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TITLE: Fable
of the Pencil
TEXT: 2 Corinthians 3:1-2
PROPOSITION: The pencil has several parallels to our spiritual lives.
QUESTION: Which?
KEY WORD: Parallels
SCRIPTURE READING: Same
INTRODUCTION:
- Fable = short fictitious story with a spiritual or moral
meaning.
- “The pencil maker took aside a pencil just before
putting him into the box. He said, “There are some things you need to
understand. Before I send you out into the world, you need to know these
things, never forget them and you will become the best pencil you can be.”
- Here are some lessons that we need to learn from the
pencil.
Our Purpose – Writing
- The pencil is created with a purpose – writing.
- We are also writing (influence and example) every day.
- Text – You are an epistle (letter) read by all men.
Nothing by yourself – In the Hands of
others you can do great things.
- Jesus said, “Without me you can do nothing.”
- Paul said, “I can do all things through Christ.”
- Pencil – can write poetry, or porn; ugly or beauty;
truth or lie
- Depends on whose hand it is in
Imprint of maker
- Pencil – name of company, or some logo, and other
information
- Genesis 1:27 – We are made in image of God
Inside is what counts
- Outside may be bright yellow, painted brightly
- BUT it is the inside that makes a pencil have value and
worth
Different types of lead (heart) produce different results
- No. 2 = soft; 6H = hard, fine line drawing pencil
- Softer lead needs sharpening more often
- Hard heart, kind heart, evil heart, good heart
Outer shell (body) must protect the heart
- Just a stick of the graphite lead – break, easily
damaged
- Body of wood protects and houses the lead
- 1 Corinthians 3:16-17 – You are the temple of God, do
not defile the temple
- 1 Corinthians 6:19-20 – Know you not that you are the
temple of the HS
Glorify God in your body and your spirit, which are God’s
Correct your mistakes (eraser)
- Requires humility – bend over
- James 4:10 – Humber yourselves in the sight of the Lord
One many surfaces you will leave your mark
- Your job is to leave your mark on everything you touch
- We will leave an impression on all that we contact
- See poem below
The Gospel According to You
We are writing a gospel, a chapter each day.
By deed that we do, by words that we say.
Men read what we’re writing, whether
faithless or true
Say, What is the gospel according to you?
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