Before we begin, let’s read Acts 10:34-43.
Now, picture this:
A guy in a polo shirt, khakis and cross-trainers jogs up to you, grabs your ankle, and starts lifting your leg up into the air. What’s your reaction? Probably not a nice one. You jerk back, protest. Now he reassures you that he’s a personal trainer, and he’s here to fix your leg. What’s your reaction now? Probably still not very good. The trainer goes on to explain that he noticed you walking on campus, and he could tell that you were overcompensating on your left side. He immediately recognized that this is because your right leg has an injury, and he knew right away how to fix it, with stretching and such. Okay, now this is making a little more sense. You come to realize that you do have an injury. It happened a long time ago, but you have found a way to live with it, and while you’re not up to peak performance, you’ve been making due. But now you recognize that you have a problem, and you’re open to the idea of getting help with it. Until you recognize the need, you won’t believe you need the solution.
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So my purpose tonight is to do two things: to show you your need, and then to offer you the solution.
All Good people…
A while back, some miners were stuck underground in PA. A young miner asked an older one[1] “Will I go to heaven?” And the older fellow comforted him by saying, “All good people go to heaven, no matter what.”
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Those are comforting words, and I’m not here to dispute whether good people go to heaven. But if the older miner’s statement is true, then did it comfort the younger miner? To answer that, he would need to ask himself a very important question, wouldn’t he? That question is, “Am I a good person?”
To be continued....
