There was a minister who preached very strongly one day on the subject of sin. And after the service one of the church officers came to counsel with him in his study and he said, Sir, we dont want you to talk as openly as you do about mans corruption, because if our boys and girls hear you discussing the subject theyll more easily become sinners. Ah, call it a mistake or something if you will, but dont speak so plainly about sin. The minister took down a small bottle from the cabinet and showed it to the visitor and said Do you see that label? The man said, Yes. It says strychnine and underneath that in bold red letters is the word poison. Do you know man, what you are asking me to do? Youre suggesting that I change the label. Suppose I do and paste over it the words, Essence of Peppermint. Do you see what might happen? Someone would use it not knowing the danger involved and would die, and so it is too with the matter of sin. The milder you make the label the more dangerousyou make the poison. And so we cannot mitigate the danger of sin, we must speak of the issue.
Posted on: Thu, 31 Oct 2013 04:40:32 +0000