Would You Run

Ask yourself the questionAsk yourself the question

"would you run?""would you run?" after you read this!!!after you read this!!!

Imagine this happening to Imagine this happening to you...you...

. . . both covered . . . both covered from head to toe in from head to toe in black and carrying black and carrying submachine guns.submachine guns.

One Sabbath One Sabbath morning during morning during

service; service; a 2,000 member a 2,000 member congregation was congregation was surprised to see surprised to see two men enter . . two men enter . .

..

One of the men proclaimed, One of the men proclaimed, "Anyone willing to take a bullet for Christ "Anyone willing to take a bullet for Christ

remain where you are."remain where you are."

Immediately, the choir fled...Immediately, the choir fled...

the deacons fled... the deacons fled...

and most of the and most of the congregation fled.... congregation fled....

Out of the 2,000 Out of the 2,000 there onlythere only

remained 20.remained 20.

He then looked at the preacher and said He then looked at the preacher and said "Okay Pastor, I got rid of all the "Okay Pastor, I got rid of all the

hypocrites . . .hypocrites . . .

. . . Now you may begin your service.. . . Now you may begin your service.Have a nice day!" Have a nice day!"

The man who had spoken took off The man who had spoken took off his hood... his hood...

And the And the two men two men

turned and turned and walked walked out. out.

It’s funny how simple it is It’s funny how simple it is for people to trash Godfor people to trash God

and then wonder why the world and then wonder why the world is in the condition it is today....is in the condition it is today....

Funny how we believe what the Funny how we believe what the Newspapers say...Newspapers say...

but question but question what the Bible says...what the Bible says...

Funny how everyone wants to Funny how everyone wants to go to heaven...go to heaven...

provided they do not have to provided they do not have to believe, think,believe, think, say, or do say, or do anything the Bible says.anything the Bible says.

Funny how someone can Funny how someone can say "I believe in God"... say "I believe in God"...

but still Follow Satan  but still Follow Satan  (who, by the way, also "believes"in God).(who, by the way, also "believes"in God).

Funny how you can send a Funny how you can send a thousand ‘funny jokes'thousand ‘funny jokes'

through e-mail and they through e-mail and they spread like wildfire...spread like wildfire...

but when you start but when you start sending messagessending messagesregarding the Lord,regarding the Lord,    you think twiceyou think twiceabout sharing.about sharing.

Funny how the lewd, Funny how the lewd, crude, vulgar andcrude, vulgar and

obscene pass freely obscene pass freely through through

cyberspace...cyberspace...

but the public but the public discussion of Jesus isdiscussion of Jesus is

suppressed in the suppressed in the school and work school and work

place.place.

Funny, isn't it? Funny, isn't it?

Funny how someone can be Funny how someone can be so fired up for Christ on so fired up for Christ on

SabbathSabbath

but be an invisible Christian but be an invisible Christian the rest of the week.the rest of the week.

Are you laughing yet? Are you laughing yet?

Funny how when you go to Funny how when you go to forward this message...forward this message...

you will not send it to many on your you will not send it to many on your address list because you're not sure address list because you're not sure

what they believe...what they believe...

or what they will think of you for or what they will think of you for sending it.sending it.

Funny how I can be Funny how I can be moremore worried about worried aboutwhat other people think of me...what other people think of me...

... than what God thinks of me. ... than what God thinks of me.

Are you thinking? Are you thinking?

Will you share this with people you careWill you share this with people you careabout?about?

Or not?Or not?

I picked you!!I picked you!!

May the Lord bless you and keep you,May the Lord bless you and keep you,

May the Lord make His face to shine uponMay the Lord make His face to shine uponyou,you,

And be gracious to you;And be gracious to you;

May the Lord lift up His favour upon you May the Lord lift up His favour upon you And give you His peace.And give you His peace.

(Numbers 6:24-26)(Numbers 6:24-26)