Dr. Brian Harbour tells the following story. A little boy went to a grocery story one day and asked the clerk for a box of Duz detergent. The clerk asked, "Son, what do you need the detergent for?"
The boy responded, "I want to wash my dog." The clerk said, "This Duz detergent is pretty strong for washing a little dog; so you better be careful; it might kill him."
About a week later, the boy came back to the store. The clerk recognized him; so he said, "Say, how's your little dog?" The boy replied, "I'm afread he's dead."
The clerk replied, "Oh, I'm sorry; but I did try to warn you that the Duz was pretty strong to wash your dog with." The little boy shook his head and explained, "I don't think it was the Duz that did it. I think it was the rinse cycle that got him."
Sometimes, if we're not careful, things can "get us." Hopefully, when this happens, it is not fatal. Something "got" Adam and Eve in Genesis chapter 3. The Bible calls that something "sin". Sin got not only Adam and Eve, but every person who has ever lived as well.
Satan would like for that to have been fatal. But God chose otherwise. Even though Adam and Eve, and you and me, and every person who has ever lived has been "got" by sin, God did not give up on us.
He found a way to redeem us. He did this thorough his Son, Jesus Christ. This is why John 3:16 says, "For God so loved the world, that He gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life." Praise the Lord, what sin did in the Garden of Eden, Christ undid on Mount Calvary.
Or, to put it another way: "What sin 'Duz', the blood of Jesus 'unduz'."
The boy responded, "I want to wash my dog." The clerk said, "This Duz detergent is pretty strong for washing a little dog; so you better be careful; it might kill him."
About a week later, the boy came back to the store. The clerk recognized him; so he said, "Say, how's your little dog?" The boy replied, "I'm afread he's dead."
The clerk replied, "Oh, I'm sorry; but I did try to warn you that the Duz was pretty strong to wash your dog with." The little boy shook his head and explained, "I don't think it was the Duz that did it. I think it was the rinse cycle that got him."
Sometimes, if we're not careful, things can "get us." Hopefully, when this happens, it is not fatal. Something "got" Adam and Eve in Genesis chapter 3. The Bible calls that something "sin". Sin got not only Adam and Eve, but every person who has ever lived as well.
Satan would like for that to have been fatal. But God chose otherwise. Even though Adam and Eve, and you and me, and every person who has ever lived has been "got" by sin, God did not give up on us.
He found a way to redeem us. He did this thorough his Son, Jesus Christ. This is why John 3:16 says, "For God so loved the world, that He gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life." Praise the Lord, what sin did in the Garden of Eden, Christ undid on Mount Calvary.
Or, to put it another way: "What sin 'Duz', the blood of Jesus 'unduz'."