Mr. Hill is a strange man, he eats carrion
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"We know that we have come to know Him, if we obey His commands. The man who says, 'I know Him,' but does not do what He commands, is a liar and the truth is not in him." 1 John 2:3-4
There are many who profess to be Christians, and yet live in sin. Even worse, they go to sin to find their pleasures!
I suppose that we may judge a man most accurately, by his desires and where he finds his pleasures, than by almost anything else.
A man may say, "I do not habitually frequent worldly gaieties. I am not always found where sin is mixed with mirth, and where worldlings dance upon the brink of Hell—but I go there now and then for a special treat."
I cannot help quoting the remark of Rowland Hill, who, when he met with a member of his church who had gone to the theater, said to him, "I understand that you attend the theater."
"Not regularly," he said, "I only go for a treat now and then."
"Ah, that makes it all the worse," replied Rowland. "Suppose that somebody rumored about me, 'Mr. Hill is a strange man, he eats carrion.'
Then one of my acquaintances heard the rumor and asks me, 'Is it true, Mr. Hill, that you live on carrion?'
Then suppose I answered him, 'No, I do not habitually eat carrion, but I have a dish of it now and then for a special treat.'
Why, he would think I was nastier than I would have been, if I had eaten it regularly."
In the same way, if anything that verges on the unholy and sinful, is a treat to you—then your very heart is impure, and you are seeking your pleasure and comfort in wickedness. You are still in the chains of sin.
"Whoever makes a practice of sinning is of the devil, for the devil has been sinning from the beginning . . . No one born of God makes a practice of sinning, for God's seed abides in him; and he cannot keep on sinning, because he has been born of God." 1 John 3:8-9