The Priest with Dirty Clothes

Today on Renewing Your Mind, the story of a priest and his money problems have a lot of face on the shoes he had mud all over his nose and tried very hard to clean himself off but there was no way he could clean his clothes and get to the castle on time. We bite you together. The entire family today as RC Sproul reads what of his beloved children's books. Storytelling is always been a way of passing values along the children.

Tales and fables are really morale details they show by example what's right and what's wrong.

RC knew the power of story, and he wanted a place deep biblical truth into the hearts of children in a way that would understand the privilege to share with you today. The priest with dirty clothes, Darby and Campbell McFarland live near a beautiful lake in Scotland called locking on it seemed that seven-year-old Harvey was always finding ways to get herself in her little brother Campbell into trouble. One day after praying they went outside to play let's make my children pretend they were bankers. They took some Martin road had fashioned into pretend takes that as they played. They wipe their hands on their clothes spreading mud all over the laughed and giggled as they got themselves muddier money in their mother so she was not happy just look at you, you look like mud pies yourself. Hurry and take off those filthy clothes will give you both about after the children were all clean their mom looked at the money club will never be able to get these dirty clothes clean. She said to herself.

Just then there was a knock at the front door. It was the children's grandfather Darby and Campbell Rushton toboggan.

Grandpa grinned and said it looks like someone made a mud pie bakery in the front yard. Kids seems that our little bikers have ruined their clothes said mom that's too bad. Grandpa said, but it certainly reminds me of a strange wonderful story of us. Please cling grandpa towards sinners. They were all seated around. Many years ago in a faraway land, the people of this village crowded into a large night the church was dark except for the candles lit inside casting shadows on the high wall, a young man named Jonathan was lying on the floor with his arms stretched out this was the most important nights of his. He was about to become a priest. He was wearing a long brown row made of scratchy and a great Bishop was praying for Jonathan at the end of the ceremony, the bishop gave Jonathan.

The special close priest. First the bishop help Jonathan put on a bright row over the scratchy and then he placed a turbine on Jonathan's head and tied a white lace sash around his right. The very next week. Jonathan was invited to the castle of the King he would preach his first sermon to the royal house.

Jonathan worked hard to prepare his sermon. He wanted to be his very best when it was time for Jonathan to go to the castle. It was raining very Jonathan was sad that his new special close would get wet.

This he rode his horse to the cast. He tried to His new clothes from getting rained on. By wearing a cake is Jonathan and this horse made their way to the castle. The muddy road became more and more slip and suddenly the horse stumbled, Jonathan fell wasn't hurt, but he was upset when he saw that he had mud all over. Jonathan had mud on his issues. He had mud all over his the white lace sash was no longer white urban look like a big mud cake. Jonathan tried very hard to clean himself off but there was no way he could clean his clothes and get to the castle on time you thought about running away didn't want to preach in front of the king looking like this king just has to understand. So Jonathan kept going until he reached the cast.

Jonathan hurried into the castle looking for a place to clean himself up but he couldn't clean his dirty and the tower bells began to ring. It was time for the royal household together to Jonathan's slowly Jonathan walked to the place where he was to stand and he opened his Bible. As soon as the people sign they began this king was surprised to see the priest wearing such vertical. The King was a kind and gentle ruler, and he could see the Jonathan was ashamed of the way in knowing that there must be a good reason for Jonathan's dirty clothes. The king motioned for him to begin his but as soon as Jonathan started to speak, the court magician whose name was malice stood up and shouted weight.

You can't preach in front of the king wearing those dirty clothes. Malice was a very mean man. He hated all priests. He even hated priest whose clothes were clean malice at great power. They were afraid of, and as soon as malice shouted out against Jonathan. Other people began to yell mean things about Jonathan to King knew that this was not a good. The king felt sorry for he didn't like the way malice was.

He was afraid that malice might cause someone to harm the priest and so he stood and said to the people recall. Please stop talking I will take care of this. That very minute the people grew silent even malice stop talking. The king looked at Jonathan and asked him to come forward.

Jonathan walked up to him. The king said, why did you come here looking so dirty, so Jonathan explained what happened. The King nodded and said I understand.

I'm sorry that you had this accident but you cannot preach here today wearing such dirty clothes. You may come back next week and preach. I will give you another chance, but only if you come back wearing clean clothes. Thank you, your Majesty, said Jonathan, I'm sorry. I look so dirty. I promise the next week I will be clean without the king told Jonathan to go so Jonathan left the castle as fast as Emily got back home. The first thing he did was to try and clean his club stains worked.

Couldn't get them the next day Jonathan took a special close to the town Fuller Fuller was a person who clean people's dirty clothes get special kinds of soaps they could get the mud out of all kinds of the four look the Jonathan's closing said lease closer so dirty if I can make them clean. I will do my best. Come back tomorrow and I will have them ready for Jonathan returned to the full. Fuller said I'm afraid I cannot make you close their room for the only thing you can do now is to get new club, but I can't get new close. Jonathan said these clothes were given to me by the bishop that he only gives out one set of what I'm sorry about that. Said the Fuller. There's nothing more I should go to see the bishop maybe he can give you a new set of clothes so you can preach before the king. Jonathan left the Fuller shop. He didn't think the bishop would give them a new set of but he had to ask any so I went straight to the bishop's office. The bishop patiently listened to Jonathan story of the act and he said this is a sad thing that is happened. There's nothing I can do to Jonathan was very sick. Isn't there something I can do to get clean, please let me do something special to earn new club. The bishop's face was sad to rules. There is nothing you can do on your own to earn a new set of the only person who can help you is the great's she should speak to us of the bishop gave Jonathan the directions to the palace of the Jonathan carefully followed the directions until he came to the palace where the great prince with the asked the guard if he could talk to the prince.

