什么是复活节？预览

事情开始变糟

在今天的《创世记》的阅读中，你将了解到首先的人类，亚当和夏娃。上帝给了他们一个具有完全自由的世界，其中仅仅有一件事情不能做。上帝为何如此？这样的话如果他们选择远离上帝他们就可以做到。上帝并且告诉他们如果他们选择远离上帝的后果是什么：死亡。为何？因为上帝就是生命，离开了上帝就不再有生命。就是这样。 

那么，为何上帝创造出具有选择能力的人类——甚至能做出错误选择的人类呢？ 

上帝之所以给我们选择是因为爱。爱并不强迫。而上帝就 是爱。雅各书谈到所有美好的事物都是从上帝而来。上帝创造我们是为了与祂有个永远的美好关系——如果我们想的话。然而我们搞砸了。 

气流警报：亚当和夏娃选择去了上帝要他们不要去做的事。然后他们就有从来没有的羞耻感。上帝未要让他们经历这些，而这些都是罪造成的。它将我们的喜乐和自由带入了死亡。它断绝了我们跟上帝的关系。它伤害我们。它要我们付出一切代价。它是伤害的源头，那些伤害进入我们的星球、我们的关系、和我们自身。是我们自己的罪，我们自行远离上帝说过的正确的事，从而将死亡带入世界。 

今天，杰森将与你分享他更多的故事。他会展示一个画面，让你体验到与你所爱分开的切肤之痛。 

Poor little 6-year-old Jason experienced his first understanding of the loss that death causes. Have you ever lost someone close to you? It’s a life-changing thing to go through. God doesn’t like that one bit. He created this beautiful world for humans to share with Him. 

God saw that we had twisted up His plan so much that we couldn’t possibly untangle it. He started spreading the word to His prophets that He was going to send someone to fix it all. We’re getting closer to Easter! You’ll read more about that tomorrow. 

Ask yourself: If I made a robot and programmed it to say “yes” every time I ask it if it loves me, does that mean it really loves me? What are some of the differences between me and a robot? 

Pray: God, thank You for allowing us to choose to love You. Thank You for caring so much about what we think that You don’t force us to love you—even though we should love You! That kind of love is hard for me to understand. Help me to understand more and more about You and Your love every day of my life. In Jesus’ name, amen.