$20 Bill

On the day that a certain $20 bill was printed, it went right into circulation.  It was first used at a drug store to buy cough syrup for a little boy.  It then went to a store employee for his salary, which he used to pay his electric bill.  A manager used the $20 bill to purchase electrical parts to restore electricity for a widow lady during a winter storm.  The manager at the parts store got it as part of his salary, and deposited the $20 bill at his bank.  But the next day, the bank manager notified the electrical parts store owner that his deposit was decreased by $20, because he had a counterfeit $20 bill in the deposit.  The electrical store owner was exasperated, but the bank manager was firm.  “The bill may have been given to you in good faith,” he said, “but it is still no good; it is worthless paper.”  Hey, that’s the way it is with some so-called Christians.  They may do many good works, but they aren’t genuine.  They have not trusted in Jesus Christ as their personal Savior.  They are not genuine Christians; they are only fake Christians.  “Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven. Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works? And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.” Matthew 7:21-23