Check Yourself
John 17:1-11
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by Billy D. Strayhorn

Max Lucado said that one day his wife brought home a monkey. His daughters were thrilled but he wasn't; he had all kinds of questions. Where was the monkey going to eat? His wife said that it was going to sit at the table and eat with them, just like the rest of the family. Then he asked her where it was going to sleep? And she told him it was going to sleep in their bed. Then he asked, "But what about the smell?" And she said, "Oh, he'll get used to you. I did."

Then Dr. Lucado went on to say, "Before you comment on the odor of someone else, check your own odor first." That's what Jesus meant when He said, "Let the one who is without sin cast the first stone." Unity has to begin with us. And it has to begin with our personal relationship with Christ. We have to be one with Christ, first.

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