A 22-year-old man was arrested in Kitsap, Wash., after tossing a barrage of rocks at people, leading some to chase him until police intervened. The man explained that he is preparing to enter an Ultimate Fighting Championship contest but had never actually been in a fight and wanted experience at getting beaten up. Judging by his action he should have just asked, I'm sure plenty of people would have obliged. His conduct why rather absurd, isn’t that uncommon. Many people, even when they know certain sinful behavior is dangerous and wrong, are tempted to try it for “experience sake.” Satan often used the “it won’t hurt to try it once” motto to pull many people into web of destruction. Remember the Proverbs 7:23 say about sins seduction, “As a bird hastens to the snare, So he does not know that it will cost him his life.”
In Acts 20, there is the tragicomic event surrounding a young man by the name of Eutychus. He did what a lot of folks before and after him did, he fell asleep during a sermon. Unfortunately, he was setting in in the third story window at the time. So instead of nodding off and hitting the pew in front of him, he fell to his death. The good news was the apostle Paul was delivering the sermon and had the ability to bring him back. I don’t know, however, if we can judge Eutychus too harshly. The sermon had gone on till midnight. Paul wouldn’t finish it up till daybreak. That’s a long lesson. I know some folks that might want to jump out of a window if I had a lesson that long, yet these Christians wanted to be there to hear Paul. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not pushing for all night sermons but I think we might need to adopt these folks' dedication. They knew that Paul was only in town for a limited time only and they were determined to ...
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