Sin Will Take You Further\u2026
Author: Pat Aman
Sermon Preached – 2004\/2014<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cSin will take you further than you want to go, keep you longer than you want to stay and cost you more than you want to pay.\u201d Quote Author: Unknown<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The following incident won the runner-up prize in the 1999 Darwin Awards:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A Vermont native, Ronald Demuth, found himself in a difficult position.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
While touring the Eagle\u2019s Rock African Safari (Zoo) with a group of thespians from St. Petersburg, Russia, Mr. Demuth went overboard to show them one of America\u2019s many marvels. He demonstrated the effectiveness of \u201cCrazy Glue\u201d\u2026 the hard way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Apparently, Mr. Demuth wanted to demonstrate just how good the adhesive was, so he put about 3 ounces of the adhesive in the palms of his hands, and jokingly placed them on the buttocks of a passing rhino. The rhino, a resident of the zoo for the past thirteen years, was not initially startled as it has been part of the petting exhibit since its arrival as a baby.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
However, once it became aware of its being involuntarily stuck to Mr.Demuth, it began to panic and ran around the petting area wildly making Mr. Demuth an unintended passenger.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cSally [the rhino] hasn\u2019t been feeling well lately. She had been very constipated. We had just given her a laxative and some depressants to relax her bowels, when Mr. Demuth played his juvenile prank,\u201d said James Douglass, caretaker. During Sally\u2019s tirade two fences were destroyed, a shed wall was gored, and a number of small animals escaped. Also, during the stampede, three pygmy goats and one duck were stomped to death.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As for Demuth, it took a team of medics and zoo caretakers\u2019 to remove his hands from her buttocks. First, the animal had to be captured and calmed down.. However, during this process the laxatives began to take hold and Mr. Demuth was repeatedly showered with over 30 gallons of rhino diarrhea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt was tricky. We had to calm her down, while at the same time shield ourfaces from being pelted with rhino dung. I guess you could say that Mr. Demuth was into it up to his neck. Once she was under control, we had three people with shovels working to keep an air passage open for Mr. Demuth. We were able to tranquilize her and apply a solvent to remove his hands from her rear,\u201d said Douglass. \u201cI don\u2019t think he\u2019ll be playing with Crazy Glue for a while.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What in the world was Mr. Demuth thinking???? I believe it is safe to say that he wasn\u2019t thinking at all! Lest I be too harsh and critical, though,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I have to remember all the times in my life when I have \u201cattached\u201d myself to something sinful. The results were just as disastrous, and I have often found myself wondering, \u201cWhat was I thinking?\u201d The truth is, I really wasn\u2019t thinking at all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
That\u2019s the very nature of sin. We \u201cattach\u201d ourselves, thinking we can-always quit whenever we want to. We don\u2019t even consider what the consequences will be. I appreciate this quote by an unknown author: \u201cSin will take you further than you want to go, keep you longer than you want to stay and cost you more than you want to pay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cBut each one is tempted when he is drawn away by his own desires and enticed. Then, when desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, brings forth death.\u201d (James 1:14-15<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Devotion Written By: Pastor Pat Aman Book \u00a9 1996\/2023 \u201cCoffee With Pat Daily Devotionals\u201d \u201cCoffee With A Little Spice Of Life\u201d and Westbow Press a division of \u00a9 Thomas Nelson and Library of Congress Control Number: 2018910976\u2026\u2026\u2026.
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