THE WAY TO HEAVEN (13)
Many, many years ago, when only God was there,
Years before the world with sin began,
God, a Spotless Person, made a world so clean and new
Forming plants and animals, not forgetting man.
The darkness had gone and in its place
God put a bright new sun,
Which brightened gloomy corners
And cheered up everyone.
Not long before the world was made
A bit of sin crept in,
And ever since it has been there,
An evil, wicked thing.
The world grew very wicked
Until God sent a flood
And you can well imagine
The water, tears and mud.
The world again was pure and clean,
When the flood had been completed,
For all the wicked people drowned,
And sin had been defeated.
Then through the years, the sin again
Began to take a place,
And ever since, there has been sin
Right through the world and space.
Again God knew the time had come
To punish the world for its sin,
Not a flood this time, but death
For sin just could not win.
So all the people were to die
For sin just couldn’t win through,
But God loved us so greatly,
That this He couldn’t do.
Then God thought and at last He said,
“I know just what to do,
If only one man had to die,
The others wouldn’t have to.”
The only trouble was that the man,
Would have to be without sin,
And every single man had sinned,
except God and His Son.
So God at last decided
To send His only Son,
For one would have to die
And Jesus would be the One.
Jesus came to earth to live
He grew up like you and I,
And very soon the time had come,
For the sinless One to die.
Jesus didn’t have to die,
He died so we could live,
He died because He loved the world,
He died so God could forgive.
The soldiers nailed Him to a cross
Yet love, not nails, held Him there,
We should think of all the pain
That Jesus had to bear.
We only gave Jesus a manger
Where He, as King, was born,
A broken heart, a cross, a tomb,
A crown with many a thorn.
Now death just couldn’t overpower
For Jesus rose again,
God had power over death,
Jesus’ blood had washed sin’s stain.
When we think of all the love,
The pity, tears and pain,
Our hearts should love the Saviour more,
And never once complain.
Again the wickedness is great,
Although sin has been forgiven,
But God still has to punish it,
And keep sin out of heaven.
So if we accept the Saviour
And all our sins are forgiven,
We know that we are bound for
A glorious time in heaven.
But there are also people
Who won’t accept the Saviour,
We know that they are bound for
A place of tears and danger.
Jesus gave us a lot of love,
Kindness. mercy and care,
And last of all, a wonderful life
In the heaven He’s gone to prepare.
Don’t run after worldly pleasures,
They’ll come to an end one day,
For when Jesus comes to take us home,
Everything sinful will stay.
So friend, if you have read this,
And want to go to heaven,
Make sure that Christ’s your Saviour,
And know your sins are forgiven.
Reproduced with permission
SJA
