CAN’T SMELL GARLIC
Two Lake Worth, Florida, high school boys were suspended from school for eating so much garlic that no one could stand to have them around. The boys said that their garlic binge began when they read that garlic has properties for cleansing blood and lowering blood pressure. After reading that, each of them ate half a head of garlic. The next morning for breakfast both students consumed three or four more heads of garlic a piece. When teachers and students complained about their odor, the boys simply laughed and went on eating garlic. When confronted by the school officials, one of the boys protested that the smell couldn’t be all that bad. After all, he pointed out, “We were blowing in each other’s face, and we couldn’t smell a garlic smell.” That is the exact same approach the world takes toward sin! Knowing what is wrong, we laugh and flaunt our participation in the wrong. We desensitize our own consciences by…
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