BBD 10.21.04 Take Out The Trash
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10.21.04
Take Out The Trash
The night is far spent, the day is at hand. Therefore let us cast off the
works of darkness, and let us put on the armor of light. Let us walk
properly, as in the day, not in revelry and drunkenness, not in lewdness and
lust, not in strife and envy. But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no
provision for the flesh, to fulfill its lusts. - Romans 13:12-14.
Yesterday (2001), I took care of one of my important duties in the home,
which is to take out the trash. Growing up on a farm that was one of my
duties (chores) - to take out and burn the trash. I caught the side of the
chicken house on fire once but was able to put it out with a garden hose
before there was too much damage. Surprisingly enough my parents continued
to entrust me with that chore. Living now in an isolated rural community the
trash truck comes by once a week on Thursday and if you forget well it's
another week. But this is much better than it was a few years ago when you
had to burn all of your trash and if you had a burn ban you were in trouble.
What happens if I forget to take out the trash? The trash piles up and
eventually even when bagged in heavy plastic bags it begins to smell. The
longer I wait to take it out the more space the trash requires and the more
the smell is magnified. It works the same way spiritually. Those who are
working the “works of darkness” have a trash problem. The longer they are
making “provision for the flesh” the more the spiritual trash piles up. The
more the spiritual trash piles up the more the spiritual stink can be
smelled. It just becomes worse and worse.
What is the solution? It is really a simple one. We just need to take out
the trash. “Cast off the works of darkness” and put on the “armor of light.”
Cast off the revelry, drunkenness, lewdness, lust, strife, envy, and other
works of the flesh and “put on the Lord Jesus Christ.”
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