go." --Associated Press
Fornication - Teen Facts
Since the popular push for
contraceptives for teens began
teenage sexual activity and pregnancy have
increased almost 400%. 70% of unwed teen mothers will go on welfare. Of teens who marry because of pregnancy
60% will be divorced in five years. --Josh McDowell
Lust
Lust is the craving for salt of a man who is dying of thirst.
October 7
1969 the
Montreal
Canada police force went on strike. Because of what resulted
the day
has been called Black Tuesday. A burglar and a policeman were slain. Forty-nine
persons were wounded or injured in rioting. Nine bank holdups were committed
almost a tenth of the total number of holdups the previous year along with 17
robberies at gunpoint. Usually disciplined
peaceful citizens joined the
riffraff and went wild
smashing some 1
000 plate glass windows in a stretch of
21 business blocks in the heart of the city
hauling away stereo units
radios
TVs and wearing apparel. While looters stripped windows of valuable merchandise
professional burglars entered stores by doors and made off with truckloads of
goods. A smartly dressed man scampered down a street with a fur coat over each
arm with no police around
anarchy took over.── Source
Unknown.
A school teacher
lost her life savings in a business scheme that had been elaborately explained
by a swindler. When her investment disappeared and her dream was shattered
she
went to the Better Business Bureau.
"Why on earth
didn't you come to us first?" the official asked. "Didn't you know
about the Better Business Bureau?"
"Oh
yes
"
said the lady sadly. "I've always known about you. But I didn't come
because I was afraid you'd tell me not to do it."
The folly of human
nature is that even though we know where the answers lie--God's Word--we don't
turn there for fear of what it will say. ── Jerry
Lambert.