As different parts of Christ's...
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As different parts of Christ's Body, we are to function and live a productive and fruitful life. A neutral Christian is a contradiction in terms. We speak of a "pillar of the church," but the term, while suggesting strength, may also convey the idea of immovable resistance to any new idea or to spiritual growth. Such a person may be described in these lines:
An old man sat by the open fire
And dreamed the years away,
While outside in the battle of life
Many perished in the toils of day.
He never did any good, nor did he
Ever do any wrong,
He just sat by the open fire
And dreamed the whole day long.
Now he's left a vacant chair,
And they say he's gone up higher
But if he still does what he used to do --
He's still sitting by the fire.
-- Meddock
An old man sat by the open fire
And dreamed the years away,
While outside in the battle of life
Many perished in the toils of day.
He never did any good, nor did he
Ever do any wrong,
He just sat by the open fire
And dreamed the whole day long.
Now he's left a vacant chair,
And they say he's gone up higher
But if he still does what he used to do --
He's still sitting by the fire.
-- Meddock