Transcript A SIMPLE LESSON FROM A PENCIL Part 1 “Some time prior to about 1560, graphite was discovered near Borrowdale, England, supposedly when a.

A SIMPLE LESSON FROM A PENCIL
Part 1
“Some time prior to about 1560, graphite was
discovered near Borrowdale, England, supposedly
when a large tree was uprooted in a storm,
exposing a black substance beneath its roots. The
usefulness of graphite as a marking substance
was quickly realized. Though the exact date is not
known for certain, the year 1565 marks the first
record of a pencil consisting of a piece of graphite
inserted into a wood shaft, making the first
ancestor of today's pencil.”
Genesis 1:1 In the beginning God created the
heavens and the earth. 2 The earth was without
form, and void; and darkness was on the face of
the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over
the face of the waters. 3 Then God said, "Let
there be light"; and there was light. 4 And God
saw the light, that it was good; and God divided
the light from the darkness. 5 God called the
light Day, and the darkness He called Night. So
the evening and the morning were the first day.
6 Then God said, "Let there be a firmament in the
midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters
from the waters."
7 Thus God made the firmament, and divided the
waters which were under the firmament from the
waters which were above the firmament; and it
was so. 8 And God called the firmament Heaven.
So the evening and the morning were the second
day. 9 Then God said, "Let the waters under the
heavens be gathered together into one place, and
let the dry land appear"; and it was so. 10 And
God called the dry land Earth, and the gathering
together of the waters He called Seas. And God
saw that it was good. 11 Then God said, "Let the
earth bring forth grass, the herb that yields seed,
and the fruit tree that yields fruit according to its
kind, whose seed is in itself, on the earth"; and it
was so. 12 And the earth brought forth grass, the
herb that yields seed according to its kind, and
the tree that yields fruit, whose seed is in itself
according to its kind. And God saw that it was
good. 13 So the evening and the morning were
the third day. 14 Then God said, "Let there be
lights in the firmament of the heavens to divide
the day from the night; and let them be for signs
and seasons, and for days and years; 15 "and let
them be for lights in the firmament of the
heavens to give light on the earth"; and it was so.
16 Then God made two great lights: the greater
light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule
the night. He made the stars also. 17 God set
them in the firmament of the heavens to give
light on the earth, 18 and to rule over the day
and over the night, and to divide the light from
the darkness. And God saw that it was good. 19
So the evening and the morning were the fourth
day. 20 Then God said, "Let the waters abound
with an abundance of living creatures, and let
birds fly above the earth across the face of the
firmament of the heavens."
21 So God created great sea creatures and every
living thing that moves, with which the waters
abounded, according to their kind, and every
winged bird according to its kind. And God saw
that it was good. 22 And God blessed them,
saying, "Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the
waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the
earth." 23 So the evening and the morning were
the fifth day. 24 Then God said, "Let the earth
bring forth the living creature according to its
kind: cattle and creeping thing and beast of the
earth, each according to its kind"; and it was so.
25 And God made the beast of the earth
according to its kind, cattle according to its kind,
and everything that creeps on the earth according
to its kind. And God saw that it was good.
26 Then God said, "Let Us make man in Our
image, according to Our likeness; let them have
dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds
of the air, and over the cattle, over all the earth
and over every creeping thing that creeps on the
earth." 27 So God created man in His own image;
in the image of God He created him; male and
female He created them. 28 Then God blessed
them, and God said to them, "Be fruitful and
multiply; fill the earth and subdue it; have
dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds
of the air, and over every living thing that moves
on the earth." 29 And God said, "See, I have
given you every herb that yields seed which is on
the face of all the earth, and every tree whose
fruit yields seed; to you it shall be for food. 30
"Also, to every beast of the earth, to every bird of
the air, and to everything that creeps on the
earth, in which there is life, I have given every
green herb for food"; and it was so. 31 Then God
saw everything that He had made, and indeed it
was very good. So the evening and the morning
were the sixth day.
Romans 1:20 For since the creation of the world
His invisible attributes are clearly seen, being
understood by the things that are made, even His
eternal power and Godhead, so that they are
without excuse,
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Psalm 19:1 The heavens declare the glory of God;
And the firmament shows His handiwork.
Ephesians 2:10 For we are His workmanship,
created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God
prepared beforehand that we should walk in
them.
Romans 6:16 Do you not know that to whom you
present yourselves slaves to obey, you are that
one's slaves whom you obey, whether of sin
leading to death, or of obedience leading to
righteousness?
Joshua 24:15 "And if it seems evil to you to serve
the LORD, choose for yourselves this day whom
you will serve, whether the gods which your
fathers served that were on the other side of the
River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land
you dwell. But as for me and my house, we will
serve the LORD."
