The Sweet Murderer

Sounds quite paradoxical but that will be the best caption ever given to a subject as this. I am talking about self-addiction. What is self? The Bible gives us a brief description of the genetic make-up of man. In Genesis 1:26, God created man in his own image and endowed him with the responsibility to rule his environment.

Each and every one has an innate desire to rule and dominate since its God-given. Men and women have fought for rights of equality. Nations have fought for the rights of their citizens to vote. Every single human being desires freedom. However, if man is to dominate his environment, then we should know that our immediate environment is our body or flesh or self. In another sense, humans are to control their bodies, flesh or self and not the other way round.

When the body or self and its passions rules over a man, we have the case of Sinful Addictions. Literally, addiction is the habitual repetition of a behavior that one is unable to stop. It is an extreme interest in or wish for doing something such as hobby or activity (Cambridge Advanced Learners Dictionary). For example, indulging in things such as alcohol, drugs, sex, food, gambling, internet, games etc.

Now, let's take a look at this; if the body is inclined to serve itself, then it does so by obeying its passions. In other words, each and every one is naturally inclined to be addicted to one or two sins. Don't be deceived, it takes only the Spirit of God to be free. The Holy Writ always advises us on how dangerous various bodily passions are. It starts with a little sinful pleasure, then a huge murder follows. Oh God, be our help! When the murderer (Satan) gives us sweet candies to taste.

The mechanism of self is linked to how an Eskimo kills a wolf. The mechanism of self is linked to how an Eskimo kills a wolf. "First the Eskimo coats his knife blade with animal blood and allows it to freeze. Then he adds another layer of blood, and another until the blade is completely concealed by blood. Next the hunter fixes his knife in the ground with the blade up. When the wolf discovers the bait he licks it, tasting the fresh frozen blood. Then he begins to lick faster and more vigorously until the keen edge is bare. In his craving for the blood the wolf does not realize that his thirst is being satisfied by his own warm blood until the dawn finds him dead in the snow" (Paul Harvey, "Sin’s Peril," Leadership magazine, Winter 1987). Stop licking the knife Christian!

Kwaku Sarfo Agyei Isaac