One Sunday a fiery preacher had a great illustration to preach against the vices he saw in others. He was bold, confident and knew he could wow the crowd with some wiggly worms.
He took four worms and dramatically placed them into four separate jars, as the captivated church watched every move.
The first worm was put into a jar of alcohol. The second worm was placed into a jar of cigarette smoke. The third worm was put into a jar of chocolate syrup. Finally, the preacher, after pausing for effect, gently placed the fourth worm into a container of good clean soil. Then he preached.
At the conclusion of the sermon, the minister went back to the jars, opened them, and then announced, in his best preacher voice, the following results:
The first worm in alcohol: Dead!
The second worm in cigarette smoke: Dead!
The third worm in chocolate syrup: Dead!
But the fourth worm, in the good clean soil, was Alive!
The proud minister asked the congregation, "brothers and sisters, what did you learn from this demonstration?"
Old Maxine, sitting in the back, quickly raised her hand. The preacher pointed at her, asking again, "What do we learn from this?"
Maxine said, "Well, it looks like as long as you drink, smoke, and eat chocolate, you won’t have worms!"
That pretty much ended the service.
There’s probably a lesson there about making and missing points. You can take it from here.
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