Jason was spending a day at Muskrat Lake. He brought his dog Skipper along since the two of them went everywhere together. They were having a good time when suddenly Jason and Skipper saw a rattlesnake. It was ready to strike at Jason! Before he could think of what to do, Skipper attacked the snake. Instead of biting Jason, the snake bit Skipper. The snake was later killed, but Skipper’s life was in danger.
Jason’s family rushed the dog to a vet who helped him recover from the snake bite. Skipper is fine now, and no one is more pleased with his brave dog than Jason. Skipper even had his picture in the newspaper with Jason beside him. How thankful Jason was that Skipper saved his life.
How thankful we should be, too, that the Lord Jesus took the punishment on the cross for every person who would accept Him as their own Saviour. He suffered there for sinners so that we wouldn’t have to bear our own punishment for our sins after we leave this life. What a wonderful Saviour He is! “Who His own self bare our sins in His own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed” (1 Peter 2:2424Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed. (1 Peter 2:24)).
ML-01/19/2003