Bible Reading: Romans 8:1-9

“Hey, Reece! Did you forget that flying is for birds?” joked Uncle Ryan as he looked at the cast plastered around Reece’s ankle. “Your mother tells me you jumped off the garage roof. Good thing you landed in the shrubs or you might have broken both ankles.”

“It was higher than I thought,” replied Reece, embarrassed.

“You probably have a new respect for the law of gravity,” said Uncle Ryan. He sat down on the couch. “I’ve come to appreciate all of God’s laws.”

“You mean the Ten Commandments?” asked Reece.

“Yes, but those are only part of God’s laws,” Uncle Ryan said. “When God created the world, He put into place every scientific law there is. He made botanical laws that say certain seeds produce certain fruit, and He made biological laws that say people require food and water to stay alive. Chemical laws say that certain mixtures of gases will create explosions, and there are reproductive laws that say chickens hatch chicks–never ducks. Mathematical laws say two plus two equals four.”

“And like you said, there’s the law of gravity,” added Reece with a grin.

Uncle Ryan laughed. “Right. God holds the universe together, and His laws never change. It pays to respect God’s laws if you want to stay alive.” Uncle Ryan picked up a Bible lying on the coffee table and held it up. “And we haven’t talked about God’s most important laws–His spiritual laws.”

“You mean like the things Pastor Burton preaches about in his sermons?” asked Reece.

“Yes,” said Uncle Ryan. “Some people don’t believe there are spiritual laws, but they’re as real as the physical ones. The Bible tells us about them–it says that our sin separates us from God and that we can only be saved by trusting in Jesus, who died for our wrongs on the cross and then rose from the grave. You either respect these spiritual laws and do what they say, or you go your own way and lose out in the end.”

“And that’s even worse than forgetting the law of gravity and getting a broken ankle,” said Reece.

–Jonnye R. Griffin

How About You?
Do you respect God’s scientific laws in the world, such as the law of gravity? How about God’s spiritual laws? Those laws say that sin separates you from God and that you can only become God’s child by trusting in Jesus. Anyone who doesn’t will be separated from God forever. Follow God’s spiritual laws by trusting in Jesus today. (To learn more, click the “Good News!” button in the right column of this page or go to www.keysforkids.org/goodnews.)

Today’s Key Verse:
The wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. (NKJV) (Romans 6:23)

Today’s Key Thought:
Trust in Jesus