The following joke was shared by one of my Louisiana friends.
It is very funny but really got me thinking today.There are so many messages out there that claim truth yet they are shady when compared to the Bible. We need to make it simple so even the hardest of understanding can be saved. How we
present truth is very important. Our attitude must personify the love of Jesus. We cannot be prideful about knowledge that is given to us freely from Jesus. It is the duty of those who teach the Bible to communicate it to those who are seeking direction so that they can clearly see the path laid out before them.It is easy to get frustrated when someone you teach does not seem to see the simplest things. That is where patience comes in.We need to present the truth in love. Paul told Timothy to study. We need to study the Bible if we are to communicate it to others. We cannot just study the night before or thirty minutes before we stand in the pulpit or arrive to teach Bible study. A true workman prepares for his job and is skilled. Words are important. Teaching the Bible is very different from preaching evangelistically. Have patience and keep teaching!
Eph 4:15 But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ:
Reverend Boudreaux was the part-time pastor of the local Cajun Baptist
Church and Pastor Thibodaux was the minister of the Covenant
Church across the road.
They were both standing by the road, pounding a sign into the ground, that read:
'Da End is Near
Turn Yo Sef 'Roun Now
Afore It Be Too Late!'
As a car sped past them, the driver leaned out his window and
yelled, 'You religious nuts!'
From the curve they heard screeching tires, and a big splash...
Boudreaux turns to Thibodaux and asks, 'Do ya tink maybe da sign
should jussay.....'Bridge Out?'
In Jesus,
Dana Klein
