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final era, the kingdom of God shall be ours forever. Before the days when feedback fuel systems could check their own efficiency, not only could a carburetor stray quite a bit in calibration without being detected by a driver, but even when the mixture was accurate… the manifold fed by the carburetor often destroyed the mix. Does this description sound like a church you’ve been attending? Sermons are preached well but no one seems to be listening? Remember! The sermon quality, plus the size, shape and flow of your church services do count! You see, therefore, if you’re like a carb that ``injects'' fuel using only atmospheric pressure… you’re inefficient! Fairly large, and hard to swallow droplets result and are only mixed with just a few small ones. Under ideal conditions (hot engine and cruising), all of the fuel droplets flow small and nicely into the area beneath the carburetor. There, like the Spirit’s moving in a church, they are properly heated by the manifold stove. But take notice! This is like when Jesus taught in the temple. When hearing the Word, some of the congregation got nicely warmed, but others got really hot. The engine’s stove is an area directly after the carb that's heated by cross over exhaust. The fuel draws heat from that devilish stove and the channels of the manifold run cooler. This is like when your heated forehead feels better when the waters of baptism are poured. Because of this cooling effect, a puddling of vaporized gasoline sometimes occurs as fuel re-condenses. This is much like the perspiration wetness that happened to the Pharisees and Sadducees as Jesus spoke boldly about them. |
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You see, big fuel droplets fall out of the engine’s airstream and some cylinders run too lean. This illustrates how we in the Church often become like a child who after being baptized, never sees the church again until they die. Oh yes, many churches try to compensate for this depopulation by running their carb a step or two richer. This is evident when we see sinful lifestyles to boost membership roles. However, the problem is… this richness trolling method usually causes air pollution. So it is as with people in the Church. Being population rich or rich in finances may not help, but may actually hinder our Christian household economy (oikiomene). Another problem occurs when an engine’s intake manifold passageways have sharp curves that defeat the carb's calibration. Often like the words spoken in a sermon, since the fuel’s atomized weights differ according to their size, heavier gas vapor molecules separate from |
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