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His
Signature
Sir
Arthur Conan Doyle, the creator of the world-famous
detective, Sherlock Holmes, was waiting at a
taxi-stand outside the railway station in Paris.
When a taxi pulled up, he placed his suitcase
in the car and took a seat.
“Where
can I take you, Mr. Doyle?” asked the taxi driver.
Doyle was flabbergasted. He asked the driver if he
knew him by sight.
“No, sir, I have never seen you before.”
The puzzled Doyle asked him how he knew he was Arthur
Conan Doyle.
“This
morning’s paper had a story about you being on
vacation in Marseilles. This is the taxi stand to
which people who return from Marseilles always come.
Your skin color tells me you have been on vacation.
The ink spot on your right index finger suggests to me
that you’re a writer. Your clothing is very English
and not French. And so, I deduced that you are Sir
Arthur Conan Doyle.”
Doyle
remarked, “This is truly amazing! You are a
real-life counterpart of Sherlock Holmes.”
“Oh, there is one
other thing,” the driver said.
“What is that?”
“Your
NAME is on the front of your suitcase.”
As
one looks at all of the intricate design in the
universe, there is astounding evidence for the
existence of God.
His “signature” is “stamped” all over
the universe!
"For
since the creation of the world God's invisible
qualities--his eternal power and divine nature--have
been clearly seen, being understood from what has been
made,
so that men are without excuse" (Romans
1:20).
God
not only designed and created the universe; He ALSO designed and implemented a “plan”
whereby He could save
us from the penalty of SIN.
His plan involved... the sacrifice of His own
Son, Jesus, dying on a cross to pay the price for the sins
of the world (1 John 2:2).
According to His plan... one must
place their trust in Jesus (Hebrews 11:6),
repent of
sin (2 Corinthians 7:9-10), confess that Jesus
is God’s Son (Romans 10:9-10), be
baptized in the
name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of sins
(Acts
2:38), AND continue to trust and obey the will of God
(1 John 1:7).
Take
a moment to look OUTSIDE and see the “signature”
of God.
Then,
take an even closer look at the CROSS
of Jesus, where
we see the
“signature” of
God's love - expressed in the MOST profound way.
Will
YOU accept His plan?
God
bless you!
David A. Sargent,
Minister
Church of Christ at Creekwood
1901 Schillinger Rd. S.
Mobile, Alabama 36695
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