The Wordless Book
I have a book I'd like to show you. This book doesn't have any words. It
just has colors, but the colors tell the most marvelous true story you have
ever hears. This story comes from the Bible, God's book. He gave it to us
so we could learn more about Him. Would you like to hear it?
THE GOLD PAGE
The gold page tells the most exciting part of the story. What does this
gold color remind you of?
Jewelry? Money?
Yes, those things are very valuable and very special.
But this gold page reminds me of a special place called heaven. Heaven is
where God lives. The Bible tells us that in heaven the street of the city
is pure, clear gold - like glass. God tells us many other things about His
home. No one is ever sick there. No one ever dies. There is no night
there. Every person in heaven will be perfectly happy - always. The most
wonderful thing about heaven is that God the Father and His Son, the Lord
Jesus are there. Do you know who God is? (He made everything.) That's
right. God made heaven and also the stars, the flowers, the ocean -
everything in the universe. He made you, too, and He loves you very much.
"God loved the people of this world so much" (John 3:16a CEV). This means
God loves every person, that includes you and me too. Because God made you
and loves you, He wants you to be a part of His family and be with Him in
heaven someday. What a special place that is! It is perfect. God is also
perfect or holy. He has never thought or said or done anything wrong.
That is why His home, heaven, is perfect too. But there is one thing that
can never be in heaven. That is sin.
THE DARK PAGE
Do you know what sin is? (The bad things we do?) Yes, sin is anything we
think, say, or do which does not please God. Sin has caused sorrow and
sadness in our world. Can you think of some things people do that are sin?
Stealing, lying, disobeying, saying bad or mean words.
Yes, those things are sin. The Bible says, "All of us have sinned and fallen short of God's
glory" (Romans 3:23). ALL means every one of us. It means me, and it also
means you. We sin because we were born with a "want to" to do wrong
things. God has said sin must be punished. The punishment for sin is
death - to be separated from God forever. God knew there was nothing you
could do to get rid of your sin. He knew you could not be good enough to
please Him. So, He made a way for your sin to be forgiven. God has a
wonderful plan so you and I don't have to be punished for our sins.
THE RED PAGE
God loves us so much He sent His only Son, the Lord Jesus Christ, to this
world. Jesus was born as a baby. He grew up and became a man. He never
did anything wrong - He is perfect. But one day wicked men put a crown of
thorns on His head and nailed the Lord Jesus to a cross. When they nailed
Him to the cross, what came from His hands and His feet?
Blood.
The Bible says that without giving of blood there is no forgiveness: "no sins
can be forgiven unless blood is offered" (Hebrews 9:22b) The Lord Jesus
took the punishment you and I deserved for our sins. The Bible says that
while He hung there, God laid on the Lord Jesus the sin of all of us. All
our lies, our meanness, our bad temper. All our sin was put on the sinless
Son of God. He suffered so much. The Lord Jesus died and was buried. The
Bible says that "Christ died for our sins, as the Scriptures say. He was
buried, and three days later He was raised to life, as the Scriptures say."
(1 Corinthians 15:3,4) this was the work the Lord Jesus had come to do to
be able to save us from sin. But after three days the most wonderful thing
happened. God gave Him life again. He raised Him up from the dead! The
Lord Jesus came back to life! He walked on the earth and many people saw
Him. Many even talked with Him. Then the Lord Jesus went back to heaven
and is there right now with His Father, God. And now because of what the
Lord Jesus did for you, you can have your sins forgiven.
THE CLEAN PAGE
He wants to forgive your sins, take them away, and make you His child.
Would you like to read what He says to you? "some people accepted Him and
put their faith in Him. So He gave them the right to be the children of
God." (John 1:12) Accepting Him means you believe with all your heart
Jesus died on the cross for your sins and rose again. You need to be
willing to turn from your sin and believe that only the Lord Jesus can
forgive you. He'll put His life in you and make you His own child - God's
child. That's what the rest of the verse means. You can tell the Lord
Jesus right now you have sinned and you believe He died for you. Would you
like to receive Him right now? Why do you need to receive the Lord Jesus?
What has the Lord Jesus done for you? What do you want to tell God right
now? You can tell all of that to Him: LORD JESUS, I KNOW I'M A SINNER,
AND I'VE DONE WRONG THINGS. I BELIEVE YOU DIED FOR ME. RIGHT NOW I
RECEIVE YOU AS MY SAVIOR AND ASK YOU TO FORGIVE MY SINS. THANK YOU. AMEN.
Whose child are you now? (God's child) How do you know? (I just prayed
to receive Jesus as the verse said). Read the verse again, with your name
in it "But to ________ who received Him, to __________ He gave the right to
become a child of God, to ________ who believed in His name." Let's read
another verse, "The Lord Jesus has promised that He will now leave us or
desert us." (Hebrews 13:5b) The Lord Jesus will never leave you. You can
talk to Him anytime and anyplace. He is there to give you power to do what
is right. You can put that promise on your fingers and always carry it
with you (Thumb "Jesus" index finger "will" middle finger "never" ring
finger "leave" pinky "me" - or your name. The Lord Jesus Christ is always
there to help you and give you strength to do what is right "The Lord helps
me! Why should I be afraid of what people can do to me?" (Hebrews 13:6)
When you become God's child, He wants you to get to know Him better.
THE GREEN PAGE
The color green reminds me of things which are growing, like leaves, grass,
flowers, and trees. This page reminds me of the new life, the everlasting
life, you have received from God. When you receive the Lord Jesus as your
Savior from sin, you are like a newborn baby in God's family. God wants
you to grow by learning more about Him. As you learn more about the Lord
Jesus, you will learn how to please Him. You have His power and strength
to do what is right. But when you do something that is sin, what can you
do? "if we confess our sins to God, He can always be trusted to forgive us
and take our sins away" (1 John 1:9) God knows when you sin, but He wants
you to confess your sin. Confess means to tell on yourself to God, or to
admit the wrong you have done. As soon as you realize you have done wrong,
tell the Lord right away. He will cleanse you from that sin, because that
is what He promised to do. Ask Him to help you not to do it again.
Remember, because you are God's child now, you can ask Him to give you the
power and strength to obey Him and do what is right. Isn't He a wonderful
Savior and friend? Let's think about four things you can do as God's child
so you can learn more about the Lord Jesus.
- Pray or talk to God every day. You can talk with Him anytime and
anyplace. He is your heavenly Father, and He wants you to tell Him
everything.
- Read and obey the Bible, the book He Himself has given us. That is
another way you can get to know Him better. You can begin in the Book of
Mark and read about five verses each day.
- Witness. Tell others about what the Lord Jesus has done for you. They
need to have their sins forgiven too. Practice first on a friend. Then
tell everyone!
- Go to church. You can learn more about God by worshipping Him with
others and studying with others too.
Tracts available from:
Child Evangelism Fellowship Inc.,
P.O. Box 348,
Warreton, MO 63383
Say a thank you prayer for what God has done for you. May we pray for you
too?
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