A Visit from Space
0ne day a space ship landed in the middle of a
huge field just outside a small, rural community. The aliens
looked friendly enough, so some farmers cautiously approached
them, hoping to establish a good relationship with them. The
aliens greeted the earthlings warmly and said, "We are on a
mission from the planet Zuron of the galaxy Andromeda. We have
been assigned to explore your planet and to discover what you
have learned. We are here to learn as much as we can about the
planet earth. So tell us, has anything significant happened here
on earth that you can tell us about?"
The farmers thought for a moment
and then one spoke up and said, "Well we have radio and TV!
We can send radio and microwave signals all over the planet using
satellites." The aliens replied, "Oh, well we have had
that for thousands of years. In fact, that technology has become
quite obsolete. What else has happened?"
Again, the farmers scratched their
heads and one said, "We have developed computers that can
process information in seconds that used to take years. And these
computers are small enough to be carried in a briefcase!"
"Well, that's old news, too,"
said the aliens. "Hasn't anything extraordinary happened
here?"
The farmers were still thinking
when one of the aliens asked, "We have heard a rumor that
God visited your planet many years ago. Is this rumor true?"
"Well, there was a man named
Jesus Christ. He claimed..."
"Yes! That's it! Jesus Christ! Did
he really come?" the aliens asked excitedly.
"Yes," said the farmers,
"but..."
"What an extraordinary thing!
What a wonderful thing!" exclaimed
the aliens. "Tell us, what did you do when God visited your
planet? Did you bring gifts and throw them at his feet? Did you
run the streets celebrating and singing? Did all the world
finally realize how much he loves them? Please, tell us, what did
you do?"
The farmers pondered for a moment
and then sheepishly said, "Um ... we killed him."
What are you doing with Christ?
Are you celebrating? Telling the world? Is he alive in your life
and are you enthusiastically living for him?
The Bible says that if we don't
praise God and bring glory to him, then the rest of creation will
(even aliens from other galaxies, if they exist!). God has
visited our planet in the form of his only Son, Jesus Christ. Let's
serve him and celebrate!
-taken from More Hot Illustrations for Youth by Wayne Rice
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