God our Creator

God is our creator. He is very powerful. He made the heaven and the earth and all that is in them. When the strong wind blows and the lightning flashes, remember that God controls everything in this world and in heaven. Men cannot make the wind stop blowing; they cannot keep the sun from shining. Man says, "I am strong," but before you know it he gets sick and dies. He cannot even control his thoughts, and often he does things he does not want to do. But God is different. He is eternal. He controls His own thinking and does what is right. He doesn't change His mind. What He promises, He fulfills.

In the beginning God made man and man was like God. The first man's name was Adam and his wife's name was Eve. God loved Adam and Eve. He told them not to eat of a certain tree. He said that if they did, they would die. God wanted them to live forever, but the enemy of God, the devil, was already in the world. He told them, "You won't really die." The devil is a liar, and he still is trying to keep people from believing God's Word. Adam and Eve believed the devil and disobeyed God. Since then everyone has disobeyed God. We all have sinned, and we all have to die. God says the wicked shall be cast into hell. But God loves us all, (each person). He wants us to go to live with Him in His beautiful home in heaven. He knows that we are on the road that leads to Hell, for nothing that is evil can enter heaven. We need someone who can take away the evil and sin from our hearts and bear our punishment. That is why God became man. He came down from heaven to live on this earth.

He was called the Son of God. His name is Jesus. He was good. He did no sin, not even one. He healed the sick, He fed the people when they were hungry. He did great miracles which only God could do. He cast devils out of people, forgave their sins, stopped great storms, and raised the dead to life. But the wicked people in that place treated Him badly. They wanted to kill Him. They nailed Him to a cross. He gave Himself into their hands so that He could suffer for us and take the punishment that we deserve. They tortured Him and crucified Him. They buried Him, but since He was God as well as man, after three days in the grave, He came back to life. Forty days later He ascended back into heaven. He is there now and is preparing a good place so that all those who believe Him can live with Him. By believing in Jesus, God's Son, we are saved from our sins. Make Him your chief and obey Him always. Then you will go to heaven when you die; you will live with God forever. This is what God says. This is what He will do. God says that all those who accept Jesus will be His sons. For God loved people so much that He gave His only Son so that everyone who believes in Him should not go to hell, but have eternal life.

John 1:12; John 3:16