Proverbs 3:5 Trust in the LORD with all your
heart, And lean not on your own understanding;
6 In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He shall
direct your paths. 7 Do not be wise in your own
eyes; Fear the LORD and depart from evil. 8 It
will be health to your flesh, And strength to your
bones.
2 Thessalonians 1:6 since it is a righteous thing
with God to repay with tribulation those who
trouble you, 7 and to give you who are troubled
rest with us when the Lord Jesus is revealed from
heaven with His mighty angels, 8 in flaming fire
taking vengeance on those who do not know God,
and on those who do not obey the gospel of our
Lord Jesus Christ. 9 These shall be punished with
everlasting destruction from the presence of the
Lord and from the glory of His power, 10 when
He comes, in that Day, to be glorified in His saints
and to be admired among all those who believe,
because our testimony among you was believed.
Ephesians 1:13 In Him you also trusted, after you
heard the word of truth, the gospel of your
salvation; in whom also, having believed, you
were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise, 14
who is the guarantee of our inheritance until the
redemption of the purchased possession, to the
praise of His glory.
Matthew 28:19 "Go therefore and make disciples
of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of
the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,
Galatians 3:13 Christ has redeemed us from the
curse of the law, having become a curse for us
(for it is written, "Cursed is everyone who hangs
on a tree"),
1 Corinthians 6:15 Do you not know that your bodies
are members of Christ? Shall I then take the
members of Christ and make them members of a
harlot? Certainly not! 16 Or do you not know that he
who is joined to a harlot is one body with her? For
"the two," He says, "shall become one flesh." 17 But
he who is joined to the Lord is one spirit with Him.
18 Flee sexual immorality. Every sin that a man does
is outside the body, but he who commits sexual
immorality sins against his own body. 19 Or do you
not know that your body is the temple of the Holy
Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and
you are not your own? 20 For you were bought at a
price; therefore glorify God in your body and in your
spirit, which are God's.
2 Corinthians 4:16 Therefore we do not lose
heart. Even though our outward man is perishing,
yet the inward man is being renewed day by day.
17 For our light affliction, which is but for a
moment, is working for us a far more exceeding
and eternal weight of glory, 18 while we do not
look at the things which are seen, but at the
things which are not seen. For the things which
are seen are temporary, but the things which are
not seen are eternal.
2 Corinthians 5:1 For we know that if our earthly
house, this tent, is destroyed, we have a building
from God, a house not made with hands, eternal
in the heavens. 2 For in this we groan, earnestly
desiring to be clothed with our habitation which
is from heaven, 3 if indeed, having been clothed,
we shall not be found naked. 4 For we who are in
this tent groan, being burdened, not because we
want to be unclothed, but further clothed, that
mortality may be swallowed up by life. 5 Now He
who has prepared us for this very thing is God,
who also has given us the Spirit as a guarantee.
6 So we are always confident, knowing that
while we are at home in the body we are absent
from the Lord. 7 For we walk by faith, not by
sight. 8 We are confident, yes, well pleased
rather to be absent from the body and to be
present with the Lord. 9 Therefore we make it
our aim, whether present or absent, to be well
pleasing to Him. 10 For we must all appear
before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one
may receive the things done in the body,
according to what he has done, whether good or
bad.
Matthew 15:18 "But those things which proceed
out of the mouth come from the heart, and they
defile a man. 19 "For out of the heart proceed
evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications,
thefts, false witness, blasphemies.
Matthew 23:27 "Woe to you, scribes and
Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like
whitewashed tombs which indeed appear
beautiful outwardly, but inside are full of dead
men's bones and all uncleanness. 28 "Even so
you also outwardly appear righteous to men, but
inside you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.
1 Samuel 16:7 But the LORD said to Samuel, "Do
not look at his appearance or at the height of his
stature, because I have refused him. For the Lord
does not see as man sees; for man looks at the
outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the
heart."
1 Timothy 4:8 For bodily exercise profits a little,
but godliness is profitable for all things, having
promise of the life that now is and of that which
is to come.
A SIMPLE LESSON FROM A PENCIL
Part 2
1.A pencil was created by a designer for a
purpose just as we were created by a designer,
which is God, and we were created for a
purpose.
2.A pencil must be guided by someone.
Depending on who it is being guided by will
determine how it would be used. In similar
way, we are all guided by something, but we
have a choice on what our guide will be. The
faithful will allow themselves to be guided by
the Word of God.
3. A pencil bares a mark, which shows who
created it and who it belongs to. When we obey
gospel and are baptized into Christ for the
forgiveness of our sins, we are given a mark by
the Holy Spirit, which shows that we are child
of God and that we belong to Him. Everyone
else bares the mark of the world and will be
lost.
