. | The color GOLD makes us think about treasure! It reminds us of a special golden place called Heaven, where God lives. The Bible tells us that the streets of Heaven are paved with gold. Everyone is happy in Heaven. No one dies there, or even gets sick. But the best thing about Heaven is that Jesus lives there! Everything in Heaven is perfect, and there is no SIN there. |
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This dark color reminds us of SIN. Do you know what sin is? It's the bad things we do. It's anything we think, say, or do that does not please God. The Bible says we have all sinned and displease God. Some sinful things we do are lying, stealing, saying mean things, and not obeying our parents. Sin has to be punished. There cannot be any sin in Heaven. We need to get rid of our sin so we can be with God in Heaven someday. There is nothing we can do by ourselves to make us good enough to go to Heaven. What can we do? |
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RED is the color of Blood. How does blood fit into all this? God loved us all so much that He sent His Son Jesus to come to our world to take our punishment for us. Sin has to be punished, but the punishment is death! Jesus died on the cross in our place. He took our punishment for us. It is as if you stole some candy, and deserved to be punished, but your sister volunteered to be punished in your place. God the Father looked down from Heaven and saw that Jesus had taken our punishment for us. He says that anyone who believes that Jesus did this wonderful thing for us can come live with Him in Heaven, and that we don't need to be punished after all. The blood of Jesus saves us from our sins. But that's not the end of the story! Jesus did die on the cross, but three days later He rose from the dead! Jesus is not dead anymore, He is alive! He is living in Heaven, but He also lives in the hearts of those who believe in Him. |
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Would you like to have your sins forgiven? Would you like to live in Heaven with Jesus someday? You can! You can talk to Jesus yourself and ask Him to forgive you and to accept you as one of His children. You might say something like this:
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The color GREEN makes us think of growing things, like flowers, trees, bushes, and tomato plants! If you received Jesus as your Savior, you are now a Christian. Just like plants, Christians need to grow! How can you grow?
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