One of the shows my wife and I have recently "acquired" (meaning it's one of the few shows we make a point to watch) is Restaurant: Impossible on the Food Network. In the show, this tough British chef goes to a failing restaurant and brings in a remodeling crew while he overhauls the menu, management, marketing, and service, all in two days with a very limited budget.
One episode that stood out to me was a restaurant that had been in the family for decades that was run by a guy who had no idea how to organize anything. The result was an extremely messy kitchen and a patio that had fallen out of use and cluttered with an amazing amount of garbage, unused equipment, and junk. At the end of each episode, there are a few captions giving kind of a "three-month report card." Most tell of at least moderate success. Sadly, for this restaurant, the caption said that junk had started to pile up again, and they had "temporarily closed."
How could this happen? How could they go back to their old ways after they have been shown something so much better? Don't they want to succeed?
Ephesians chapter 4 takes a similar tone: now that you have been called by Christ, do not live like the world any longer! Why? Because sin is bad and you know better!
Why do Christians continue to sin after they have come to know Christ? This is probably the most convicting sermon (for myself) that I have ever prepared...
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