As we grow in the knowledge of God, we become more sensitive to all the ways in which we naturally resist God. As we come to know God's Word and begin to examine our hearts according to its standards, we become aware of the gap between our calling as Christ's followers and our behavior as disciples. My mom gave me chores. So every week I put out the garbage. One week I forgot to put out the garbage.
Garbage has a way of making itself known.
It began to smell. Every day we kept piling more garbage onto it. It even began to spill over, and it was right where you came into the back of the house. Every time we went into the house we would get a whiff of it. The aroma began to seep into the house and infected the atmosphere.