Every Time I Go Outside...

Last week we had some (surprisingly) sunny weather, and the boys were on their way outside to go and play. Now, Colton has a chart, and for every day that he does all of his school he puts a sticker on this chart and when he fills up and entire weeks worth, he gets a prize. He is working towards earning the entire "Armour of God"- a suit of armour that is labeled to correspond with the "Armour of God" as listed in the New Testament book of Ephesians. The night before he had received his prize, "The Helmet of Salvation", and he took it outside to play with. Before he went he said, "Mom, every time I go outside I want to put on the armour of God." It reminded me of of the passage of scripture in Ephesians where Paul tells us to put the armour of God on every day, and as Christians we should be 'Going Outside' every day! What I mean by this is that we should be going onto the battlegrounds (the world) and fighting the battle of our Faith by, sharing with non-Christian people the coming Judgement of the entire world. We should be telling them that, even though they think they are 'good people' that if they have stolen one thing they are a thief , that if they've lied one time it makes them a liar, and that if they hate anyone0or even call them a fool in anger that they are in danger of the Judgement-Just like me! I have broken all of the Ten Commandments-God's moral Law and standard that HE set up for us, and I was destined for Hell. The Bible says that Hell is a place of everlasting fire and torment where people are in so much pain that they are grinding their teeth and breaking them. I was destined for this horrible place! When I realized that there was NO WAY that I could save myself, I repented (which is to confess to God what you've done wrong turn away from wrongdoings) and I put all of the faith in me in Jesus Christ to save me from hell. Who is Jesus? you may ask. well, two thousand years ago, Jesus, who is fully God and fully man came to earth to be born as a baby to a poor family. He lived a perfect life and 30-33 years into that life He was put before a judge, a biased jury and convicted of crimes that He never committed. He then willingly went to the Cross where He gave His life for anyone who repents and believes in Him. What happened that day was a legal transaction, Jesus paid my fine-that I couldn't pay because I had sinned and I was allowed to go free. I now serve Him a Soldier, enlisted in the Army of God. If you have any questions about this post please, feel free to ask, or go to www.needGod.com
God Bless,
KATIE