What Makes a Church a Strong Church?
Marvin Patterson
Philippians 1:7-18, ACTS 2:38
ACTS 2:38
An elderly woman had just returned to her home from an evening of religious service when she was startled by an intruder. As she caught the man in the act of robbing her home of its valuables, she yelled, 'Stop -Acts 2:38!' (..turn from your sin...). The burglar stopped dead in his tracks. The woman calmly called the police and explained what she had done. As the officer cuffed the man to take him in, he asked the burglar, 'Why did you just stand there? All she did was yell a scripture to you.' 'Scripture?' replied the burglar, 'She said she had an AXE and two 38's!'
How to Get Into Heaven
A man dies and meets St. Peter at the Pearly Gates. Peter says to the man, ''Here's how it works. You need to have one hundred points to get into heaven. You tell me about all the good things you've done. They are all worth a certain number of points. If your total is one hundred or more, you can come in.''
''Well,'' says the man. ''I was happily married to the same woman for 52 years. I never looked at another woman. I was attentive and loved her dearly.''
''That's great,'' says St. Peter. ''That'll be two points.''
''Hmmm,'' says the man. ''This is going to be harder than I thought. Well, I attended church regularly, volunteered my time and tithed faithfully.''
''Wonderful,'' says St. Peter, ''That's worth another point.''
''One point!'' says the man. ''Okay, okay. I was involved with a prison ministry for twenty-five years. I went into the prison, at least monthly, and shared Jesus with them.''
''Wow!'' says St. Peter. ''That's another two points!''
''Only two points!'' says the man. ''At this rate, it'll be only by the grace of God that'll I'll ever get into this place.''
''Bingo!'' says St. Peter. ''That's one hundred points! Come on in.''
Introduction:
We saw last week Paul's prayer of Thanksgiving for this great church at Phillip ...
Marvin Patterson
Philippians 1:7-18, ACTS 2:38
ACTS 2:38
An elderly woman had just returned to her home from an evening of religious service when she was startled by an intruder. As she caught the man in the act of robbing her home of its valuables, she yelled, 'Stop -Acts 2:38!' (..turn from your sin...). The burglar stopped dead in his tracks. The woman calmly called the police and explained what she had done. As the officer cuffed the man to take him in, he asked the burglar, 'Why did you just stand there? All she did was yell a scripture to you.' 'Scripture?' replied the burglar, 'She said she had an AXE and two 38's!'
How to Get Into Heaven
A man dies and meets St. Peter at the Pearly Gates. Peter says to the man, ''Here's how it works. You need to have one hundred points to get into heaven. You tell me about all the good things you've done. They are all worth a certain number of points. If your total is one hundred or more, you can come in.''
''Well,'' says the man. ''I was happily married to the same woman for 52 years. I never looked at another woman. I was attentive and loved her dearly.''
''That's great,'' says St. Peter. ''That'll be two points.''
''Hmmm,'' says the man. ''This is going to be harder than I thought. Well, I attended church regularly, volunteered my time and tithed faithfully.''
''Wonderful,'' says St. Peter, ''That's worth another point.''
''One point!'' says the man. ''Okay, okay. I was involved with a prison ministry for twenty-five years. I went into the prison, at least monthly, and shared Jesus with them.''
''Wow!'' says St. Peter. ''That's another two points!''
''Only two points!'' says the man. ''At this rate, it'll be only by the grace of God that'll I'll ever get into this place.''
''Bingo!'' says St. Peter. ''That's one hundred points! Come on in.''
Introduction:
We saw last week Paul's prayer of Thanksgiving for this great church at Phillip ...
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