Where we live, there’s a little creek that runs through our property. One day in September, we discovered that the creek had mostly dried up because the summer had been very dry. However, there was still one big puddle of water. There were probably nearly a hundred small fish living in that puddle. Right away we realized that the helpless fish would all die if we did not do something to help them. Some were dead already, and the puddle would dry up more, and soon they would all die.
One of my brothers went to get Dad and some butterfly nets, while the other one got a bucket and filled it with water. By scooping the fish out of the puddle and into the bucket, we managed to save most of them. Then we released them into our pond that was full of water.
A lot of people are just like those fish—helpless! That’s because Romans 3:2323For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God; (Romans 3:23) in the Bible says, “All have sinned, and come short of the glory of God.” And another verse explains that “the wages of sin is death” (Romans 6:2323For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. (Romans 6:23)). That’s pretty awful to think about, because that death is forever in that terrible place called hell.
But we have good news for you! God loves each one of us, and He made a way of escape for everyone who would accept His plan of salvation. He sent His Son Jesus to die on the cross, taking the punishment for our sins. When we are truly sorry for our sins and believe that Jesus died for us, God forgives us. “God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life” (John 3:1616For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. (John 3:16)).
Will you believe and accept the salvation that God is offering you? If so, someday you will live with Jesus in God’s happy home in heaven.
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