The Wax Apple
IllustrationTestimonyAnalogy★★★★ON ONE occasion, I walked into a hotel lobby and saw a bowl of fruit set out for guests. I decided to grab an apple. I bit into it only to discover that it wasn’t real. It was wax. It was quite embarrassing to bite into a wax apple thinking that it was real and then not know quite what to do with it! Do you put it back with teeth marks on it? Do you steal it and take it with you? 1 had mistaken something artificial for something that was real. It’s possible to have artificial church that looks real. It’s possible to be an artificial Christian but look real.
The point
A man discovers a wax apple in a hotel lobby and bites into it, embarrassed; it's possible to have artificial religion that looks real—false Christianity masquerades as genuine faith.
Scripture
Matthew 23:26-282 Timothy 3:5
Audience
Adults
Tone
Convicting · Revealing · Cautionary
To tell aloud
under a minute · 112 words