millstone

We live in a broken and fallen world. Thus, temptation to sin is inevitable. It is all around us. That does not mean, though, that God winks at it or takes temptation or sin lightly. Nor does He let us off the hook easily when others sin against us. If we are sinned against, it is our responsibility as a Christian to forgive that person.

Jesus tells his disciples “Temptations will always come but sorrow awaits the one who does the tempting!” In the last podcast we talked about what temptation is and where it comes from. In this podcast, we look at the what sin is and the dangers of sin. Sin separates us from God and our whole goal is to be closer to God. If we choose sin then we choose to be separated from God! However, the good news is, if we have made Jesus our Lord and Savior and are striving to be like him on a daily basis, then we have an advocate with the Father that pleads our case and our sin is forgiven when we confess it and turn back to him. Bur knowing the dangers of sin, Jesus says that we don’t want to be the one who tempts others to sin. In fact, he says it would be better if we took a millstone, a very heavy rock, tied it around our neck, and drown in the sea! Why so drastic? Because we are to lead people TO God, not AWAY from God. If we are causing people to stumble in sin, then we aren’t showing the love, the heart of God and that is our purpose! Love like Jesus so you don’t have to wear a millstone necklace…

BREAKING! I det här avsnittet avslöjar era poddare vad de har i sina whiskyskåp. Vi gör en virtuell påhälsning på Zuidam distillers i Nederländerna och pratar om svanstek … nej – svanhalsen och dess funktion. Lite om det här med att köpa och ”samla”… https://scotchwhisky.com/magazine/features/20490/the-psychology-of-whisky-collecting/ http://themakersstories.com/2016/03/22/whisky-specialist-angus-macraild-insight-huge-industry/ Det finns också en rad intervjuer med samlare på scotchwhisky.com, som, om man nu är lagd åt det hållet, är intressanta att läsa. Många av intervjuerna når du genom denna länk: https://scotchwhisky.com/search?q=the+collectors Zuidam distillery (Millstone whisky) http://www.zuidam.eu/nl/home.htm Det finns chockerande många Millstone på Systembolaget, bara gack åstad och kolla in utbudet: https://www.systembolaget.se/sok-dryck/?searchquery=millstone Samuel Pepys dagbok med citatet från avsnittets titel https://www.pepysdiary.com/diary/1667/07/19/ Svanhals Om du råkar äga Malt whisky yearbook 2017 kan vi rekommendera Johnny McCormicks text ”Swan neck vapour trails: journeys through the cooper pot still”. Titta också gärna på: http://whiskyscience.blogspot.com/2015/09/scottish-pot-still-variations.html Vill du levla upp till en nördnivå som närmar sig det maniska? Läs då denna intressanta studie: Harrison, Barry, Olivier Fagnen, Frances Jack & James Brosnan, ”The impact of copper in different parts of malt whisky pot stills on new make spirit composition and aroma”, Journal of the Institute of Brewing 117 (2011), nr 1, s. 106–112. (Tillgänglig online här: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/j.2050-0416.2011.tb00450.x)

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Jesus uses provocative language to bring gravity to the discussion of sin in the life of a believer. In this passage we learn how replacing our objects of temptation lead to life but nurturing means to sin leads to death (Mark 9:42-50).