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MISPLACED FAITH (Faith can destroy you!) - Part 2 

Last week we were thinking about Seven people who placed their faith in Tylenol back in 1982, thinking their headaches would be gone, little did they know someone had spiked Tylenol with cyanide. This is a very sad story, but it taught us our first lesson about misplaced faith. One, faith does not in itself have any special merit, it does not have the power to change the
nature of a drug from harmful to helpful. Seven people firmly believed they were taking medicine, not poison. But their faith did not save them. In fact, their faith killed them! 

The second lesson we learn from the Tylenol tragedy is scary indeed: Sometimes a false belief resembles a true one. To the casual observer, the cyanide looked just like Tylenol powder. The label had all the earmarks of being authentic, so there seemed to be no need to not trust the contents. The promise was that these pills would relieve pain, yet taking a single one brought death. Do not miss my conclusion next week.

God bless you all,

 Pastor John R. Reed