American Morality A Study in the Lesser of Two Evils
Evangelist Vance Havner told the story of a boy who brought home a watermelon he had stolen from his neighbors farm and proudly showed it to his parents. They knew he had stolen the watermelon but after looking it over for a moment all his parents had to say to their son was Dont get any more of them because you dont know what they have been sprayed with.
The parents knowing the unseen poison on the watermelon might make their son sick or even worse could kill him gave him what seems like a concerned warning. They ignored the command of God, thou shalt not steal and the concomitant effects of stealing that result from ignoring that commandment. Could the boy get sick from stealing? I can hear a line from a beautiful traditional hymn There is a Balm in Gilead, to heal the sin sick soul. I can also hear the warning of God from Romans 6:23the wages of sin is death The parents were concerned for the boys health but not for his future or the health of his soul.
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