Cj's Questions

Cj asked me some great questions about God, the Bible, Salvation the other day
Cj- Why is there a devil?
Me- Because he wanted to be more powerful than God
Cj- What is the devil anyway?
Me- He's the opposite of God. God is good & pure, the devil is all evil & sin.
Cj- Why is there sin?
Me- When the first people, Adam & Eve, were in the garden they didn't follow the rules that God gave them to follow. And now, just like you have my eyes because I passed them down to you, You have sin because Adam passed it down to you.
So, then I went on and talked to him about sin, whether or not he has sinned. You know even an almost 6 year-old knows that he sins. He told me that he sins by not obeying his Mom and Dad, stealing his brother's toys, and lying. I told him that the Bible says, "It's appointed unto man once to die and after this the judgement" Hebrews 9:27. I asked him when he was before God, would God say that he had sinned or not sinned.
Cj- He will see that I sinned, But can't Jesus's blood cover up my sin?
So, we talked for awhile longer about putting faith in Jesus's blood and repenting. And then he had more questions.
Cj- What happens after you get saved, does that mean you never, never sin again?
Me- No, you will still sin sometimes, because you are in an earthly body, that's called the flesh, and it's sinful.
Cj- Well, what happens when you sin again, do you get unsaved?
Me- No, Jesus's blood covers your past sins, your sins of today, and sins in the future.
He asked some pretty good questions! I was pretty impressed. I don't think he really has a complete understanding of salvation yet though. It's so cool to see him thinking along these lines.