Awesome Conversation!

Just finished an awesome conversation with Grace. It started with her asking me if the Garden of Eden was located in Africa. I told her that the Bible said that it was thought to be located near the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers, but that I didn't know for sure. I told her that God shut off the Garden of Eden after Adam and Eve sinned. I told her that I thought He did that because there was still a tree left, the tree of Life, for which, if man had eaten from that Tree, that would have meant that we didn't need a Savior.

She actually stopped playing Wii to listen!

She then said, "there were two trees?"

I said yes, and I pulled my bible and read the verses.

We then started talking about how Satan deceived her and WHY she was deceived, because she didn't listen to God's Words carefully and clearly. I then told her that thankfully we have the Bible that contains ALL of God's Word and that the Bible is the only book we need to understand God's plan for out lives.

We started talking about some modern day examples of how we get caught up in sin. I gave her this example:

Say for instance, our budget says that Mom can't buy a new purse this month. But, I go to the purse rack and I start looking at the purses and the prices. And I find one! $30! Is it okay for me to buy the purse? "No." Why Grace? "Becuase it wasn't in your budget." But then I said, what happens is this, I look at the price adn I start thinking. Hey its only $30. That's not a lot of money. Surely $30 can be overlooked. I told her, I think that is what Satan did to Eve. He twisted the truth around and she fell right into the trap. Which was what Satan could do to me if I then decide to buy the purse when I know full well that its not in the budget for the month.

So then we started talking about the Tree of Life. I told her that God had decided before man was made that we would need a Savior. Had man eaten from the Tree of Life, man would have saved himself which was against God's plan. Then, get this, she says to me! "I am remembering a verse from Awana. Something about how we are not saved by any other man or name." So I say, "Let's see if we can find it." She says, its Act 4:12, which says, "Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved."

WOW! How awesome is that? I realize my interpretation of what was happening may not be fully correct, but she got it. She got it!