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You just had to do it,
didn't you?
The button said "Don't go here," but you
did anyway. You had other choices on our menu, but you deliberately
chose to go where you were told not to.
In the midst of many "yesses," you were attracted
to the one "no."
This is similar to another incident a long, long
time ago.
God made a wonderful paradise and gave it to Adam
and Eve. They could go anywhere, do anything, enjoy the whole creation--with
a single exception. One tree--the tree of the knowledge of good and evil--was
off limits. However, just as you clicked on a button that said "Don't Go
Here," Adam and Eve ate from the tree that was off limits. They chose to
disobey God's warning.
When Adam disobeyed God, he brought sin into the
world. Sin brought many terrible consequences, but the most terrible was
death. Sin brought physical and spiritual death into the world and would
separate mankind from God forever.
The penalty for sin is death. But Jesus Christ,
the Creator, loved us so much that He left heaven, came to earth as a human
being, and died on the cross to pay the penalty for our sins. Then He came
back to life three days later to prove He was really God, and He is the
only way to experience new life. He offers each one of us forgiveness of
our sin. Jesus Christ is the only way to gain forgiveness so that we can
live eternally with God in heaven.
We must accept His gift of forgiveness, it cannot
be earned. How do we accept this gift? Believe in Jesus Christ as your
savior, the one through whom we gain access to God the Father. Your faith
is all that is required.
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