Two Sons
On a national day, two brothers stood in an outdoor meeting listening to
their father give a brief Christian talk. At the finish of the talk, the father
said, "A transcript of this talk is freely available to anyone who would like to
have it."
One of the brothers was a Christian and he was so moved by the talk he collected
two copies, one for himself and one for his brother.
They each took the message home and read it again and the first brother put his
in his pocket. Being a Christian and loving his father deeply, he wanted to keep
the message close by where he could read it whenever he wanted to.
"I don't believe in this stuff," said the second brother. "I'm not a Christian
but this was a good talk and my father was genuine in what he said. I think
everybody should have a copy."
He took it to the printer and had a number of copies made. He gave them to his
friends and work-mates and to everyone he met. In fact, he answered so many
questions about it, it was not long before he could tell the whole message
himself without having to hand out a printed copy of it. And the father was
inundated with callers wanting to learn more.
"Which of the two did what his father wanted?" Asked Jesus. Matthew
21:28-31
By Just a Minute team writer Elizabeth Price. You can contact Elizabeth direct
at mailto:reprice@dragnet.com.au