"Grandma, Why do you teach the Bible every time?"
When the grandchildren come stay with Grandpa and Grandma on the farm over the weekends, Grandma always has a Bible lesson for them. This past weekend they studied how God gave Moses the 10 Commandments for the Children of Israel. The grandchildren's father in passing by said, "Make sure they learn number 7." He was referring to the command, "Honor your father and mother. Then you will live a long, full life in the land the Lord your God gives you."
They read the verses and talked about them. Then Grandma asked the children, "Do you know why I read the Bible to you every time you come over to stay?" The children said, "Because you want us to learn about Jesus?" "Yes, and because of all the wonderful things we learn and do while on this earth, learning about God, and his son Jesus is the most important life lesson that we could ever learn. When we think about the timeline of this world, God who has no beginning and no end, has always been. Since the creation of this earth until now, the earth's time is just a blip on the time line of life, and our entire life shows up on the timeline as a speck. So this tiny speck of time that we have on this timeline is very important. This tiny speck of time is all we have to make the most important decision of our life, for this decision will determine where we will spend all of eternity. The important decision we have to make is, do we want to place our faith in Jesus Christ? Do we want to repent of every wrong thing we have ever said and done, (because the Bible says all have sinned and come short of God's glory- Roman's 3: 23), and do we want to ask Jesus to forgive us, declare us not guilty any more, wash away our sins with his precious perfect blood that was shed for us on the cross and have Jesus come live in our hearts?” ( Roman's 3: 24)
Now when Grandma pointed out that the little speck of time is all we get on the timeline of all the ages, and how we have so little of time to make a such a very important decision, ("Do I want to live in Heaven with Jesus or be separated from Him for all eternity), and Grandma explained what the alternative was, as was explained in Roman's 6: 23, "For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord," then the grandchildren had no problem raising their hands up when Grandma asked them, "Do you want to ask Jesus to forgive your sins and ask him to save you and give you eternal life?" What a wonderful and important decision they made that day in accepting Jesus as their Lord and Savior. It is a decision all of us will have to make. Do you want to ask Jesus to forgive you and to accept him also. You can, and this decision makes God so happy when we accept his son. Roman's 5: 8-9 says, "But God showed his great love for us by sending Christ to die for us while we were still sinners. And since we have been made right in God's sight by the blood of Christ, he will certainly save us from God's judgement. "
Thank you Heavenly Father for the gift of your Son, Jesus. It is because of his sacrifice on the cross and the shedding of his blood that we are cleansed of our sins and made right. Thank you Jesus. Amen
God Bless