Have you ever seen a toad? Toads are little brown animals, similar to frogs, except that their skin is bumpy instead of slimy. In the summertime where I live, there’s always at least one toad hopping around on our gravel driveway or by the house. We like to see the toads, and so do our cats! I like to see the toads because they are interesting creatures that help people by eating harmful bugs, but our cats like to hunt them!
One evening, I was watching a toad and noticed that one of the cats was sneaking up to pounce on it. Quickly, I picked up the toad and took him to the garden where plants would give him shelter and he would be safer from the cats. The toad didn’t know it, but without my help, he would have been in trouble!
Many of us are like that toad ... in danger but not realizing it. The danger many people are in is more serious than the danger the toad was in. If the cat had killed the toad, that would have been the end for the toad. The danger we are in is caused by our sins. The Bible says that all of us have sinned and that the person that sins will die. And then, the Bible says, after death comes “the judgment” (Hebrews 9:2727And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment: (Hebrews 9:27)). After we die, each one of us will face the only true God, who is perfectly holy. God will judge our lives — and even one sin that we think is no big deal is enough to keep us out of heaven.
But there is good news! God sent His Son, the Lord Jesus Christ, to earth to die in our place. After He died, God raised Him from the dead. His resurrection shows us that the work Jesus did on the cross was enough to pay for all of our sins! If we realize we are sinners and turn to God, believing that Jesus’ sacrifice was for us, we will not have to be judged for our sins after we die. Instead, we will be able to spend eternity in heaven with God. What is
your choice?
Messages of God’s Love 5/29/2022