Some people are brought to justice in very unusual ways. Who would think that a herd of cows would assist police in capturing a car thief? Yet that is exactly what happened in Sanford, Florida, one Sunday night in August 2018.
A stolen Subaru SUV crashed in a ditch beside a pasture after a high-speed police chase. The driver and one passenger fled on foot, while the third passenger was arrested at the scene. The driver was apprehended, while Jennifer Kaufman attempted to flee on foot through the pasture next to the car.
She was making good headway until ... a herd of about 16 cows saw her and decided that they did not like this intrusion into their territory. They banded together, with the lead cow out in front, chasing her towards the fence on the other side of the pasture. Kaufman raced for the fence on the other side, hoping to evade this new threat ... but what she didn’t realize was that there was an Eye in the Sky helicopter that was tracking her every move and reporting it to the police below them.
The cows, who had never shown aggression before, did not know why this intruder was running through their territory. Was she going to hurt them or steal one of their calves?
The Bible tells us that God in heaven above sees and knows every secret thought, action and deed that every man and woman on earth has ever done or will do. The helicopter crew could only see and report what they saw, but God knows our very beings even before we are born. The Bible also tells us that God is keeping a record of everyone´s life who has ever lived or will live, and that one day every secret will be revealed.
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A Seminole County Sheriff’s helicopter used a night-vision camera to capture the scene unfolding below and gave a play-by-play to the police below. But Kaufman did not know of the Eye in the Sky as she raced across the field, eventually climbing through a fence ... and directly into the arms of the waiting police.
In the end, both Kaufman and the driver were charged with trespassing, petty theft, drug possession (cocaine was found in the car) and resisting arrest.
How many people are living their lives today thinking that their secret sins are hidden and will never be brought to light? Many more do not even feel the need to hide their sin, not realizing that God is taking note, and that we must all stand before Him one day.
Here are three striking verses about the books that God is keeping. Every human being that was ever conceived is in the first one. This first book shows that God knows your makeup — how tall you will be, what color of hair and eyes you will have, your physical abilities and your personality. It shows that God cares about you and is intensely interested in you as an individual.
These next two verses are so sobering that we dare not ignore them! Not only do they show plainly that there is life after death, but also that where you go depends on which book your name is written in!
Standing before God, with the books opened ... everything you did, every secret revealed, including your unbelief in God’s plan of salvation ... checked against the Book of Life! Your name not found in the Book of Life ... sentence pronounced against you ... cast into the lake of fire for eternity!
How unusual to have a herd of cows help bring a woman to justice! But how supernatural for those who have died to be raised up, suspended in space before a great white throne to stand before the Judge of all the earth (Jesus) to be judged for your rejection of God’s salvation and to have sentence pronounced against you for eternity!
Not one person standing there will find their name written in the Book of Life, because ... all the redeemed who are written in the Book of Life will be in heaven with their Lord and Savior!
These are those who have believed God’s message that has gone out to all mankind. They believe that “all have sinned and come short of the glory of God ... BUT the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord” (Romans 3:23; 6:2323For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God; (Romans 3:23)
23For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. (Romans 6:23)). They are the ones who are “redeemed ... with the precious blood of Christ” (1 Peter 1:18-19). They have believed that “neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved” (Acts 4:1212Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved. (Acts 4:12)). They have poured out their hearts to God, saying, “God be merciful to me a sinner!” (Luke 18:1313And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner. (Luke 18:13)).
God’s love goes out to the needy as Please Love Me clearly shows.