Church readerboard signs don't come cheap. One like that pictured above will cost well over $5000.00 these days. Church readerboards are an investment and should be used wisely.
A church nearby to where I live has the trite saying pictured above on its sign. The sign is on a busy thoroughfare and could be used to cause people to think, to consider the gravity of their present situation, to encourage, to uplift, and a dozen other useful things. But this sign is just plain stupid!
In the first place it is bad theology. It is almost — perhaps it is — blasphemous. Jesus is an investment? Who came up with that one? Jesus is the Lord of all mankind, not an investment. Jesus is not something to be used, not something to be banked on, not a subject of commerce and trading.
Secondly, Jesus doesn't pay interest. He has value, to be sure. That value rests within himself. He doesn't have a percent sign attached to him. Or does it mean he will never be bored?
If you have a readerboard, use it wisely. Put something on it that at least makes sense. Don't use it for frivolous and nonsensical sayings. Make sure what you do put on it is the truth and can be supported with Scripture or biblical principles. A statement such as "Jesus is Lord of all" would be of much more value than the inane statement on this sign.
The best things you can put on your readerboard are quotes from the Bible — like, "God commands men everywhere to repent. Acts 17.30"; or "The earth is the Lord's and the fullness thereof. Psalm 24:1." I could give you a page full of other excerpts from the Bible that would be thought-provoking or edifying.
These are perilous times. Let's not give people an excuse to turn away from God because of our mindlessness.
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