Less Of Me! The Story That Makes No Sence!

LESS OF ME! THE STORY THAT MAKES NO SENCE--- UNLESS?

By Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com I do this lesson as a series.

MEAN? HOW EASY IS IT TO BE MEAN AND DIS-LIKE OTHERS? WHAT ABOUT AURA?

As a pastor of 38 years, I seem to get surprised on a regular basis. An old man was talking to me and he said: So in so at church hates me. They hate my guts. I replied no, no they don’t hate you. So the next service I pulled aside the lady and I said: This old man thinks you hate him? I know this is not true. Could you be nice and kind to him and let him know he is loved?

In a raised voice the lady told me: NO! NO, I WILL NOT! I HATE THAT OLD MAN. I CAN’T STAND HIM? Does anyone get it?

Yes, that old man was a good man, but he was very opinionated and was loud. He was raised in an alcoholic home. He did not finish the 3rd grade. He did not think very much before he spoke. Should we be a littler kinder? A little wiser? A little more understanding. This means, I as the Pastor have a lot of teaching to do.

I heard a child say: I HATE MY IN-LAWS --- I weighed that line for some time. One day I heard the child’s mother talking. She boldly said: I ABSOLUTELY HATE MY IN-LAWS WITH A PASSION? Wow, come with me to the Bible.

BE NICE! BE KIND! It is just as easy to kind and be nice to others as it is to be mean and cruel. Anger is like nitro-glycerin it can blow up in your face. How much does it cost to say: THANK YOU? PLEASE? A smile can improve your face value. The Bible says: LOVE NEVER FAILS… I add hatred never wins.

Do you have emit a spiritual or emotional energy field? LET US STUDY AURA? EVERY PERSON HAS AN AURA…

One more thought to consider as we dig in this well. AURA? What is AURA? A special quality or feeling that comes from a person or place, an energy field that emanates from a person. Don’t go of the deep end about aura, it is real! Each person’s choices, thinking patterns and the way they react can be identified and noticed by others. It is so sad that many people could care less about what others think of them.

Are you filled with hate? Is your tongue a razor blade and you leave people hurting? Is it possible to drag your family into a negative trap that will always limit progress? Do you ever say you are sorry?

I CAN UNDERSTAND MANY ISSUES… BUT LEAVE THE 99 TO RUN AFTER 1 IS NOT SMART?

BUT THE STORY DOES NOT MAKE SENSE UNLESS YOU ARE THE ONE AWAY FROM THE FOLD… IT MAKES ABSOLUTELY NO SENSE TO LEAVE 99UNLESS YOU ARE THE ONE.

Why did that dumb sheep want to leave anyway? That one sheep must be stupid? Why doesn’t the dumb sheep come back on his own? Did the sheep see where “the runaway” spirit would end up? Does the astray sheep know about the BIG, BAD WOLF? He deserves whatever he gets…

Matthew 18:12 How think ye? if a man have an hundred sheep, and one of them be gone astray, doth he not leave the ninety and nine, and goeth into the mountains, and seeketh that which is gone astray? 13 And if so be that he find it, verily I say unto you, he rejoiceth more of that sheep, than of the ninety and nine which went not astray.

DUMB TO LEAVE? NOT SO SAYS THE MASTER SHEPHERD! I will tell you a deep truth, maybe the 99 does not understand, just like the older son in the story of the prodigal… BUT THIS STORY MAKES A LOT OF SENSE to the lost sheep. The good shepherd cares. The lost sheep is full of fear. He seems to have lost his way. The grass really looks greener over there? I could not understand how much the good shepherd cared and loved me before. I will surely be wolf food if the loving shepherd does not find me. This is kindness in action.

The Gospel of Jesus Christ focuses on the LOVE OF ONE. Jesus says: I CARE AND SO SHOULD YOU.

MANY CAN BE NICE AND KIND TO THE PEOPLE THEY LOVE? WHAT ABOUT THE LEAST OF THESE? WHO ARE THE LEAST OF THESE? DO IT? IF YOU DID TO THE LEAST OF THESE? IF YOU DIDN’T TO THE LEAST?

Matthew 25:40 And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me. 41 Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels: 42 For I was an hungred, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink: 43 I was a stranger, and ye took me not in: naked, and ye clothed me not: sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not. 44 Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee? 45 Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me. 46 And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.