Ate Any Brownies Lately?

John Clardy

1 Corinthians 5:6-7 KJV

(6)  Your glorying is not good. Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump?

(7)  Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us:

Two teenagers were complaining because their dad would not let them watch a movie contained language, violence and nudity.

"But dad, those are just very small parts of the movie! Those scenes are just a few minutes of the total film! It's based on a true story and good triumphs over evil, and there are other redeeming themes like courage and self-sacrifice. Even the Christian movie reviews say that!"

"You cannot go and watch that movie,” said the father.  “My answer is no. End of discussion."

The kids walked into the family room and slumped down on the couch. As they sulked, they smelled the wonderful aroma of brownies baking. "Dad’s feeling guilty. He's going to try to make it up to us with some fresh brownies. When he brings them out to us, we’ll persuade with him to let us go to that movie after all,’ said one of the teenagers.

The teens weren’t disappointed. Soon their father appeared with a plate of warm brownies for them. They each took one. The father said, "Before you eat, I want to tell you something: I love you both very much." "That is why I've made these brownies with the very best ingredients. I've made them from scratch. I used the best organic flour. The best free-range eggs. The best organic sugar. Premium vanilla and chocolate."

"But there is one ingredient I added that is not usually found in brownies. But I only added the tiniest bit of that ingredient to your brownies. So go ahead, take a bite and let me know what you think."

"Dad, would you mind telling us what that mystery ingredient is before we eat?"

"Why? It’s just a small teaspoonful of it. You won't even taste it." It is organic, like the other ingredients."

"Come on, dad, just tell us what that ingredient is."

"Well, OK, if you insist. That secret ingredient is organic...dog poop."

Both teens instantly dropped their brownies back on the plate horrified.

"DAD, why did you do that? You've tortured us by making us smell those brownies cooking for the last half hour, and now you tell us that you added dog poop! We can't eat these brownies!"

"Why not?”, asked the father.  The amount of dog poop is very small compared to the rest of the ingredients. It won't hurt you. It's been cooked right along with the other ingredients. You won't even taste it. It has the same consistency as the brownies. Go ahead and eat!"

"No, Dad...NEVER!"

"And that is the same reason I won't allow you to go watch that movie. You won't tolerate a little dog poop in your brownies, so why should you tolerate a little immorality in your movies? How can we pray that God will not lead us unto temptation, and then entertain ourselves with something that will imprint a sinful image in our minds that will lead us into temptation long after we first see it?"

People who are involved in gross sin, never started that way!  It was just a little theft.  Just a little bet.  Just a little drink.  Just a little hit, a little pill.  Just a little affair.  Just a little anger. Just a little jealousy. 

You see, It’s the little foxes that destroy the vines.  Sin is like yeast - a little bit permeates the whole lump of dough. So the next time you are tempted to tolerate a little sin, fix you up a good old plate of homemade brownies with dog poop!  While you enjoy them with a cold glass of milk, remember this. It won’t take a lot of sin for you to be lost, just a little.