23 June 2010
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Week Of June 21, 2010
2 Kings 2:1-2, 6-14
Theme
Stay with God!
One-Liners
Some worship God on Sundays but play with the Devil on weeknights.
There are ten church members by habit for everyone by conviction.
Anecdote
A dog thinks: Hey, these people I live with feed me, love me, provide me with a nice warm, dry house, pet me, and take good care of me... They must be Gods!
A cat thinks: Hey, these people I live with feed me, love me, provide me with a nice warm, dry house, pet me, and take good care of me... I must be a God!
IllustrationI remember, when I was a boy, going to a missionary meeting. A missionary was there from Africa, and was showing us a whole lot of curious things, and then he said, "Now, boys, I want to tell you the kind of Gospel we preach to the people of Africa. How many good boys have we here?" A lot of us thought we were good, but our mothers were there, and so not one of us dared hold up his hand. "Well," said he, "not one good boy here; then I have the same message for you that we have for the heathen in Africa; God loves naughty boys.” I thought, "He is getting all mixed up," for you see I had heard people say, "If you are good God will love you." But, dear friends, that is not true. God is not waiting for you to be good so He can love you; God loves sinners. "God commends his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us."
H. A. Ironside
