What’s the Point?

I’m not sure where the mistake was made – probably by me, perhaps by some well-meaning secretary, then again it could all be blamed on the computer. It doesn’t really matter. The sermon outline that appeared in the bulletin yesterday had both of my main points listed as “II.” There was no point “I” only two point “IIs”. It was only frustrating because it was humorous. How can you preach a two-point sermon without point “I”? How can you proceed without a starting point? It reminded me of the cook book for newlyweds in which the first chapter is entitled, “Face the Stove.” You’ve got to start at the starting point. Right? How silly for a football referee to announce on first down, “Second and ten!” Or for someone to mis-state the well-worn phrase, “Second things first!” Much worse for one to misquote Jesus in Matthew 20:16, “The last will be second, and the second last.” Or to mistakenly identify our Lord in Revelation 1:11 as, “the Alpha and the Omega, the second and the last.” So, what’s the point? I went ahead with my sermon and preached both points and no one commented on the mistake. Maybe no one reads the bulletin. Maybe no one cares about the points. Now that’s a scary point. What’s your first point this week?