Once while walking among the hills of a southeastern state I noticed a piece of white paper lying by the roadside.<\/p>\n
Its presence there was, under the circumstances, so unexpected that it aroused my curiosity. I picked it up and found written on it in a clear, legible hand these words: \u201cIn all the world there are only two creatures that are larger when they are born than when they get their growth; one is a wasp and the other is a church member.\u201d\u2026<\/p>\n
Not being an apiarist I am unable to judge the truth of the statement that a baby wasp is larger than an adult one; but that part about the church member I find too true to be amusing or even comfortable.\u2026<\/p>\n
Now I do not insist that my description applies to all Christians. In fact I think our epigrammatist was covering too much territory when he gave the impression that all church members get smaller as they get older. I do not think they all do, but the fact that some do is enough to disturb one who loves the church and carries the welfare of the saints on his heart; and the fact that any do calls for prayer and careful investigation.<\/p>\n
Ephesians 4:14\u201316; 1 Peter 2:1\u20132; 2 Peter 3:18<\/p>\n
God Tells the Man Who Cares,<\/i> 114, 115, 116.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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