Fleeing Immorality
IllustrationStory★★★★AN EVANGELIST had to travel often to preach. On one trip,
he arrived at his hotel and proceeded to go to his room, which
was on the fifth floor. The man got on the elevator and a lady
with a lot of baggage got on too. She noticed that he had
pressed the button for the fifth floor and told him that she was
going to the same floor. The evangelist, being a gentleman at
heart, offered to help her since they were going to the same
floor anyway and because she was so weighed down by her
baggage. They arrived at their floor and the evangelist
proceeded to help her carry her bags to her room. When they
finally got to her door, the woman said, “Oh, sir, thank you
very much, won’t you come in for a while?” The minister
politely declined and hurried to his room. When retelling this
story to a close friend, his friend said, “So, you were obedient
to the Word in fleeing immorality because of your fear of God.”
The evangelist replied, “No, I think I was fleeing immorality out
of the fear of my wife!”
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The point
An evangelist avoids temptation through swift judgment, humorously revealing that fear of consequences can be a valid motivator for fleeing sin.