A Pastor friend of ours in Southern California has a very beautiful church, the congragation was sent ot to the homeless to share the Gospel "and invite " the homeless to church.
The congragation went out did waht they were supposed to and invited people in . At one point a part of the congragation began to complain that " these people " were messing up the carpet in the lobby.
The Pastor then had the carpet ripped out and the lobby left bare.
MY Question is . What was the message the Pastor was giving to his flock ?
2006-12-31 07:53:32 · 9 answers · asked by ? 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I think his message was that carpet is NOT the important thing here..........helping people is. Seems part of the congragation has forgotten what's really important......I doubt if clean carpet will get one into heaven.........some people never cease to amaze me!
2006-12-31 08:01:44 · answer #1 · answered by wild_angel_greeneyes_f44 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Matt.7
[6] Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you.
Maybe he was learning himself a message, but which ones would you call dogs, the poor or the homeless? I guess it would depend on which you would consider a "rend" upon him....the complaints or the messy carpet.
2006-12-31 15:58:49 · answer #2 · answered by Sand 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That they were not better then the homeless and if the carpet was getting in the way of them seeing that then loose the carpet.
2006-12-31 16:02:47 · answer #3 · answered by m 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'd imagine his point is that if the carpet was too good for 'these people' and that they were messing it up then it was also too good for them since they are all equal in Gods eyes. It's a brilliant object lesson.
Blessings,
Zimmi
2006-12-31 15:56:40 · answer #4 · answered by Zimmia 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
What is more important, eliminating suffering or a pretty carpet?
2006-12-31 15:56:50 · answer #5 · answered by Mr. Bodhisattva 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I liked this question, it put my brain to work,
I think the lesson was, people are important, material things aren't
can't take them to heaven, so why should they matter?
2006-12-31 16:00:52 · answer #6 · answered by apple 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Let not our materialistic comforts hinder the compassionate obedience to Jesus' "Love your neighbor as y ourself."
2006-12-31 16:31:08 · answer #7 · answered by Joe Cool 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
that he likes stinky messy bums
2006-12-31 15:55:24 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
that they were ingrates and Christ prized people above posessions
2006-12-31 15:57:53 · answer #9 · answered by Matthew Star 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