Key Verse: Verse 27 - “Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.”
Key Words: Pure religion
Today there are religions on top of religions, and most of these religions are not good. Religion doesn’t change a man, only Christ can change man; but most people are turning to religion as “their god.”
Several years ago, an evangelist was returning with his family from a meeting in Miami, Florida. They stopped to spend the night in Valdosta, Georgia. After checking into the motel, they stepped across the street to a restaurant. The fifteen year-old daughter of the owner was their waitress. While serving the meal, she accidently spilled the entire tray of food in the middle of the floor. A busboy came and rather half-heartedly cleaned up the mess, but the floor was still slippery from water, salad dressing, and mustard. Just then, the waitress returned, this time with coffee. The busboy warned her of the slick spot, but not in time! Coffee went flying everywhere. Crying, she ran for the sanctuary of the kitchen. Instead of exploding, the evangelist left a kind note and a tip.
The next morning when he stopped for coffee at another restaurant down the highway, another customer asked, “Ain’t you the fellow who got soaked with coffee in Valdosta last night?” Then he added, “If I would have been you, I would have given her a piece of my mind. How could you have been so tolerant?” The evangelist replied, “I’m a Christian and we try to treat others the way Jesus would.” Whereupon, the questioner dropped his head and said sheepishly, “I’m just a Baptist.”
If your religion hasn’t changed you then maybe you ought to change your religion.
What to do:
✞ Be more than just a Baptist, be a Christian.
Dr. Mike Rouse
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