Today's Passage: 1 Kings 11-12
How pure is pure? Does something have to be 100% pure to be pure, or would we say that if something is mostly pure it should count? According to the FDA, the following is considered to be "pure"...that is, fit for consumption. (If you are eating while reading, you might want to stop one or the other right about now.)
* Chocolate: Up to 60 insect parts or one rodent hair per 100 grams.
* Canned Juice: 1 maggot for every 250 ml
* Peanut Butter: Up to 30 insect parts for every 100 grams.
* Wheat flour: Up to 75 insect parts for every 50 grams.
This is just a very small sample...there are things on this list I just don't want to think about very long. The FDA has said that complete purity cannot be a realistic standard, so mostly pure must do.
God, however, does not have that standard. Solomon did mostly amazing things for God, but in one area he failed Him. He married women who worshiped other gods, and slowly that eroded his relationship with the True God. He even began to build places of worship for these gods...this from the man who built the temple! A little imperfection slowly builds into a great sin that will cause the kingdom to be ripped apart.
God wants all of us...100% purity, 100% devotion. When we give him less, we allow that relationship to be eroded from the inside out. While we know we will stumble in sin, we must be constantly on guard that we are not letting any sin take a foothold. As with Solomon, there will be consequences!
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