Flip On the Switch
IllustrationAnalogy★★★★THE THINGS in your house work because of electricity. Electricity is an invisible power that gives you visible privileges. It turns the lights on, turns the TV on, turns the toaster on, and turns the oven on; all that stuff is working in your house because you’ve got one invisible power shooting through there called electricity. But none of those things work even though they have access to electricity until you flip on a switch. You’ve got to make a connection before the stuff that’s there works. Every believer in Jesus Christ has stuff that works.
The point
Electricity powers household appliances only when a switch connects the power; similarly, believers have access to Christ's power but must make the connection through faith.
Scripture
John 14:6John 15:5Ephesians 6:10
Audience
Adults
Tone
Illuminating · Hopeful
To tell aloud
under a minute · 96 words