Jeremy,
Thanks for Sharing. That's good.
Vicki
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From: "Jeremy Gilley" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Monday, March 13, 2006 6:48 PM
Subject: [ECHURCH-USA] GODS CREDIT CARD
> Thought the list may enjoy this.
>
> God's Credit Card - March 09, 2006
>
> I dreamed I had a credit card with God's company. I charged on it
> without restraint. My balance went up fast. One day Jesus reminded me of
> the payoff. The
> charges on the card represented sins. He said the card would soon come
> due and the only payment was my life. (Ezekiel 18:4 says "Behold, all
> souls are
> mine; the soul of the father as well as the soul of the son is mine; the
> soul who sins shall die." Romans 6:23 says, "The wages of sin is death")
>
> I told Jesus that I would quit charging on my card.
>
> "That is good," He said. "But it doesn't take care of the balance so
> that you can live."
>
> "I'll make up for sins," I assured Him. "I like to help people. I'm
> really not a bad person; just have some bad habits, you know."
>
> He was very pleased that I wanted to take action.
>
> "Will my good things cancel out the sins?" I asked Jesus.
>
> "No," he said. "But you have an option that can take care of your
> problems so that you can live."
>
> "Really? What can I do besides not adding sins to my account and doing
> good deeds to make up for the bad ones?"
>
> "It doesn't work like that," He said gently. "Sins require that the
> sinner must die. There is no other way."
>
> "I would die? I thought I was supposed to get to live?"
>
> "Yes, that is what I said."
>
> "Please explain," I said. "I don't understand."
>
> "Your sins deserve death. You committed them. It is right that you die,
> but if you have an acceptable substitute who takes your place, you will
> live. I
> am that substitute. I can pay off your card, and you will no longer have
> a balance." Jesus was very persuasive.
>
> "You mean I wouldn't even have an account anymore?"
>
> "No, you still have an account!"
>
> "So I guess if I sinned again, it would start all over," I said. I knew
> I wouldn't be able to stop right away. I'd really have to work on a few
> things.
>
> "No, it doesn't start again. Once I have taken on your account, I keep
> the balance at zero all your life. You are obligated to change, though,"
> He explained.
> "I pay for your sins and you live my life. The card changes, too. It no
> longer represents the balance of your sins, but the balance of my grace.
> (Galatians
> 2:20: "I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but
> Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the
> Son of God,
> who loved me and gave himself for me.")
>
> "So you die and I live. I give you my sins, and you give me your
> righteousness. I ran up the bill and you pay it. You didn't sin, and you
> don't have a bill
> to pay. Say, Jesus, will you stay with me and help me understand all you
> have said? I want to hear the part about grace again."
>
> "I'll be there all the way," He said.
>
> And then I woke up.
>
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