A young lady was sunbathing on the beach when a little boy in his swimming trunks, carrying a towel, came up to her and asked, “Do you believe in God?” She was surprised by the question but she replied, “Why, yes, I do.” Then he asked her: “Do you go to church every Sunday?” Again, her answer was “Yes!”
He then asked: “Do you read your Bible and pray every day?” Again she said, “Yes!” By now her curiosity was very much aroused. The little lad sighed with relief and said, “Will you hold my money while I go swimming?”
Honesty is a great characteristic to have. Can we find true honesty anymore?
Larry Turner was 18 years old when he stole his first and only item. He was a bagger at a local grocery store. The store had some small battery-operated record players that played 45s. (For those too young to remember what 45s were, they looked like a big CD with a hole in the middle.)
A lot of the record players did not operate correctly, so they were stored in the store’s basement for disposal.
One night before leaving the store Larry pushed one of these small players through a slot in a back door. He then drove his car to the back of the store and retrieved it. Fortunately the one he got played. He never felt guilty or worried about being caught. Soon his indiscretion was forgotten.
Larry eventually became a store manager with this same store. After an inventory, it was discovered that several hundreds of dollars worth of meat products were missing. Since Larry was one of the few who had keys to the store, he became a prime suspect. The owner asked him to submit to a polygraph test. Being innocent, he readily agreed.
As the examiner began the test, he informed Larry of the questions he would be asking. The first question was, “Have you ever stolen any merchandise from this store?” That indiscretion so easily forgotten suddenly came rushing back. He knew that answering “No” would show as a lie and implicate him in something more serious than a small record player. Larry was forced to confess to a theft that had taken place 10 years earlier. However, in doing so, it proved his innocence in a more serious matter.
Numbers 32:23 states that we can be sure our sins will find us out. We may think we have escaped being caught, but the day will come when all unconfessed sins will be exposed. It is for our benefit to confess them now.
Listen to Pastor Jack’s sermons on the way to church every Sunday at 10:30 Am on 98.9 WSIP FM. To read more of Pastor Jack Ward’s articles and hear his sermons at Tomahawk Missionary Baptist Church go to tomahawkmbc.com. Watch his sermons on his Facebook page. Find him on Rumble, Bitchute and Brighteon video platforms.