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Stay Home and Keep Them
StoryIllustration★★★★A church member told his pastor that he was going to the Holy Land. He said that it was his intention to visit Mount Sinai. “In fact,” he told the minister, “I plan to climb to the top of that mountain, and read the Ten Commandments aloud when I get there.”
Thinking this would please the pastor, he was surprised to hear, “You know, I can think of something even better than that.” The man responded, “You can, Pastor? And what might that be?”
He replied rather bluntly, “Instead of traveling thousands of miles to read the Ten Commandments on Mount Sinai, why not stay right here at home and keep them?”
The point
A man plans to climb Mount Sinai to read the Ten Commandments aloud; his pastor suggests it would be better to stay home and actually keep them.