The Bad Thing
Inside of every one of us, inside
our spirit, our soul, there dwells the Bad Thing.
Now, most of us control the Bad
Thing. We suppress it, we stop the urges it sends
us with our own will. But every
once in a while, even in the best of us, the Bad
Thing comes to the surface, and
makes us do the thing that we know is wrong.
Oh, the wrong thing we do may feel
right, for a while, but there is always
someone, the Helper, that tells
us it is wrong. (see Romans chapter 7)
Of course we can look at others
who don't control the Bad Thing. We can easily
see it in other people. It's the
cause of all the problems in the world...war, poverty,
greed, hatred, inequity, crime,
etc...the Bad Thing gets out in the world, and hurts
people. But most of all it hurts
God, who didn't create things to be this way. Now
there's a place called heaven.
God lives there. It's a perfect place where there is no
Bad Thing. There could be no place
for such stuff in a glorious place like heaven,
in the very presence of the Lord
God Almighty.
Now when we die, we can't live on
the earth anymore, where we have the
Helper to guide us. And we can't
possibly get to heaven, because the
Bad Thing lives inside us.
Now there's another place called
hell. Hell is where God doesn't live. And
without Him, the Bad Thing runs
rampant and eats us, and burns us forever.
But God has a plan! He came down to earth, and became a man.
Was tempted in every way we are,
but He overcame the Bad Thing! He laid His life
down to beat death, and shed His
blood...and His blood and only His blood can wash
away the Bad Thing!
Did you know this!? He overcame
death and hell and made a way for you and me
to be in heaven with Him forever.
The Plan is this... Believe in Him. His name is
Jesus Christ. Ask Him to
wash away your sin with His precious blood.
Receive Jesus now!
