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Pastor Simon Siew 1Circus Crown
The Clown With The Message
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Pastor Simon Siew 2Circus Crown
A circus accidentallycaught fire and the flamesquickly spread to thefields and began to burntoward the village below.
The circus master whowas convinced that thevillage would bedestroyed, asked for avolunteer in his staff towarn the villagers.
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Story by Sren Kierkegaard
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No one volunteeredat first but after a while
someone raised hishands.
Everybody wassurprised to see who hewas - he turned out tobe the circus clown.
Seeing that no one
was willing to go andthat the clown wasserious to help, thecircus master bade himto quickly carry out this
mission.Produced by Simon Siew
Guess whovolunteered to help?
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Pastor Simon Siew 4Circus Crown
The clown still wearing
make-up and his funnycostume then jumpedonto his very funnylooking car and speddown the hill to thevillage below.
Run for your lives! Afire is coming and thevillage is going to burn! he shouted as he rodeup and down the streetsof the village.
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The earnestness of the clown
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Pastor Simon Siew 5Circus Crown
Curious villagers came out from their houses and were
amused to see a clown. They shouted back to the clownand imitated him while laughing and applauding his'performance'.
The clown who was dead serious about his mission wassurprised that they were not doing anything. The more heshouted, the louder the villagers cheered and laughed.
Produced by Simon SiewResponse to the message
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As a result ofignoring his pleas, thevillage was notprepared for the fire
and it destroyed bothpeople and property.
This unnecessary
destruction took placedespite the fact thatthey had beenwarned.
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Result of ignoring the message
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The problem was not themessage it was proclaimedloud and clear.
The problem was themessenger. What thepeople saw that day was aclown and no one ever takes aclown seriously.
What a clown say and do isnever meant to be believed for
clowns are meant to entertain.
With his funny costume andcar, how could people haveknown that he was really on aserious mission.Produced by Simon Siew
So what went
wrong?
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Could it be that, we, themessengers look and behavelike clowns and the way we liveour lives makes us no longercredible?
The way we behave, talk andcarry out our Christian life couldhave contradicted the Gospelmessage.
Consequently, we effectivelynegate the message of theGospel when we present themto the world in such a manner.
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Why people dontrespond to our message
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Matthew 7:16 - By theirfruit you will recognizethem Every good tree
bears good fruit.
Deeds and words must gohand in hand. The walk mustprecede the talk if we are tobe serious in our mission ofproclaiming the Gospel.
Christiansdistinguished by
their fruits
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We cannot tell of theGospel when our lives showno indication of its power to
save and transform us.
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They are their message. Christians need to look likewhat they're talking about.
The most effective evangelism today
'The most effectiveevangelism today comesfrom those who embody
the things they are saying.
John Poulton,'A Today Sort of Evangelism.'
It's people who
communicate primarily, notwords or ideas. Whatcommunicates now is
basically personalauthenticity.'
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No dichotomy
There must be nodichotomy between what wesay and what we are; betweenour public, professional lifeand our private life.
Nothing beautifies thegospel message and makes itpowerful than the consistencyof those who preach it.
Nothing gives the gospelmessage more credibility thanthe Christ-likeness of thosewho proclaim it.
We must embody thegospel.