A Radical Message Why We Need Jesus

“You have an oil lamp that's got no oil,

you have an oil lamp.

But it won't behave like one.

You might as well put it in the trash can.

And of course if you detach man from God,

you still got a man on your hands,

but he won't behave like one.

The only thing you can do for an oil lamp

that hasn't got oil is put oil in it.

And the only thing you can do for a car

that hasn't gas is to put gas in it,

AND THE ONLY THING YOU CAN DO FOR A MAN

THAT HAS'T GOT GOD

IS TO PUT GOD IN HIM.

And when you put the oil in the lamp,

it isn't so the lamp can try harder,

and when God gets back into the man,

it isn't that the man

might try harder.

You put oil in the lamp so the oil can be oil,

functionally.

You put gas in the car so the gas can be gas,

functionally.

And you put God in the man

so God can be God,

functionally.”

- I a n  T h o m a s