“Then those ‘sheep’ are going to say, ‘Master, what are you talking about? When did we ever see you hungry and feed you, thirsty and give you a drink? And when did we ever see you sick or in prison and come to you?’ Then the King will say, ‘I’m telling the solemn truth: Whenever you did one of these things to someone overlooked or ignored, that was me—you did it to me.’” (Matthew 25:37-40, MSG)
On November 30, a limousine was parked in front of Princeton Pike Church of God in Hamilton, Ohio. No one knew why. A week later, the members of the church learned something about that limousine: 9 celebrities had been inside that limousine. Not the celebrities we would think of. Not at all. But they were celebrities in the eyes of the King. That limousine had carried 9 homeless men to church that Sunday morning. It just so happens that the owner of a limo service attends that church. On November 30, he went out into the streets and found 9 homeless men and brought them to church. 7 of the 9 came to know Christ personally that Sunday morning. That’s what I call a bus ministry!
To most limo owners, that would seem like craziness. You don’t normally let dirty, smelly homeless men ride in your limo for free. But that man saw something more important than their physical state: their spiritual state. In his mind, they weren’t homeless. They were sinners in desperate need of a Savior.
I went