Between one of the doors into Lynn Mall and McDonald’s in Auckland you can see a monument and on that monument you find the following writing: LEST WE FORGET

In memory of those who served and gave their lives.

When I was reading that today I was straight away thinking: LEST WE FORGET

IN MEMORY OF HIM WHO SERVED AND GAVE HIS LIFE!

I am thinking of course about the life of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.

It is all very well to think about the people who died in the wars. I also lost my father in the second world war. I never knew him. Never met him. I have no memories of him. In fact I don’t even know where he died. Probably it was Czechoslovakia. May be it was not. Who knows?

So far as I am aware his name is not written on one of those monuments.

O K , we should not forget our dead soldiers who died in battle. But if we should forget, there are not too great consequences. There are also many like me who grew up without a father. It is sad to grow up without a father; but if you have to, you have to. I had to.

But if we forget the Lord Jesus Christ and what he has done for us there are eternal consequences. We are all living forever, either with the Lord in heaven or without him.

Because in order to stand before God, the Father, we need the righteousness of the Lord Jesus Christ, because we are all sinners. As we are, we cannot stand before God, the father.

On top of that, when the Lord Jesus Christ becomes our personal Saviour, God becomes our heavenly Father and looks after us. From my own experience I can say that it  is so good to be able to say, “My Father in heaven.”

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On the leaflet I picked up today was written ‘NZBLOOD’ with a drop of blood dripping from the letter N. It continued ‘Give someone a gift of life…..Give Blood At…. ‘ and then the place.

In this case it was the Kaitaia Children’s Complex. And then the exact time. (Day, Date and Hour)

I get from this that blood is a gift of life. Blood is life.

Some more important Facts on Blood

Each donation is able to help up to three people- blood donors are literally life savers. There is no substitute for human blood-healthy donors are the only source of supply.

The Bible in the Old Testament (Leviticus 17:11) says also,” For the life of a creature is in the blood, and I have given it to you to make atonement for yourselves on the altar; it is the blood that makes atonement for one’s life.”

You ask now,”Why is blood necessary to make atonement (At onement, harmony)?”

God demands blood because he said to Adam,” for when you eat of it you will surely die.” (Genesis 2:17 at the end-first book of the Bible) Then sin came into the world and brought death in. The word of God must be kept. The Bible says that the life of the flesh is in the blood. And when God demands blood in other words he demands life.

We have sinned and come short of the glory of God. It says so in Romans 3:23,”….for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,…” I must die for my sins or find some substitute to die in my stead. Only Christ was without sin, and therefore he could be my substitute. God loved us so much that he gave his only begotten son to die for us. Thank God for His love.

The Lord Jesus Christ died for me; and because he died for me, I love him. Because he died for me, I will serve him. He robbed death of its sting. He robbed the grave of its victory.

In sending His son to this earth God could be just and justify the ungodly.

Praise God!