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I , • I Childrenis Corner Chapter 4 (T.he Story so far on Be- Earth. He _.city dinner.) A Fairy Story About P~ter .the Pooh .?eter the Pooh falls off the edge of the world and lands in a tree cli.Jnbs down the tree cJ11d meet s Pow-cow who invit_es him to the When Po,-i Cow and Peter the Pooh got .to the city, Peter the Pooh was filled with · a stonishment. There were no houses, there were no p eople, instead, there was just rows and rows of _barns and piles and piles of animals. The street was full of rabbits and cats and · dogs a.rid ponies and li'ons and tigers. Wheri Peter the Pooh and ? ow Cow got to the center of the town,they came to a great big building \·.rith the sign "City Auditorium" on it . "Here I s wh,2re we go in" said Pow Cow, and so into the city auditorium went ::::' et8r the Pooh and Pm, Cow. At first when they went in, everyt1.1ing was very noisy·~ Erephants, hors-e·s, pigs , crows and all other k inds of . -ani.111.als and bird s were talking ai1d laughing as loud as they ·could-. ·- But when they S /1W Peter the Pooh, who was a people, everything became quiet; and Peter the Pooh saw that all the birds and ani.Jntls h2.d their eyes fixed on him. Ft'om the head table of the city dinner came a high squ.~aking vo_ice that said "I Rickedy Rabbit, the m2.yor of Animal City, see that there is a. p·.c ople present an} I order the guards to make that people a prisoner. fl Then as quick ;:i s a wink, before Peter the ::>ooh could get ant the door, he w;;.s caught ·by Harry the Bear ,md Cog the Dog and mad e to sit with them on the floor in front of the head tabl'.e'. and in ffont of the Mayor of Animal City - Rick edy Ra ·)bit. ( 1•Ihat ha.pp ·,ms to Pet c.:: r the Pooh - do the animals of Se-Earth eat him for dinner . or is he allowed to become a citizen of .'\nirnal City? Read n·?.xt week and .find out) Devotional (by Reg. La~orme, TFC) l.2.ny ileligious ~, .c.o )le Fac e Great Oisa0pointment One of the most difficult facts, for most pe opl e to gr2.sp, is that the t3iblevery cl •aarly points out t h ;,, t a man or woma;:1 rnc1y oc goo:i, moral, gen erous, charitable and rnuch rnore 3.nd still f.J.11 short of God I s approval. , · In the "sermon on the mount" Christ explains how F1ai .. y are extremely religious, lead- ers of the "church" or community, but are in actuality hypocrites, earning only an earthly reward tl1at ,,i ll not endure. Their real desire would seem to be to gain favour of men. Choose Your Destiny And then there was the "rich j'Ourc g r ul :.:r" : who indeed w;:,.s a fine exan1~;le of __ cle2.:n, moral living. He l<:ept all the law, but he was not willing to pi lt the Lord f irst in his life, and forsake the 11 things" that he held so dear, '-1,nd to trust hi.Jnself to Christ and the treastJ.res in Heaven t h:=tt He ) romised. 3o he turn f:'d away sorrowfully, and even our Saviour's h '?art was sad as He s;Jw · this rich young 1r,an rr,a.ke the fool- ish choice. The Apostle Paul W,7l<es cl e,c1 r many 'times how tlvt by keeping all of "the l c-cwn men are still mot _justifi e:d before God. 11 .As it is writt en, th :;re is nonG righteous, no, not on,) ." "Therefore by the deeds of the l aw t h ere shall no flesh .be iustified in His s i ght: for by the L 0 w is the knowleJ.ge of sin." (r..om3ns 3, 10 f., 20) Good Deeds 1fot Enour;h "For all have sinned, and come sh~rt ;f the ~lor;ir of _God. 11 (nomarts 3 - 23) 1-fo continue to hear rir.,g i ng in our ea rs, good deeds ol the l 2w f\re not enough. "Being justified fre el y by His grace through the r edemption t hat is i n Christ J e su s. 11 . ( Homan. J - 24) "Ther efore we conclude t ho.t a r.:m is ,~ 11s-J:,i.fi ed. by faith without the deeds of the l aw. 11 In furth,,r expl:i..ir.ting t his "bomshell" to many dep,21ding on their gooi wor:rn to justify them before God, Paul points out t h2.t 11 To hi.J ,l t hat worketh is t h e reward not reck:on":.d of grace, but of debt." A.nri here is the central truth we must grasp "to hin1 t hat worketh not, iJ1.,t believeth on Him that justifieth the un- godly, his 1;,ITH is co1.mt ed for righteousness. 11 (Romans 4- 5) Don't Be Lislead Those who trust in ,wrks ;:1.r3 doomed to disappointment-, bec ause God s ays "l-Jot by works of ri[;ht":.ousness which we have done, but ar:: cording to His ll1.s rcy H . ., s ;,.ved us." (Titus J - .5 ) ? cl.u~. told th e Romans "That if thou s halt confess with the mouth the Lord J ~s·1s, ct!.1d shA.lt beli .3v e in thir12 h.-~art that God h;-,th raised Him from the dectd, thou shalt 'oe s aved. For with th .~ heart mar1 believeth unto rightiou sness, a, ;,i with t he mouth confession. is 1:,ade unto salvat ion. Hh0 soever believeth on Him shall not be a shamed ." (EomAns 10, 9- 11) The 0iJLY H.JPE is to trust in CHrtJ:ST. ·- ----·-··-- - · ·-· - , :