I like that one.

Thanks for sharing it.

Love and Blessings,
Pat Ferguson



At 07:48 PM 3/13/2006, you wrote:
>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.