Mr. Lennon woke up in the middle of the night and wondered what was wrong. There was a noise coming from the kitchen. That’s odd, he thought. I better go see what that is. As he got closer to the kitchen, he realized the noise he had heard was running water.
Turning the corner into the kitchen, he saw that the faucet was turned on in the sink and there was a stranger looking through the drawers!
The man looked up and saw him. “May I help you?” asked Mr. Lennon. Then he saw ... the man had a badly cut hand. Without asking any more questions, Mr. Lennon got a bandage for him. He cleaned the cut hand and then made the man’s hand comfortable with a clean bandage.
He pulled out a chair for the stranger and invited him to sit down. Then he made him a cup of hot tea.
As the man sipped tea, Mr. Lennon spoke to him of the Savior of sinners, the Lord Jesus Christ. Perhaps this is what he told him:
Jesus was God’s Son who came into this world around 2000 years ago. He was born as a baby and then grew up like any other boy, working in a carpenter’s shop. When He was around 30 years old, He started doing a very different job. He went around preaching about the kingdom of God. He also began doing many amazing miracles ... giving sight to the blind, feeding 5000 people with just a few loaves and fishes and even raising the dead. He lived a life of love, showing great kindness to those who were hurting.
Sadly, some powerful people were very jealous of Jesus. When He was 33 years old, they thought they would get rid of Him by nailing Him to a cross. But God is so good; it was during that awful time on the cross that there were three hours of darkness, and God “made Him to be sin for us, who knew no sin” (2 Corinthians 5:2121For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him. (2 Corinthians 5:21)). God put my sins upon Jesus, and He was punished by God for all the sins that I have done so that I don’t have to be punished by God someday, but I may be forgiven. Jesus died and was put in a grave that day, but three days later He rose from the dead. Now He is living in heaven, waiting for the day when He will call all who have believed on Him to be with
Him forever.
The Bible says, “For 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)). That means that whoever believes in what Jesus did on the cross can have the forgiveness
I have!
Mr. Lennon could only hope and pray that the man understood what he had said as he let the man out the door. Then Mr. Lennon went looking around the house. Sure enough, downstairs there was a broken window ... the answer to how the man got in as well as why his hand had been so badly cut!
Messages of God’s Love 5/5/2024