My name is Boer, James Boer
But you can
call me Kees, which is pronounced CASE, just like Tiffany
Case. See, Im Dutch, and my middle name is Jacobus, which has
been translated to James before. For instance, every time that the word Jacobus
is used in the English Bible, it was translated to James.
I
love the Bond movies! As a matter of fact, Ive been a Bond fan for quite
a while now. It started when I was just a child. One of my relatives gave
me a gold Corgi Aston Martin model from the movie Goldfinger. I had a great
time playing with it. It even had a miniature ejector seat in it, and when
you pressed a button on the side, a little figure was tossed through the roof
of the car. For a while I thought that the guy being thrown through the roof
was James Bond, because he had the most action!
It wasnt until later that I started watching the Bond movies. I loved
the action, the scenery, the plot, and the villains. Not that I approve of
everything Bond does, (such as his womanizing), but overall his movies are
awesome.
Let me explain the pictures. The first picture is yours truly
on top of a mountain in Switzerland, where they filmed the Bond movie On Her
Majestys Secret Service. The building in the back is where most of the
action in the film took place. Right now it is a revolving restaurant from
which you can view a beautiful panorama of the Swiss Alps.
The next picture is me waxing the actual car that James Bond drove in Goldfinger.
I had a model of this car when I was a child. That was the most fun Ive
ever had waxing a car!
Now some of you might think that my biggest hero in life is James Bond, right?
Nope! My biggest hero is the Lord Jesus Christ! Now before you close this
pamphlet thinking that Im some sort of Jesus freak, let me encourage
you to read on for just a little longer! Or as Q says: Now pay attention,
007!
You
see, the reason that I love Christ above our friend James, is that Christ
did something that no one else has ever done or could do! Christ paid for
my sins!
The Bible says that all of us are sinners; we have all broken Gods laws
in our actions, words, and thoughts. Even 007, though sarcastic, agrees with
this. Watch the movie For Your Eyes Only. He says to Q: Forgive me father,
for I have sinned. Qs response is Thats putting it
mildly, 007! If we started really looking at what God required in His
laws, the same thing can be said to us! We have all broken Gods laws
in many ways. Our sins and guilt are separating us from God. To go to heaven,
however, we must be perfect. Left to ourselves we could never go to heaven
on our own merits.
God
loves us though! He wants us to be with Him in heaven for all eternity. So,
God sent His Son, Jesus Christ to earth to take our sins and guilt upon Himself.
Christ went to the cross and paid for our sin there. He took the punishment
that we deserve. Afterwards, He rose from the dead, proving that He had paid
for our sins.
All He asks us to do in response is to place our trust in what He has done
for us on the cross! In other words, not to trust in our own ability to get
us to heaven, but in what He did for us. The Bible puts it this way: For
God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever
believes (trusts, relies upon) in Him, should not perish, but have everlasting
life.
Isnt that simple? God loves me, but I have sinned. Jesus paid for my
sin; if I trust Him, I can be assured of going to heaven after I die!
When I understood this, I placed my trust in Him. Now I know for sure that
I have eternal life. My sins are forgiven! I have a purpose to live for, and
that is to tell others what Christ did for me!
Its a new world, with new enemies, and new threats, but you can still
depend on one Person: Jesus Christ!
Kees