When you buy anything from an
appliance to a new car,
you automatically expect a warranty to protect
you from defects in workmanship.
Until now, it has not been possible to get a
money-back guarantee on your
marriage, but times are changing!
Pastor Rodney Smith of
Anointed Believers Baptist
Church in Georgia is putting his money where his
mouth is. Smith says "it's
time for a winner-take-all battle between the
Word of God and the current
divorce rate."
The pastor is currently
providing premarital counseling
with a guarantee that the marriage will last for
10 years or he will refund
the couple's money, up to three times the amount
they originally paid.
Pastor Smith believes
counseling is extremely important
right now because many people are rushing into
marriage due to a doomsday
outlook in our society. He says, most couples
are falsely prepared to die
together today, tomorrow, or next week, but not
ready to live happily with
each other the following month or next year.
The best warranty for any
marriage is preparation
beforehand. Jesus advised his disciples to
consider the cost of their commitments.
He said, "Suppose one of you wants to build a
tower. Will he not first
sit down and estimate the cost to see if he has
enough money to complete
it? For if he lays the foundation and is not
able to finish it, everyone
who sees it will ridicule him, saying 'This
fellow began to build and was
not able to finish.'" Luke 14:28-30. NIV
—www.crosswalk.com, November
14, 2001. Illustration
by Jim L. Wilson and Jim Sandell.
GUARANTEE
The United States has enjoyed
its position as the
world’s economic superpower for decades.
However, in recent years, this
dominance has come under fire and many other
countries have made their
way up the economic ladder to challenge the
US.
The International Monetary
Fund (IMF,) has made a
startling prediction stating that China would
soon overtake the U.S. This
would mark the end of an era as the U.S. would
be demoted from the position
it has long enjoyed. The IMF suggests this
changing of the guard will take
place in six years wherein China’s economy will
expand to $19 trillion
while the U.S. will trail with $18.8 trillion in
output. As the world economic
superpower, the U.S. has helped influence other
world governments in terms
of humanitarian issues and ethics. China has
none of these concerns and
its economic dominance may mean an entirely new
world culture.
All people would do well to
be aware that nothing
in this world is permanent, except God and His
word.
--Wall Street Journal
Marketwatch-
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/imf-bombshell-age-of-america-about-to-end-2011-04-25?link=MW_home_latest_news
Illustration
by Jim L. Wilson and Miguel Martinez
1 Peter 1:23-2:1 (NASB77)
(23) for you have been born
again not of seed which is perishable but
imperishable, that is, through
the living and abiding word of God. (24) For, "
ALL FLESH IS LIKE GRASS,
AND ALL ITS GLORY LIKE THE FLOWER OF GRASS. THE
GRASS WITHERS, AND THE
FLOWER FALLS OFF, (25) BUT THE WORD OF THE LORD
ABIDES FOREVER." And this
is the word which was preached to you. (1)
Therefore, putting aside all
malice and all guile and hypocrisy and envy and
all slander,
GUARANTEE
During
the summer of the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020,
the United States unemployment rate
rose, but did not surpass the 24.9 percent of
the great depression.As
it rose, some began making an argument that
the federal government should create an
employment guarantee?Insecure
times cause people to long for
guarantees, which do not exist for finances,
however, there are some things you
can count on.We are to glorify God and
praise Him, in that through the Holy Spirit we
are given a guarantee of our
final redemption.—Jim
L. Wilson and
Jason Blankenship
