The Seed
When Roy DeLamotte was chaplain at Paine College in Georgia, he preached the shortest sermon in the college’s history. However, he had a rather long topic. It was, “What Does Christ Answer When We Ask, “Lord, What’s in Religion for Me?” ” The complete content of his sermon was one word: “Nothing.” He explained later that the one-word sermon was meant for people “brought up on the “gimme-gimme” gospel.” When asked how long it took him to prepare the message, he said, “Twenty years.”
[26] We322 should not judge this matter according to our reason, nor according to the law, nor on the basis of outward appearance. Nor should we have the temerity to search the secret, hidden abyss of divine foreknowledge. Instead, we are to pay attention to the revealed will of God. For he has revealed to us and “made known to us the mystery of his will,” and has accomplished it through Christ, that it may be proclaimed (Eph. 1[:9*, 10*]; 2 Tim. 1[:9–11*]).