Mr. Hill is a strange man, he eats carrion By Charles Spurgeon

We know that we have come to know him, if we obey his commands. The man who says, I know him, but does not do what he commands, is a liar, and the truth is not in him. 1 John 2 3-4

There are many who profess to be Christians and yet live in sin. Even worse, they go to sin to find their pleasures. I suppose that we may judge a man most accurately by his desires and where he finds his pleasures than by almost anything else.

A man may say, I do not habitually frequent worldly gaieties, I am not always found where sin is mixed with mirth, and where worldlings dance upon the brink of hell, but I go there now and then for a special treat. I cannot help quoting the remark of Roland Hill, who, when he met with a member of his church who had gone to the theatre, said to him, I understand that you attend the theatre, Not regularly. I only go for a treat now and then." Ah, that makes it all the worse.

Suppose that somebody rumoured about me, Mr. Hill is a strange man. He eats carrion. Then one of my acquaintances hears the rumour and asks me, Is it true, Mr. Hill, that you live on carrion? Then suppose I answered him, I do not habitually eat carrion, but I have a dish of it now and then for a special treat. Why, he would think I was nastier than I would have been if I had eaten it regularly."

In the same way, if anything that verges on the unholy and sinful is a treat to you, then your very heart is impure, and you are seeking your pleasure and comfort in wickedness. you are still in the chains of sin.

Whoever makes a practice of sinning is of the devil, for the devil has been sinning from the beginning. No one born of God makes a practice of sinning, for God's seed abides in him, and he cannot keep on sinning, because he has been born of God. 1 John chapter 3 verses 8 and 9