Your sins will find you out

InReach at Ecwa Gospel 2 church on Thursday afternoons is always fun, especially as the church building is being constructed around us (health and safety would have to lie down in a darkened room). A couple of weeks ago it was Ecwa's women's week with lots of extra activities and services arranged.  Last week one of the stories found its way to InReach.

A special guest preacher had been invited to take one of the final services and he brought his "baba" (father or respected father-figure) with him.  The preacher preached, giving it his all and finished with an altar call.  The choir were singing hallelujah as the old man (who followed traditional practices) proceeded down the church towards the front.  He was handed the microphone and began to speak.

I would be interested in learning more about this Jesus if you (pointing at the preacher) would return the bananas you stole from me years ago.

There was silence.

How can anyone who calls themselves a follower of Jesus expect others to believe and trust what they say if they don't show the difference he makes in their lives?  That's one of the things we talk about in InReach - how we can live and love like Jesus and never feel worried at the mention of bananas.