BBD 01.22.08 The Sport of Evil
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01.22.08
The Sport of Evil
To do evil is like sport to a fool, but a man of understanding has wisdom.
The fear of the wicked will come upon him, and the desire of the righteous
will be granted. When the whirlwind passes by, the wicked is no more, but
the righteous has an everlasting foundation. - Proverbs 10:23.
In Russellville, Arkansas, a man received ten months in jail for contempt of
court after mooning a judge. Robert White was serving as his own attorney in
a municipal court on a disorderly conduct charge. White stated the hearing
was a "kangaroo court" and began using foul language. Then He mooned the
judge. Judges do tend to view such things as contempt of court. While I was
a probation and parole officer, a man I was supervising attacked his
girlfriend injuring her and he attacked his own parents. He received only
minor punishment for the attacks but he had violated his probation. In a
hearing to revoke his probation, the judge was very kind and allowed him
three days to take care of things prior to going to prison. Just after the
judge left the courtroom, the man began using foul language cursing the
judge. The judge was told and he reentered the courtroom calling the court
back into session. The man was then ordered immediately to prison.
To so flagrantly flaunt authority is beyond foolishness and yet many do so.
Why? It has become their way of life. Doing evil is how they live. Doing
evil things is a sport and they enjoy it. They have a lust for evil, for
wickedness, for things that are wrong. In Proverbs 11 the Bible says about
them, "the unfaithful will be caught by their lust," "the perversity of the
unfaithful will destroy them," "the wicked will fall by his own wickedness,"
"when a wicked man dies, his expectation will perish, and the hope of the
unjust perishes."
How much better for those who do good instead of evil. In Proverbs 11:19,
"As righteousness leads to life, so he who pursues evil pursues it to his
own death." And when the righteous die they are "delivered from trouble, and
it comes to the wicked instead (Proverbs 11:8)." The life of righteousness
is far better than the sport of evil. "...the righteous has an everlasting
foundation (Proverbs 10:25)." That everlasting foundation can only be found
in Jesus Christ. "For no other foundation can anyone lay than that which is
laid, which is Jesus Christ (1 Corinthians 3:11)."
One of the primary reasons many pursue evil with their lives is that they do
not have that everlasting foundation that is only found in Jesus Christ. If
you have been engaged in the sport of evil I urge you, before it is
eternally too late, to turn to Jesus Christ asking for His mercy, and His
forgiveness.
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