Tired of eating slop?

Don't jump to any conclusions, this article is not about the unsavory food served in your town's local greazzzy-fried chicken shack; where the Friday Fish&Chips special is deep-fried in 3-week old pork fat.

This article is about a different kind of eating. More specifically, this article concerns the things which we feed the inner part of ourselves. You see, the type of Christian you are is to a large degree based upon the type of spiritual diet you maintain.

One may ask: "How can the spiritual/inner side of a person eat?" The answer to this question is straight forward: the concepts and ideas that you allow to dwell in your mind, and thus in your spirit, is the eating done by the inner part of you. Through your senses, you eat by means of the books that you read; you eat by the TV programs that you watch; you eat by the radio stations that you listen to; you eat by the music you enjoy; you even eat on the telephone as you share in conversation with your friend.

Now slop is defined as: "food waste (as garbage) or a thin gruel fed to animals" Thus, when one takes pleasure in/digests books, radio programs, and etc. that promote rotten ideas that God would consider garbage, that person is eating slop in a metaphorical sense.

As Christians, when we waste our days watching/consuming the diet of day-time soap operas (which are filled with the portrayal of the most depraved sins), our spirits become sickly. When we spend hours on the phone gossiping, our soul becomes stuffed with garbage. We then have a more difficult time resisting the temptation to sin. If we find ourselves taking pleasure watching others practice sinful acts, I am afraid that sin may have already taken root (see Romans 1:32). Let me be perfectly clear: I am not referring to sinful thoughts that may pop up in a Christian's mind, where the Christian exerts mental effort to reject/and expel the thought. I am crying against the Christian that seeks enjoyment from programs, books, and etc. that promote concepts that are contrary to the lifestyle of a Christian as defined by the Bible.

Just imagine if you took your meals from the hog's slop bucket. Your body would probably become weaker and weaker due to consuming unsanitary rotten food which does not contain proper nourishment for the human body. Your body would eventually be overtaken by disease and sickness because the human body is not designed to subsist on the slop dumped in the hog pen. The reason why you have so many Christians who are so easily taken over by acts of rage and violence may be due to a diet of slop - that has made their spiritual side weak and eventually subject to death. A dead spirit will not allow a person to act in obedience to God's will.

It's not just lay members, but many who are called to ministerial callings eat a constant diet of the slop of violence. It is no wonder that large numbers of "Christians" carry pistols in their brief cases and purses right next to their Bibles.

Yes, we can make excuses why we eat what we eat; we can say that the slop does not affect us. But, it does affect us if we are eating slop; whether it's violent books, violent movies, or even our "sacred" violent sports. Yes, violent sports! How can we sit and watch two persons literally beat each other bloody in a ring, and enjoy it and say "Blessed are the peace makers…" Again, take a look at Romans 1:32 which shows we are not to even seek enjoyment in watching others do evil. So, you better turn off wrestling shows that portray men and women scratching, biting, choking and beating each other with chairs.
 

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