JV Council Time...

We also had a special guest at JV last night. Mr. DeVries talked to us during our council time and gave us a great illustration of how sin has separated us from God. We saw how this sin keeps us from communicating with God because He is sinless. And we saw and heard how Christ came and took on our sin and paid for it by dying on the cross. But he did not stay dead, he rose from the grave, God accepted the payment. And now by placing our faith in Christ and in His finished work (not our works), we can once again have a relationship with God and communicate with Him. It is not because we are worthy but because we are washed by the blood of Christ. We now have the righteousness of Christ and God sees Christ's righteousness in us. That is an awesome thought.

Thanks Mr. DeVries for giving us a great picture to remember this. By the way if you were not at JV last night and you want to know what type of illustration was used, ask one of the other JVers, a JV leader, or Mr. DeVries to find out. Lets just say it was a wet illustration.