A few of months ago, I bought a new truck … well, new to me,
but it was eleven years old. When I went
to fill up with gas the first time, I panicked.
When I opened the gas tank door, it had a locking gas cap … and I didn’t
have a key for it! After a moment of
thinking, I twisted the gas cap, and it opened right up. It was locking but not locking: it was a
scam. It reminded me of Brother Florin’s
old Citroen in Romania: the door didn’t lock.
But each time that we stopped, Brother Florin got out his ignition key
and pretended to lock the door just in case a thief was watching us. And like my locking gas cap, Brother Florin’s
car looked locked, but wasn’t really locked.
Hey, are you a real Christian or just a fake Christian? Do you love the Lord, or do you just look
like you love the Lord? Jesus said in
John 10:27&28, “My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:
And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish …” Hey, if you love the Lord you will obey the
Lord. And if I turn that statement
around, it’s true also: if you don’t obey the Lord, you don’t really love the
Lord. Don’t be a fake like my gas cap
and Brother Florin’s car lock; be a real Christian. Really.
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