The guard walked Jonathan into the royal room where the prince was sitting on the throne. Jonathan saw the prince he was a may. He had never seen anyone who looked like he was dressed in a long purple room with precious jewels. There was a band around his waist was made out of the worst turbine that was as white as snow, and his face seemed to shine like the sun. Prince looked at Jonathan caring's and asked why are you here what you need from this voice was so Jonathan asked her prince priest. I have ruined my close I cannot stand in front of the king without clean close. No one has been able to make my clothes clean, and I've been sent to you to see if there's anything you can do to help.

Jonathan told the prince the story of how he had gotten dirty. Prince listen and then he said the Jonathan. I understand your problem and I can help you. Are you going to give me clean close.

You will soon see, Jonathan, the prince first come with me over to the fireplace. Jonathan followed the prince to the corner of the room were small fires burning in the Princeton a strange thing. He pointed to a small branch that was at the edge of the five branch was not burning it was charred but no longer in the Prince told Jonathan to pick up Jonathan reached out his hand to pick up the branch. It was cold and did no harm to Jonathan put down the prince said now look at your hand. Jonathan looked down and saw that his hand was. It was covered with soot from the brain.

Jonathan, the princes you were like the branch you pulled from the father dear covered with black dirt. The dirt is not just on your club. It is on your heart soon the wrongs that you do make your heart dirty and no soap can make it then the prince had Jonathan I can help you go to the castle next week and be ready to preach your sermon where your dirty club and I will take care of Gotham's heart felt sad and angry, afraid, but great prince. I was thinking that I could not stand in him in my dirty clothes and the evil magician malice will do something mean to me.

If I enter the castle with 30 club warm smile spread across the face of the great yes Jonathan, I know all about malice is meaningless. I also know the king very well received. Jonathan is my Jonathan is really going to make my close friends answered I promised that I will take care of.

I never break my I always do what I say you go home and get ready for your sermon. I will be there and I will do what I promise. On the next week came. Jonathan was both excited for not going then he remembered the promise I will trust in the promise I will go to the castle, said to so Jonathan went outside and got on his horse and this time the day was bright sunshine. There were no storm clouds in the sky. Jonathan had no trouble making the journey to the castle when he got there he could see a crowd of people going swallowed hard and walked to the place with the priest. But again before he could speak. Malice stood up and shouted many bad things happen to you will priest you are still wearing dirty clothes. The king looked at Jonathan phone why are you here again with 30 club I told you that you could not stand in front of me looking like that people begin.

Some shouted loudly go away. Jonathan's face turned red, he stood looking at the people feeling ashamed very someone it was a man dressed scratching Brown exactly like the road Jonathan Moore under his special and the man was carrying present.

At first no one knew who the stranger and some orange. It's the great prince ballasted notice. What is the meaning of this. Why are you here and why are you wearing that she wrote. First, the Princeton was smiling as he walked to the front right next that he spoke to John St. take off your dirty clothes. Jonathan took off his dirty, especially ones that the bishopric and now he stood before the king, wearing only his own scratching Brown the Princeton took Jonathan's third put them in the hand. The Jonathan present. Everyone watched Jonathan carefully opened the present, the prince Jonathan's mind with some present. It was the perfect for inside were the beautiful clothes along. Prince's the Prince smiled again at Jonathan and said these are the clean close. I promised there's not a spot of dirt on put them on now and preach your sister Jonathan's hands shook as he put on the princes beautiful in the prince said father may Jonathan stand in your presence is one of my king was pleased and said to the Prince. Yes, minus, as long as he wears work, he may stand in front of them.

The prince of the Jonathan. These clothes are yours for they will never wear out, and nothing can ever make them dirty. They are perfect for Jonathan socks.

How can I ever thank you for being so kind to me.

Prince said if you're really thankful if you want to show that you love and keep all the commandments all such I want to be good enough to where your club cannot be good enough. You must live your whole life, trusting in my goodness while you where my on that day. Jonathan preached his best and he spent the rest of his life preaching about the great war, the princes perfect present until the day grandpa turned to Darby and Campbell and said that's the yes the children think that if we could find the great things that give us clean clothes yes grant he gives clean close to everyone who believes that they are not close like the ones you room today, the great prince gives new clues for the dirt that we get on our clothes can sometimes be washed.

We have a big when we send them do wrong. Our hearts become so dirty that we cannot stand in front of for us to be able to be friends with God. We need to have the dirt on our hearts. That is what Jesus does before gives us takes the dirt from our he puts it on himself just like the great prince took Jonathan's dirty clothes and wore them so that when God looks at us.

He doesn't see the dirt on. Instead, he sees a heart that is covered by his sons.

If you trust in Jesus and believe in your heart will be Jesus for some, but you have to ask him to forgive that he cleans her and you can stand after I'm sorry we got modern are close but I'm sure glad we heard the story about the great prince with a hug or set yes it's a story we only to remember a man may be a children's story but the message is profound.

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