YOUR SIGN?

Dr. Tony Evans told a  story on his radio program.  I’m paraphrasing it here.

A newlywed couple were driving late at night enroute to their honeymoon suite.  The man passed a car on the road, not seeing another car coming down the other side. 

Bam! 

The husband, who was driving, swerved and the  car wrecked.

When the man came to, he saw his bride on the other side, injured, bleeding, and unconscious.  As he looked around he noticed a sign: Office of Dr. Bill Smith.

He looked past the sign and saw what looked like a home with an office added on.   He thought, “Oh, we are in luck.  We were struck in front of a doctor’s office. “

He crawled from the car and dragged his bride to the building.

He rang the doorbell and a man came to the door.

The husband said, “Are you Dr. Bill Smith?”

“Yes, I am,” was the answer.

“Help me, please, Doctor. My bride is dying.”

The doctor said, “I’m sorry.   I can’t help you.  I don’t practice anymore.”

The man, holding his critically injured bride, looked at the “doctor” with anger and hopelessness and replied, “If you don’t practice, then take down your sign.”

(End paraphrase.)

The world around us is dying.  We the church, the members of the church, the folks who say we are Christians are by our profession holding up a sign that says, “I practice the faith that brings healing.  I practice the faith that brings salvation.  I practice the faith that brings peace and comfort and direction.  I practice the faith of Jesus.”

If when you are actually faced with lost, hurting, directionless, uninspired, broken, and /or spiritually immature, you are unwilling to put your faith into practice---------------- then take down your sign. 

Stop lying about who you are.  Stop lying about Whose you are.

If you are wrecked, hurting, needing direction, looking for a Savior, and/or searching for a place to put your faith into practice------ we’ll see you Sunday.

---Anderson T. Graves II

Rev. Anderson T. Graves II is the pastor of Hall Memorial CME Church

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