The man in the elevator was dressed in hunting clothes.
"Going hunting?" asked another passenger in the elevator.
"Yep," said the hunter proudly.
"Got a dog?" asked the other passenger.
"Yeah," said the hunter, and then in a confidential whisper he added, "Getting my dog into this hotel was the slickest trick I ever pulled. Nobody saw us, and the dog is up there in my room right now! Are you a hunter, too?"
"Oh, no," answered the other fellow, with his best smile. "I'm the manager of this hotel!" The hunter was speechless with surprise and embarrassment.
Dogs were not allowed in the hotel, but the hunter had managed to sneak his dog in anyway, regardless of the rules.
Many people today ignore God and break His laws and think they are getting away with something. They do not understand that God sees and knows everything they do and say, and even knows their secret thoughts.
What a surprise they have coming some day! For God will certainly bring them into judgment; they are not getting away with anything at all. The reason God does not do anything about it right now is because He is "long-suffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance." 2 Peter 3:99The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. (2 Peter 3:9).