December 16th,
2011
Written for the Grade 3-4-5 Class
By Bev Allen
How
many of you know what the Law is? The law keeps us safe. It’s against the law
to drive without wearing your seat belt, and that law exists to keep you safe.
It’s against the law to drink and drive, and that law exists to keep people
safe. We can choose to follow the law or break it.
How many of you know there is a penalty for breaking the law? The penalty for breaking some laws is a fine. How many of you have heard of the “death penalty”? The death penalty does not exist in Canada, but it still exists in other parts of the world. In some Countries, if you are caught stealing they cut your hand off! That does not exist in Canada either.
There is another Law, God’s Law. And it existed for the same reason- to keep people safe from harm.
God created people to have a relationship with them. He didn’t have to create us, but because of His Love, He did. And He gave us a Law to keep us safe from harm. Adam & Eve were the first two to break God’s Law, and every person who was born after them broke God’s law too.
Remember we talked about a penalty for breaking the law? Well, there is a penalty for breaking God’s Law too. The penalty is death and being separated from Him for eternity.
How many of you know there is a penalty for breaking the law? The penalty for breaking some laws is a fine. How many of you have heard of the “death penalty”? The death penalty does not exist in Canada, but it still exists in other parts of the world. In some Countries, if you are caught stealing they cut your hand off! That does not exist in Canada either.
There is another Law, God’s Law. And it existed for the same reason- to keep people safe from harm.
God created people to have a relationship with them. He didn’t have to create us, but because of His Love, He did. And He gave us a Law to keep us safe from harm. Adam & Eve were the first two to break God’s Law, and every person who was born after them broke God’s law too.
Remember we talked about a penalty for breaking the law? Well, there is a penalty for breaking God’s Law too. The penalty is death and being separated from Him for eternity.
