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CHR IST IANS
ARE
LIKE
NUTS
by Dr. Walter L. Wilson
H ave you ever thought of Chris tians as “nuts?” In the Song of Solomon we read, “I went down into the garden of nuts to see the fruits of the valley, and to see whether the vine flourished” (6:11). That Chris tians: are “nuts” is what the world says about us. Believers don’t care for the things the godless crowd spends its money on; we live for God! We care for souls and we want to live clean, lovely, good lives. The world snears at the whole business. Strangely enough, there are some remarkable comparisons between nuts and Christians. F irst of all, nuts are found everywhere and in almost every climate. Christians, too, may be found all over the world. You will also note that nuts grow in high places. So it is with Christians who live in heav enly places where they are seated with Christ. They should not be found down in the swamps. A remarkable thing about nuts, the same as with fruits, is that they can be grafted. I had a friend with a large walnut grove. The trees got old and were not bearing very well. So he cut them off about two or three feet from the ground. Then he grafted pecan slips into the center of the top of each stalk. Today he has a wonderful pecan orchard. The Scriptures teach us that we are grafted into the olive tree contrary to nature. Why contrary to nature? Because, in nature, when one grafts a pecan into a walnut stump, it grows pecans. If he grafts an orange onto a lemon tree, the branch bears oranges. But in the Christian life, when we are grafted into Christ, turned over to Him, we bear His kind of fruit not our own. Have you ever noticed how nuts are of many colors ? Some are brown, some are black, some are yellow and
some are almost white. So it is with Christians. In all, there are five col ors of races; we find Christians in all of them. Nuts have a sweet heart. The shell covers the nut but the heart is there. Sometimes nuts have thick skins, some thicker or harder than others, some are rough on the outside, but when you get inside, you find the meat is sweet. That is the way with Christians. You may have to get through a rough exterior to find the soft spot, but there is a gate to their hearts and mijids. Nuts are found in clusters or groups. One tree may_ have a thou sand nuts on it. Brazil nuts grow in clusters, walnuts in twos and threes. This is true in Christians for our Lord said, “Where two or three are gathered together in my name there am I.” The Saviour wants Christians to gather together. He said, “For sake not the assembling of yourselves together as the manner of some is.” Nuts are also good for food; they are profitable in commercial trade and have great value. So it is with Chris tians; they are very valuable; they are the salt of the eaith and precious in the sight of the Lord. Believers are the balance wheel of society and the stable element for all civilization. Christian principles guide the coun cils of men. Did you ever stop to realize that nuts are like seeds? They may be planted in order to reproduce the trees on which they grew. Christians are reproductive, too. I was saved because a coal miner came and brought the Gospel to me. A shoe salesman came and explained the message, and a tent maker led me to do something about it. Three different kinds of men had something to do with my salvation. (Continued on next page) 27
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