CHRISTIAN TESTIMONY

Why is Poured Wall Contractors closed for business on this Friday, commonly referred to as "Good Friday"? Why do we make it one of our companies paid Holidays? It is not because we are religious, or think people should attend a "Good Friday" church service.

It is because Easter weekend, celebrates the most significant event to ever occur in human history--the death, burial and resurrection of the-Lord Jesus Christ, my savior.
Let me tell you a "Once Upon a Time Story" that is true and is found in the only book written by God for man..... the Bible. It began with God creating a perfect world that He stated was good. He created as well the first human beings, to live in this world, to take care of it, and to enjoy it. He gave them one test of their love and obedience for Him. That test was to not eat the fruit from a certain tree. They could do anything else, just don't eat from the forbidden fruit tree. You guessed it; they ate from the tree. Rather than destroying these first human inhabitants of earth, God judged them, and punished them. Though these first humans were created like everything else God made, perfect and good, their free choice tainted them with a defect. The defect was sin, or missing the mark of being perfect or good.

You and I are are the great, great, great ... grandchildren of this first human couple. We are like them. We have the same defect - sin. It is why we can not live a perfect, good life. We fail God's standards of perfection. You might be inclined to say: "that doesn't seem fair". I am just a "victim" of my ancestor's bad decision. I would have obeyed God. No you wouldn't, and no you have not.

To make matters worse, all defected humans (which is all of us) get to spend eternity in a place called the Lake of Fire. This Lake of Fire was not created for humans, but for some other rebellious servants of God. However, God can not have defected humans in His presence, which is a place known as heaven, so the Lake of Fire will be their final resting-place.

So, is there any hope? Is there any good news? Are we all headed for this fiery eternity in the Lake of Fire? The good news is that God has provided a solution. He sent Jesus Christ to earth to live a life that was perfect. Imagine; never making one mistake (sin). Always thinking, saying, doing the right thing, the perfect and good thing. At the age of 33 Jesus was nailed to a cross and died. This was not an ordinary death. This death provided a way out of the Lake of Fire for you and me. When Christ was dying God placed that defect nature of our great, great, great... grandparents as well as all our defects (sins) on Jesus. He then punished Jesus with an eternity of the Lake of Fire for every man woman and child that has ever lived on earth. Jesus willingly accepted this punishment on behalf of each defected human being. God judged Jesus at a cross on a hill called Calvary, so he would not have to judge you and me. The good news is that since Jesus took our deserved Lake of Fire punishment, we don't have too.

There is one requirement on your part. To be "born again" into the family of Jesus Christ and "born out of" the family of your original ancestors; you must believe Jesus Christ did die for your sin, failure, defected person. For this to occur you must first see yourself as needing what Jesus has to provide. That means you must realize you are a sinner without hope, needing a savior. Jesus is that savior.

Believe this, and spend eternity in heaven. Reject it, and when you are in agony in the Lake of Fire:
-Know that an escape had been made possible for you by God
-Know that you had been warned
-And know that you had rejected God's only message of forgiveness and acceptance for you--Jesus Christ crucified.

That is why Poured Wall Contractors takes Friday off. Friday through Sunday is a celebration of the most significant historical event mankind could possibly celebrate.

I made the decision to trust Jesus Christ for my sin debt some 30 years ago. I will be spending eternity in heaven with God and the Lord Jesus Christ. I hope I will be spending eternity as well with you. But it is your choice, not mine. I can only share this condensed Bible information with you, and then trust you to make the right decision.

If you have questions related to the crucifixion of Jesus Christ, and how it relates to you. I will be happy to tell you what I know.

Sincerely,
Mike Hilgeman