This Weakest Link or The Missing Link
Jerry Watts
John 13:34-35
For the last several months I have been meditating, contemplating, or just thinking through some of the culture's most common, contemporary, or even colloquial phrases or sayings. As I have taken one phrase at a time, I have sought to understand its origin, its meaning, and its impressions. At that point, I then have attempted lay that concept on a Biblical passage or principle just to see how they lined up - and the results have been amazing.
For instance, a couple of months ago I took the phrase, ''Who's Your Daddy?'' or ''Who's Your Daddy NOW?'' and made the comparison to Exodus 20:1-3 and called the message, ''Who's Your God?'' Think about it, ''Who's Your God NOW?'' The first command says, ''You shall have NO OTHER GODS before me'', yet the case was easily made that many call Jehovah their God but their lives, actions, schedules, and priorities tell a different story. It is reminiscent of Jesus' encounter with the Scribes and Pharisees as recorded in Matthew 15 and Mark 7 where He called them on the carpet for doing things THEIR way and not the FATHER's way. He quoted Isaiah 29 and said, ''The people honor me with their lips, but their heart is far from me. They worship me in vain teaching as doctrines human commands.'' In other words, they can talk a good game but their walk does not equal their talk because, in essence God's says, ''they are trying to do my work by upholding THEIR traditions.'' Who's their God? THEY ARE their own god.
Today, we are going to take another phrase and see how it applies to us. Here it is, ''A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.' A title for this message might be ''The Weakest Link'' or ''The Missing Link.'' Think about it; You need to tow a car, so you pull out a chain that you believe to be a solid, strong 20 foot chain. You connect one end to the vehicle that will pull and the other to the one 'to be' pulled, in other words - the puller and ...
Jerry Watts
John 13:34-35
For the last several months I have been meditating, contemplating, or just thinking through some of the culture's most common, contemporary, or even colloquial phrases or sayings. As I have taken one phrase at a time, I have sought to understand its origin, its meaning, and its impressions. At that point, I then have attempted lay that concept on a Biblical passage or principle just to see how they lined up - and the results have been amazing.
For instance, a couple of months ago I took the phrase, ''Who's Your Daddy?'' or ''Who's Your Daddy NOW?'' and made the comparison to Exodus 20:1-3 and called the message, ''Who's Your God?'' Think about it, ''Who's Your God NOW?'' The first command says, ''You shall have NO OTHER GODS before me'', yet the case was easily made that many call Jehovah their God but their lives, actions, schedules, and priorities tell a different story. It is reminiscent of Jesus' encounter with the Scribes and Pharisees as recorded in Matthew 15 and Mark 7 where He called them on the carpet for doing things THEIR way and not the FATHER's way. He quoted Isaiah 29 and said, ''The people honor me with their lips, but their heart is far from me. They worship me in vain teaching as doctrines human commands.'' In other words, they can talk a good game but their walk does not equal their talk because, in essence God's says, ''they are trying to do my work by upholding THEIR traditions.'' Who's their God? THEY ARE their own god.
Today, we are going to take another phrase and see how it applies to us. Here it is, ''A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.' A title for this message might be ''The Weakest Link'' or ''The Missing Link.'' Think about it; You need to tow a car, so you pull out a chain that you believe to be a solid, strong 20 foot chain. You connect one end to the vehicle that will pull and the other to the one 'to be' pulled, in other words - the puller and ...
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