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Caged!
A
little boy with a rusty birdcage full of birds was
walking by when he was stopped by a preacher.
“What are you going to do with those
birds?” asked the preacher.
“Oh,”
he said, “I’m just going to poke sticks at them
shake the cage, throw water on them – fun things
like that.”
“What
are you going to do after that?”
“Oh, I do not know, probably just feed them to the
cats.”
“How much do you want for them?” asked the
preacher.
“Aw, you do not want them; they are just field
birds. They
do not sing or nothin’.”
“How much?”
The
boy cocked his head to one side and thought awhile,
and then said, “Two dollars.”
The
preacher paid it.
The boy grinned, feeling he had really put one
over on the minister.
Then he stayed around to see what the preacher
would do with those field birds.
But the preacher just opened the cage and
turned them loose.
The boy walked away, shaking his head over the
craziness of some people.
There
is a very REAL parallel….. SIN has “caged” each one of us!
We
can envision Satan having ALL of mankind in his grasp.
Jesus asks, “What are you going to do with
them?.”
“I
am just going to have fun with them.
I am going to tease them.
I am going to bring heartache and bring pain
into their lives.”
“And after that?”
“Well, when I get tired of fooling with them, I will
lead them to eternal destruction.”
“How much?” says Jesus.
“You
could not possibly want them!
They will despise You, use Your name in vain
and reject You. Then…..they
will KILL You.”
“How much?”
The answer comes back, “YOUR LIFE.”
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Jesus
PAID the price. He
paid the price to set us FREE (Ephesians 1:7).
He
WILL free those who: believe
in Him (Acts 16:30-31), turn from sin in repentance
(Acts
17:30-31), confess
Him before
men (Romans 10:9-10), and be baptized
(immersed) in His name for the forgiveness of sins
(Acts 2:38).
How
much
does Jesus love you? He
gave His LIFE to set you free.
Won’t
you accept His offer on His
terms?
--
David
A. Sargent,
Minister
Church
of Christ at Creekwood
1901
Schillinger Rd. S.
Mobile, Alabama 36695
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As retold by David Roper, BibleCourses.com
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