Barbs …. With A Point

Categories: Church of Christ Bulletin Articles

The following barbs of wisdom come from The Sword and Staff publication, 2011, Volume 49, Number 1; pg. 13 (appropriate Scriptures and related articles have been added):

Most people like a “lite” generic gospel message because that is the way they respond (if they respond at all), not wanting to get down to specifics.

If you leave God out of the picture, the devil will immediately fill the space.

We will all be judged by our works (2 Corinthians 5:10; Revelation 20:13), which also includes our lack of works (Matthew 25:41-45).

People who do as they please, many times don’t please God.

If your convictions change with the weather, you are being “carried about with every wind of doctrine” (Ephesians 4:14).

Many people would like to have an imperfect Bible because their lives are imperfect.

The religious world today is overwhelmed by religious teachers who preach a positive, “feel good” gospel with little emphasis upon being good.

Unless people are added to the church by the Lord (Acts 2:47), they don’t count.

Christ said to “watch” (Matthew 24:42), and a constant vigil of watching all the junk on television, was not what He had in mind (1 Thessalonians 5:22; Philippians 4:8).

Nothing reveals our character any more clearly than that which we think is laughable.

If all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy, what does all play and no work make him? Does it make Jack a jerk?

Much of modern “music” could well be indicative of our culture – abrupt, crude, and rude.

It is all right to have a time to play, but don’t play with your time.

Where you find yourself physically, may pretty well indicate where you are spiritually.

Why do people want to sow wild oats and then have to pray for a crop failure?

If the Christian armor fit’s a little too tight (Ephesians 6:11-17), perhaps we need to lose a little worldly weight to get into it.

How can we expect people to go the second mile (Matthew 5:41), when they won’t even go the first?

Many Christians have little appetite for spiritual things, because they are already gorged with the junk food of the world.

The intensity of your love for the Lord, determines the intensity of your disdain for sin.