KEY PRINCIPLES IN THIS MESSAGE:
Drive for Show, Putt for Dough – blog 2/23/24
You aren’t putting the ball in the hole, you aren’t scoring well, and you aren’t winning if you aren’t loving. “For each tree is known by its own fruit” (Luke 6:44). To proclaim love but never bear any fruit after it means that you’re all show – you may hit impressive “drives” with your speech, but you never “putt” the ball into the hole to ensure that love secures a victory. That’s hypocrisy in a nutshell.
Drive for Show, Putt for Dough– blog 2/23/24
While it’s a very good thing to look the part of a true Christian, it’s hypocritical if you have no godly fruit in your life. While you might be impressive “off the tee,” you aren’t succeeding at the game, itself. If you’re satisfied with this type of play, this can only mean one thing – you’re a hypocrite. Jesus despised hypocrites!
Drive for Show, Putt for Dough – blog 2/23/24
When you hit a spectacular drive, rejoice, for that’s a good thing that may indeed attract the attention of everyone on the course, even unbelievers. But don’t leave it at that. Play every shot as if it were just as important as any other. That’s how the scorecard sees it. God, too.
Willian Lane on Heb 4:12
Those who remain insensitive to the voice of God in scripture may discover that God’s Word is also a lethal weapon.
Jesus identifies with the frailty of those who cannot help themselves, with those who feel defenseless in their situation.