as drunkenness, fornication, idle talk or songs, backbiting, deceit, and a thousand other evil things. These we can forsake immediately, if we are willing. We must both give these up and, as the saying goes, “keep our hands off” if we would abide before God the Lord with nothing for which to make excuses. Surely, no one should accept the excuse of a thief who goes stealing and breaking into homes at night and then claims that he should be excused because he just can’t stop. Frankly, the same applies