God
Illustration★★★★An old woman was seen coming along the streets of Strasbourg a great number of years. She was carrying a pail of water in one hand and a torch in the other. When asked what she was about, she answered that with the pail of water she was going to put out the flames of hell and with the torch she was going to burn up heaven, so that in the future men could love the dear Lord God for himself alone and not out of fear of hell or out of craving for reward.
The point
An old woman carried a pail of water and a torch, saying she would extinguish hell with water and burn heaven with fire so men would love God for Himself alone, not for reward or fear. A radical pursuit of pure devotion.
Scripture
1 John 4:18
Audience
Adults
Tone
Convicting · Passionate · Radical
To tell aloud
under a minute · 95 words
Subjects