Mr.Perfect

An associational minister arrived one Sunday morning in a small, rural town. The local minister had invited the visiting minister to help with a local problem. “Everyone here thinks they are just perfect!” said the local minister. “Could you preach a sermon that will bring them back to their senses?”

The associational minister was a very gifted speaker, most eloquent with words and very knowledgeable about the Scriptures. He spoke for nearly an hour, convincing everyone that they, too, were sinners.

Finally, the visiting minister felt sure that he had set everyone straight. To make sure that they were now thinking properly again, he asked the congregation: “Is there anyone here who still thinks you are perfect?”

Everyone was looking at the floor, pondering. Slowly, one man in the back stood up. The minister asked the man, “And why do you stand, Sir?”

The man said, I am not perfect, but I am standing in memory of my wife’s first husband, who was!”

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