Well I have been away from the blog scene for awhile, and as I was thinking about a few things, I remembered a story told by Dr. James Dobson’s where he told a story of a family where the rule was nobody in the family could go and see “R” rated movies. However, there where three sons who came to their father of this family and requested permission to go see this “R” rated movie that was a hit on the big screen. They presented their case to the father by saying that the down side to this movie was that there were three swear words, only one violent scene and that the one sex scene in the movie was not that serious because you couldn’t see the couple in the movie having sex. They told their father that the upside to giving them permission to see this movie was because it was a popular movie, everyone was seeing it, it was a good story with a great plot, this movie would probably be nominated for several awards, and lastly they said that many of the church members saw it and said that it wasn’t that bad.
The father listened to their excitement and asked for a day to think about it before making his decision.
The next evening, the father called his three sons into the living room. On the coffee table he had a plate of brownies. He told them he had decided that they would eat a brownie then he would let them go to the movie. But before they did, just like the movie, the brownies had ups and downs. The ups: they were made with the finest chocolate and walnuts. The brownies were moist and fresh with wonderful chocolate frosting on top. He had made these fantastic brownies using an award-winning recipe. And best of all, the brownies had been made lovingly by the hand of their own father.
The brownies only had one down. He included a little bit of a special ingredient-just a little bit of “dog droppings” But he had mixed the mix well — they probably would not even be able to taste the extra ingredient, and he had baked it at 350 degrees so any bacteria or germs had probably been destroyed.
Therefore, if any one of his sons would eat the brownies he felt they would be able to see the movie with “just a little bit of smut” and not be affected.
How many brownies do you suppose they ate? How many would you have eaten?
Purity is important when it comes to food; It doesn’t take much filth to ruin good brownies. When it comes to food, we don’t want any “extra ingredients”- we want purity.
When it comes to your heart, God doesn’t like any “extra ingredients.” He desires purity. He has a passion for purity in His people, and He wants you and I to share that passion for purity in our own hearts.
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