BULLSEYE!
ACCURATE
BIBLE
KNOWLEDGE!
QUESTION:
“MUM, IF WE LOVE LITTLE BABY JESUS AT CHRISTMAS, WHY DON’T WE
LOVE HIM NOW HE’S GROWN UP?”
ANSWER:
“WE DO BUT HE
GOT TOO BIG FOR HIS BOOTS!”
A
CONVERSATION
BETWEEN A CHILD AND HIS MOTHER:
Child: “Mum, I
love Christmas”
Mum: “Why’s
that son?”
Child: “Well,
it’s the presents, and holidays and all that, but also I like
the camels and the sheep and the little baby Jesus in the manger.”
Mum: “Yes, I
do too”
Child: “Was I
like that Mum – you know, helpless, wiggly fingers, squiggly
toes, eyes clamped shut …”
Mum: “Yes
dear, you were. We loved you so much ... you were so cute.’
Child: “So what
happened to little baby Jesus?”
Mum: “I think
he just grew up and became a carpenter.”
Child: “So do
we still love him Mum?”
Mum: “Oh yes!
he went around helping people.”
Child: “Does he
still help us?”
Mum: “Oh yes!
He was a good man and showed us how to live the right way. You
know it’s not right to steal off other people and we try not to lie.
Things
like that.”
Child: “So how
come they killed him?”
Mum: “He got
a bit big for his boots.”
Child: “Why?”
Mum: “He
started to upset people and ran around telling people he could
forgive their sins.”
Child: “What’s
a sin Mum?”
Mum: “It’s
when you don’t live up to your own standards – you know we all
have to be better people, and if we don’t then, to us, it’s a sin. You
know,
‘turn over a new leaf’ and New Year resolutions and all that. Look,
you’ll find
that out as you get older.
There are
some things you do that hurt other people
and you just wish you’d never done it.
Anyhow,
apparently only God can forgive sins, but he
was running around with this sign on his head saying “I am God because
I can
forgive people their sins”. So they decided to kill him.”
Child: “Why?”
Mum: “Jesus
said he could save people from going to the flames of hell after
they died.’
Child: “Why?”
Mum: “Because
God won’t let sinners into heaven. Anyhow, only real bad
people go to hell. We’re not as bad as some people.”
Child: “Why?”
Mum: “Because
God is pure and holy and we’re not.”
Child: “Why?”
Mum: “Look!
What’s with all the questions? He said to everyone ‘Believe in
me and that I can save you from burning in hell.’ It’s like he was
saying you
owe me big time! I own you! I’ll decide where you’re gonna go when you
die.”
“I mean
that’s too much He got too big for his
boots! Something happened to him … he suddenly got all these delusions
of grandeur
and puffed himself up.”
“So
basically … that’s it! Jesus was a good man,
went around helping people, he showed us that we all have to be better
people …
but asking him to save us from hell it’s just too much. But really
going around
saying ‘I’m so loving you owe me your life! Only I can save you from
hell!
Believe on me and I’ll have a word to God in heaven so he won’t throw
you into
hell!’ ”
“HE
DEMANDED TOO
MUCH!”
“Anyhow,
God can’t be
that cruel … burning people forever! As I said, we’ve all got to be
better!
No-one’s perfect! But this all or nothing thing is just a bit too much
for my
liking! Look son, do your best and just hope everything will work out
for good.
That’s my motto! We’ve all got a life to live and get on haven’t we?”
“ANYHOW
SON ... THAT’S WHY WE’VE GONE OFF JESUS. THE ONLY SAVIOUR OF THE WORLD?
WHAT
ABOUT ALL THE OTHER RELIGIONS OUT THERE?
YOU
CAN’T TELL ME THEY’RE GOING TO HELL … ARE THEY?”
“As they
say “He was one of three things – a liar, a
lunatic or God himself. What do I think? Look, he didn’t lie, he wasn’t
a
lunatic but he wasn’t God. He just got all puffed up about himself.
Bit like a
politician I guess … although you have to
wonder about their mental health and telling porkies!”
“I mean
Jesus can’t just run around and tell everyone that you must have him as
Saviour
or he’ll throw you into hell! It’s too much! What! He owns everybody
and all
their possessions as well!”
“Look!
I’ll
admit that I’ve sinned … but I’m not as bad as some people; I’ll go so
far as
to say if there is a hell, it’s for really bad people; and if there is
a
heaven, we all want to go there … but don’t tell me Jesus is the ONLY
WAY!”
Harley
Hitchcock
www.
AustralianBibleMinistries
.com
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