Jeffrey "led" Riky to the Lord yesterday. He was talking about heaven and hell and Riky acted as if he knew nothing at all about God or the Bible.
Riky asked questions that ranged from "Who is God?" "How is Jesus God when you just told me that God is the creator?" to "What's a Bible?" and "How is heaven better than Hell?"
Quite astonishing to us, Jeffrey used scripture to back up what he was saying. He quoted Romans 6:23~~ For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. ~~ Perfectly. He explained the difference between wages (earnings) and gifts and how we have earned hell, but God gave us a gift.
When he was explaining to Riky what a Bible was, who wrote it and what it said, Riky and I had a hard time keeping a straight face.
Jeffrey told him how it was God's word written by a bunch of different men, but "basically" it was God's rule book for us to live by. Riky asked how we are supposed to live. Jeffrey explained that there were ten commandments, or rules, to live by that were written by God Himself on a rock. Riky asked what they were. Jeffrey told him that he didn't know them all, but he could share with him what he did remember.
"First, thou shalt not steal, have you ever stold before? --yes-- thou shalt have no other gods before me, which basically means that you let something else take place as your favorite thing instead of God, like the TV or playing or friends or something, and then there's thou shalt not commit adultery, but I don't really know what that means...and basically that's all I remember"
Riky and I had a hard time not laughing out loud with how seamlessly he explained the commandments and stated that he didn't know about the one. The look on his face was one of absolute confidence, even when he said he didn't know. It was precious!
Jeffrey went on to actually lead Riky in the sinners prayer. After Riky admitted that he was a filthy sinner destined to burn in hell "(basically a lake of fire, but without any light so that you can't even see your hand in front of your face)" A perfect rendition of what he has heard over and over.
"Dear Jesus, I admit that I am a sinner and that you died for me on the cross. Please forgive me of my sins and take me to heaven when I die. Thank you"
Now if any of you don't know Jeffrey, let me tell you that his two most used words are "basically" and instead of using the word "um" he uses "well". We don't really care for the "well", but when he uses "basically", it is adorable.
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