The World's Shortest Sermon

At the church I'm attending while I'm down here, the priest gave the shortest, most to-the-point sermon I've ever heard in my life.  He got up to the lectern, looked at all of us, and said:

Jesus was born of a woman, because we are.

He submitted to pain and suffering, because we do.

He submitted to death, because we will.

And he ascended into heaven, so that we can.

And then he went back to the alter and began the profession of faith.  And while I know that there are people out there who might feel as if that sermon might be too short, I guarantee that I'll remember it for a long time to come.  Four sentences, short, sweet and to the point, carrying more meaning that I've heard in many half-hour speeches.