Today's cherished Nugget from Pastor Bill.


A boy was dressing to go out for the evening. He called to his mother who was in the adjoining room. “Mom, is this shirt dirty?”

Without so much as looking she replied, “Yes, it’s dirty. Get a clean one.”

When he had dressed he entered his mother’s room and inquired how she knew the shirt was dirty when she had not even looked at it. “If it had been clean,” she replied, “you would have known it and would not have asked me. Remember son, if it’s doubtful, it’s dirty.”

We live in a society where the absolutes of right and wrong have become diluted by not comparing truth with truth, but by comparing a standard of today against another standard of today. We must get back to the measuring standard of being ‘What would Jesus do?’ or what did Jesus say or do in certain situations.

To accomplish this project, we have to get our answers from God’s Word, The Bible. To search the daily news paper, CNN, CBS, NBC, ETC… for answers is to incorporate "doubtful" data into the equation. Two passages of scripture come to mind on this subject. First is the advice of the Psalmist:

“thy word have I hid in mine heart that I might not sin against thee.” (Psalm 119:11)

The second is,

“I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.” (Romans 12:1-2)

When we try to compare anything this world has to offer with the truth of God’s Word, we see that it never measures up.

Remember...if it is doubtful, it’s dirty.