4. The most important part of a pencil it what is
on the inside, which is the lead. The most
important part of man is what is on the inside,
which is his soul and spirit.
Hebrews 5:9 And having been perfected, He became
the author of eternal salvation to all who obey Him,
10 called by God as High Priest "according to the
order of Melchizedek," 11 of whom we have much to
say, and hard to explain, since you have become dull
of hearing. 12 For though by this time you ought to
be teachers, you need someone to teach you again
the first principles of the oracles of God; and you
have come to need milk and not solid food. 13 For
everyone who partakes only of milk is unskilled in the
word of righteousness, for he is a babe. 14 But solid
food belongs to those who are of full age, that is,
those who by reason of use have their senses
exercised to discern both good and evil.
Ever wonder what would happen if we treated
our Bible like we treat our cell phone?
What if we carried it around in our purses or
pockets?
What if we flipped through it several times a day?
What if we turned back to go get it if we forgot
it?
What if we used it to receive messages from the
text?
What if we treated it like we couldn't live without
it?
What if we gave it to our kids as gifts?
What if we used it when we traveled?
What if we used it in case of emergency?
This is something to make you go....hmm...where
is my Bible?
Oh, and one more thing.
Unlike our cell phone, we don't have to worry
about our Bible being disconnected because Jesus
already paid the bill.
Makes you stop and think 'where are my
priorities? And no dropped calls!
When Jesus died on the cross, he was thinking of
you!
James 1:2 My brethren, count it all joy when you
fall into various trials, 3 knowing that the testing
of your faith produces patience.
James 1:12 Blessed is the man who endures
temptation; for when he has been approved, he
will receive the crown of life which the Lord has
promised to those who love Him.
2 Corinthians 4:17 For our light affliction, which
is but for a moment, is working for us a far more
exceeding and eternal weight of glory,
Mark 12:41 Now Jesus sat opposite the treasury
and saw how the people put money into the
treasury. And many who were rich put in much.
42 Then one poor widow came and threw in two
mites, which make a quadrans. 43 So He called
His disciples to Himself and said to them,
"Assuredly, I say to you that this poor widow has
put in more than all those who have given to the
treasury; 44 "for they all put in out of their
abundance, but she out of her poverty put in all
that she had, her whole livelihood."
James 1:19 So then, my beloved brethren, let
every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow
to wrath; 20 for the wrath of man does not
produce the righteousness of God.
21 Therefore lay aside all filthiness and overflow
of wickedness, and receive with meekness the
implanted word, which is able to save your souls.
James 1:22 But be doers of the word, and not
hearers only, deceiving yourselves. 23 For if
anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he
is like a man observing his natural face in a
mirror; 24 for he observes himself, goes away,
and immediately forgets what kind of man he
was. 25 But he who looks into the perfect law of
liberty and continues in it, and is not a forgetful
hearer but a doer of the work, this one will be
blessed in what he does.
James 1:26 If anyone among you thinks he is
religious, and does not bridle his tongue but
deceives his own heart, this one's religion is
useless.
Colossians 4:6 Let your speech always be with
grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know
how you ought to answer each one.
Matthew 12:36 "But I say to you that for every
idle word men may speak, they will give account
of it in the day of judgment. 37 "For by your
words you will be justified, and by your words
you will be condemned."
Philippians 3:13 Brethren, I do not count myself
to have apprehended; but one thing I do,
forgetting those things which are behind and
reaching forward to those things which are
ahead, 14 I press toward the goal for the prize of
the upward call of God in Christ Jesus. 15
Therefore let us, as many as are mature, have this
mind;
The Parable of the pencil
The Pencil Maker took the pencil aside, just
before putting him into the box. “There are five
things you need to know,” he told the pencil,
“before I send you out into the world. Always
remember them and you will become the best
pencil you can be.”
1.You will be able to do many great things, but
only if you allow yourself to be held in someone’s
hand.
2.You will experience a painful sharpening from
time to time, but you’ll need it to become a better
pencil.
3.You will be able to correct any mistakes you
might make.
4.The most important part of you will always be
what’s inside.
5.On every surface you are used on, you must
leave your mark. No matter what the condition,
you must continue to write.
The pencil understood and promised to
remember, and went into the box with purpose in
its heart.
Now put yourself in the pencil’s place; always
remember these five rules and never forget, and
you will become the best person you can be.
1.You will be able to do many great things, but
only if you allow yourself to be held in God’s
hand, and allow other human beings to access
you for the many gifts you possess.
2.You will experience a painful sharpening from
time to time, by going through various problems,
but you’ll need it to become a stronger person.
3.You will be able to correct any mistakes you
might make.
4.The most important part of you will always be
what’s on the inside.
5.On every surface you walk through, you must
leave your mark. No matter what the situation,
you must continue to do your duties.