C.P.C.

One of America's largest corporations, in fact, the National Cash Register Company, has what they call a C. P. C. plan. C. stands for century or 100. P stands for percent. C. stands for club. So it's the 100 Percent Club. The company sets sales or production goals and the people that make them are qualified to be in the C. P. C. This is a great honor and very rewarding. One gift is a two week vacation in the most luxurious hotel in the world. Believe it or not, God has such a plan for us. In Matthew 13: 23, Jesus tells of a man planting seeds in good ground. Naturally, he hoped to get a good crop. When harvest time rolled around, he was greatly disappointed to find that most of his ground failed to produce much. Parts produced less than fifty percent. Some produced just a little over fifty percent. Just a small part produced one hundred percent. The Lord explained this parable as a preview of the Gospel Age. The message {seed} will be planted in hearts {ground}. The Lord hopes to get a good crop of the fruit of the Spirit. For awhile, everything seems fine. Christians are growing in grace and in the knowledge of the Lord. Then apparently they get busy with other things. They neglect prayer and Bible study. Their growth is stunted. They produce less and less of the fruit of the Spirit. Love, joy, peace, and so forth disappear and soon they are less than half of what the Lord desired. This scenario is unbelievable especially in light of the rewards God offers. His gifts are beyond imagination. In fact, this is what God says. " Eye hath not seen nor ear heard , neither hath it entered into the heart of man the things that God hath prepared For them that love Him." One example is found in Revelation 3:21, "He that overcomes shall sit with me in my throne." If an earthly king said this to us we would certainly be overwhelmed, but the Lord of the Universe is saying it. Just to mention one more reward, take a look at Romans 8:29. The one hundred percenters are predestined to be brothers of Christ and to he exactly like Him. How many have prayed to be like him? One hundred percenters will have that prayer answered. Actually, the whole Bible is an exhortation for us to strive for the best. Paul is a good example. He said in Philippians 3:14, "I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God" Then he says in verse 17, "Be ye followers of me." Surely it is eminently worthy of our best efforts to qualify for God's C. P. C. !!!!!! (This was written in response to a friend who said he would be satisfied to just get in the door of heaven.)