***Will Jehovah recognize you? (an illustration in a talk at an
assembly)***
There was a farmer who raised sheep and had trouble with wolves
stealing his sheep. He loved his sheep and didn't want to lose even one of
them.
One day the wolves came and the farmer quickly raised his rifle and
POW!- killed every wolf he shot at. As he turned his rifle toward a shadow
He saw a puppy wolf huddling besides a fence post shivering. The
farmer felt sorry for him, picked him up, tucked him inside his coat and took
him home.
As time passed, the farmer grew to love the puppy wolf and took him
everyday to help him tend his sheep. The sheep loved the puppy wolf
too,and thought of him as one of them. The puppy wolf learned to call the
sheep by their names, just like the farmer did. It wasn't long before
he grew to full size and the farmer trusted him to care for his sheep
while he rode to town to buy supplies.
Then one day the puppy wolf was running in the farmer's field and
heard howling in the woods. He ran to the edge of the fence and watched as a
pack of wolves approached. They seemed happy to see him although he
didn't recognize them. One by one they told him of all the fun they
were having, running anywhere they wanted, doing whatever they pleased...no
one telling them what to do! They invited him to come on the other
side of the fence with them. The puppy wolf thought about the fence, and
how he'd never been on the other side of it.
The more he listened he began to wonder if he was missing out on
something. It only took another minute and he dug under the fence and left with
the pack.
For three seasons he lived with the wolves. They had plenty to eat and
did whatever they wanted. It was such fun and he was glad for the
choice he made. But winter came and everyone became hungry and restless. It
was cold, so cold, where they had to sleep. The puppy wolf began to think
about the farmer and how he'd never slept cold and never felt hunger.
Soon he heard the leader of the pack announce it was time to steal
some of the farmer's sheep, so they could survive the winter.
The puppy wolf loudly exclaimed, "NO, they are my friends, don't hurt
Them".
But the leader said, "You're one of us now, do as you're told!"
They all began to run fast toward the farmer's property. The puppy
wolf reluctantly followed. Soon they arrived and began to dig under the
farmer's' fence. The farmer heard his sheep cry out so he grabbed his
rifle and ran to shoot at the wolves. BANG! He killed one after
another. And soon was face to face with a wolf backed up against the fence post
Who cried out, "Wait, don't shoot me. I'm the puppy you raised. I'm
your friend. Don't you remember me?"
But the farmer looked at the wolf and saw how matted his coat was and
how he smelled like the rest of the pack. He said to the wolf, "I don't
know you."
He raised his rifle and shot...BANG! !!
The wolf was dead!
The Brother giving the illustration said that there was silence in the
auditorium, and then the brother giving the talk said, "Brothers, when
Armageddon comes and Jesus is doing his destruction work, will he
recognize you"?
