RPG Juniors
FOE OR FRIEND OF JESUS?
AUGUST 19
Matthew 12:30
FOE OR FRIEND OF JESUS?
Derek frowned as he listened to his Sunday school teacher. "Each person makes his own choice as to where he’ll go-to heaven or to hell," said Brother Jack.
Derek wasn’t so sure."Who would ever choose to go to hell?"he asked.
"If you fail to accept Jesus, who is the way to heaven, you’re choosing your own way,which is the way to hell,"explained Brother Jack.Derek just shrugged.
A few days later, Derek and his friend Eliot went to the Museum. While they were looking at dug-out remains, the fire alarm rang. Immediately a security guard yelled, "Fire! Come this way-follow me!" He headed for a nearby door.
The people hurried after the guard, but Derek saw another door that was closer. "Let’s go this way. We can get out faster!" he said.
"No!"replied Eliot."The guard knows the way to the fire escape.Come on!"
Derek hesitated. There may not even be a fire at all, he thought. Just then, another museum employee came along, making sure everyone was moving in the right direction to leave the building.
The next Sunday, Derek and Eliot told their teacher all about the excitement they had experienced. Brother Jack nodded. "Suppose you hadn’t believed the guard, or suppose you had chosen to try a different way out," he said. "What would have happened?"
"We’d have been in trouble…big trouble!"said Derek."In fact,I almost didn’t follow the guard."
"If you had failed to follow the guard to safety, you would have been choosing to stay in the burning building, right?" asked Brother Jack. "Right," agreed Derek. "It’s a good thing I followed him."
"That’s an example of how failure to believe Jesus and follow Him to heaven is choosing to follow Satan to hell," said Brother Jack. Derek was startled. As he thought about it, he had to admit that Brother Jack was right-and he decided to talk to him about it some more.
Thought: Which way are you heading-to heaven or to hell? The choice is yours.
Prayer: Heavenly Father, I want to be sure I am a Christian. Help me to trust in You, and to always choose the right instead of wrong. And the best way to guarantee that is to obey the Bible! In Jesus’ name – Amen
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Matthew 12:30
FOE OR FRIEND OF JESUS?
Derek frowned as he listened to his Sunday school teacher. "Each person makes his own choice as to where he’ll go-to heaven or to hell," said Brother Jack.
Derek wasn’t so sure."Who would ever choose to go to hell?"he asked.
"If you fail to accept Jesus, who is the way to heaven, you’re choosing your own way,which is the way to hell,"explained Brother Jack.Derek just shrugged.
A few days later, Derek and his friend Eliot went to the Museum. While they were looking at dug-out remains, the fire alarm rang. Immediately a security guard yelled, "Fire! Come this way-follow me!" He headed for a nearby door.
The people hurried after the guard, but Derek saw another door that was closer. "Let’s go this way. We can get out faster!" he said.
"No!"replied Eliot."The guard knows the way to the fire escape.Come on!"
Derek hesitated. There may not even be a fire at all, he thought. Just then, another museum employee came along, making sure everyone was moving in the right direction to leave the building.
The next Sunday, Derek and Eliot told their teacher all about the excitement they had experienced. Brother Jack nodded. "Suppose you hadn’t believed the guard, or suppose you had chosen to try a different way out," he said. "What would have happened?"
"We’d have been in trouble…big trouble!"said Derek."In fact,I almost didn’t follow the guard."
"If you had failed to follow the guard to safety, you would have been choosing to stay in the burning building, right?" asked Brother Jack. "Right," agreed Derek. "It’s a good thing I followed him."
"That’s an example of how failure to believe Jesus and follow Him to heaven is choosing to follow Satan to hell," said Brother Jack. Derek was startled. As he thought about it, he had to admit that Brother Jack was right-and he decided to talk to him about it some more.
Thought: Which way are you heading-to heaven or to hell? The choice is yours.
Prayer: Heavenly Father, I want to be sure I am a Christian. Help me to trust in You, and to always choose the right instead of wrong. And the best way to guarantee that is to obey the Bible! In Jesus’ name – Amen
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