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thus the only Way for us to be redeemed from decay. We need to be reminded that this scriptural message shall not become obsolete like a Mercury Cougar. You remember the Cougar, don’t you? It was the ‘60s Mercury imitation of the Ford Mustang. While being the same in size as the popular Mustang, the grill of the Cougar retrieved the mustachioed-look of its 1947 ancestor. Yes, the Cougar snarled with the same engine selections of the Mustang, but a few extra dollars spent bought the owner a little more glamour. However, as owners found out, it still had some of the same sinfulness. Even while heavier beneath the sheet metal, the car still sported the same fuel tank explosion dangers of the Pinto, Maverick, and Mustang car lines. Hit in the rear, the Mercury Cougar could be a rocket on the highway to |
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hell. Thus the eventual demise of Mercury on the world automotive stage should be a sign for us. Mercury’s demise emphasizes that money cannot buy success in obtaining the best that God offers us freely through his Only Begotten Son.
Parked Or Rolling? You see, as chopped and lowered by sin we Christians find ourselves standing out among other sinners. God favors Christian car show strollers, for through Jesus Christ he reveals to we wandering fools that the world is a very dangerous place. Why we are so favored is not quite understood, but just know Jesus warned his disciples repeatedly that the world’s sparkle would disappear before his return. That is exactly what the final days of his earthly ministry demonstrated. Before his death upon the cross because of man’s unbridled quest for short-lived polish and sparkle, our Lord told his followers that in the world there were powers at work rightly to be feared. As the centuries rolled forward from the days of Roman Empire, many of his disciples were persecuted and killed. Because of this ancient church history, we Christians should realize that we live in a world that has little parking space for us. We sit idling noisily in the staging lane like a high-performance 427 cid, OHV engine-equipped Mercury Comet. We seem |
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Don’t let your faith be broken by the world’s deceptions. |
