Faithful Church Members

Story★★★★

One day Henry Ward Beecher went to purchase a horse. The owner declared, “This horse is perfectly sound. He can go any gait, walk, pace, trot, or gallop. He will work any place you put him, and he will stand without hitching. He will neither bite nor kick. He is gentle, but full of spirit, goes when you want him to go, and stops when you want him to stop.” Beecher looked the horse up and down with great admiration and then said blissfully, “Ah, if that horse were a member of my church.”

— Henry Ward Beecher

The point

Beecher's admiring comment that a horse's perfect obedience would make an ideal church member humorously illustrates the responsiveness believers should embody.

Scripture

1 Corinthians 12:12-27

Audience

Adults

Tone

Humorous · Convicting

To tell aloud

under a minute · 94 words

Subjects

Beecher Obedience Church Membership Church Community Humor

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