GOSPEL LIGHT #690

The Gospel According To My Electric Fan 

Standing a few feet from me is an electric fan. It's not only a device for creating currents of air, he's also a great preacher of the gospel. 

Every day He reminds me of the great spiritual facts that death means disconnection and that plugging into life is as essential as the provision of life.    

* Death means disconnection --- Just as the fan would eventually die out when unplugged from the power source so man will eventually physically die because he has spiritually plugged out from God through sin. 

* Plugging into life is as essential as the provision of life --- Just as an unplugged fan remains dead no matter how nigh it is to the power source so a sinner remains spiritually dead if he is not connected to the death of Christ through faith. After all, what's an available life source if you are not plugged to it? 

May I add? My fan looks sleek, shiny and all, but, to me, it's completely useless without the currents of life flowing through it. In the same way, we may look winsome and charming to people but if we don't have the currents of eternal life in us we are still dead as dead can be in the sight of God.