Detour Ahead

I teach 5th/6th Grade Boys Sunday School. We were talking about how God banished Satan and 1/3 of the angels from heaven after 1 sin. They have no hope of forgiveness or reconciliation. We contrasted that with the kindness of God to offer us the free gift of salvation through His Son, Jesus Christ.


You see, God had provided a "detour" for us in Jesus Christ. He lived a perfect life and died on the cross to propitiate God's wrath and bring us back into a perfect relationship with the Father. Jesus is our "detour" from hell.

Have you taken the Detour? If not, may I encourage you to reconsider your path? Detours are established for our own good.

Jesus Christ is the ONLY path to a right relationship with God. You can accept the free gift of God's "detour" and find true life, or you can keep going your own way and trying to make your own way to God, but in the end, you'll die trying.

Learn the lesson of the fallen angels and take the Detour.

Let's Make a Deal

Remember the old TV Game Show, "Let's Make a Deal"??? I was reminded of this show recently after reading an article in the Answers in Genesis magazine.

In our culture, people want many ways to get to God... many "doors" if you will. This game show presented contestants with a choice of 3 doors. Their "fate" depended upon which door they chose.


Similarly, our eternal fate is determined by which door we choose. The Bible states very plainly that there is only One Door through which we must enter to be saved. Jesus said:

I am the door. If anyone enters by me, he will be saved and will go in and out and find pasture. The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly. John 10:9-10 ESV


Don't be fooled by the hope of multiple doors. There's only One Door that leads to God, that's the door of God's only Son, the Lord Jesus Christ.