"But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed. Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death." (James 1:14-15)

Radio announcer Paul Harvey told the story of how an Eskimo kills a harmful 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 frozen blood. Next, the Eskimo fixes his knife in the ground with the blade up. When a wolf follows his sensitive nose to the source of the scent and discovers the bait, he licks it, tasting the fresh frozen blood. He begins to lick faster, more and more vigorously, lapping the blade until the keen edge is bare. Feverishly now, harder and harder the wolf licks the blade in the arctic night. So great becomes his craving for blood that the wolf does not notice the razor-sharp sting of the naked blade on his own tongue, not does recognize the instant at which is insatiable thirst is being satisfied by his "own" warm blood. His carnivorous appetite just craves more - until the dawn finds him dead in the snow!

This account is gruesome; nevertheless, it offers fresh insight into the consuming, self-destructive nature of sin.