Our Divine Inheritance

The story is told of a pastor of a large congregation who one Sunday morning announced to the flock that Jesus Christ Himself, in person, was going to visit them the following Sunday. Naturally, a record crowd showed up for the big event. They could hardly wait to hear the Lord preach, but when introduced He only said “Hello.” The pastor offered Him hospitality for the night, as did many of the parish leaders, but Jesus politely declined their invitations. He announced, however, that He would spend the night in Church — alone. And everyone thought, “How fitting!”…

Early the next morning, Jesus quietly slipped away, unnoticed. When the pastor discovered that Jesus was gone, he and the parish leaders went into the Church and they were horrified by what they saw: the Church had been vandalized. All over the walls, the word “Beware!” had been scribbled. The word was everywhere — on the doors and windows, on the pulpit, on the altar, even on…