Learning God's Lessons: Birthday Eve

Wednesday, November 17, 2010

Birthday Eve

Birthday eve--you know...that all important day before the birthday. Today is William's Birthday Eve--the day when the excitement of the actual birthday peaks. Tomorrow he will be 16. That means 16 years ago I was as big as a house.

Daryl and I went shopping for William today which is never an easy task. He has always had such simple tastes and has enjoyed such simple pleasures. When he was little he really liked to draw and play with hot wheels. As he got older, he loved perusing through his collection of baseball cards. It's pretty nice having a kid who is so easy to please, but when it come to shopping for him we really don't want him to get cheated! He likes clothing now, but he is 6'9. Shopping for cool clothes for him is kind of tough, but I think we got it figured out today. We'll see tomorrow if we have done a good job--tomorrow...the day of his birthday.

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The Most Important Thing You Can Know!

Do you know where you will spend eternity one day? If not, here's how you can know:

1. Romans 3:23 says, "For all have sinned and come short of the glory of God." The Bible says we are all sinners. Sin is hereditary--we were all born sinners because Adam and Eve disobeyed God in the Garden of Eden.
2. Romans 6:23 says, "For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord." A wage is a payment. We must pay for our sins and they way we pay is by death. Everyone is born once, and everyone must die once. But the story doesn't end there--Jesus, God's only Son died on the cross for our sin and paid the penalty for us. All we have to do accept the gift of salvation. We can't work for it, go to church for it, or be good for it. Faith in Christ alone is what will save us.
3. Romans 10:9 says, "But if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved." If you know that you are a sinner and that Jesus died on the cross, was buried, and resurrected--and if you know that He did that for YOU, all you have to do is ask Him to come into your heart and save you.
4. If you would like to accept Christ, just ask him now--it's the difference between Heaven and Hell.