Gospel Counterfeits
Illustration
by Michael P. Green

The following messages can be heard form the pulpits throughout the United Stets every morning. 

  • Noah’s message from the steps going up to the Ark was not, “Something good is going to happen to you!”
  • Amos was not confronted by the high priest of Israel for proclaiming, “Confession is possession!”
  • Jeremiah was not put into the pit for preaching, “I’m O.K., you’re O.K.!”
  • Daniel was not put into the lion’s den for telling people, “Possibility thinking will move mountains!”
  • John the Baptist was not forced to preach in the wilderness and eventually beheaded because he preached, “Smile, God loves you!”
  • The two prophets of the tribulation will not be killed for preaching, “God is in his heaven and all is right with the world!”

But what, in actuality, was the message of all these men of God? A simple single word: “Repent!”

Baker Books, 1500 Illustrations for Biblical Preaching, by Michael P. Green