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Themes "Sin Found Out, Religion Cannot Save CAUGHT! Are you a good runner? Some people can run very fast, others can run for a long time. This story is about a man who ran for many years. He was not running for fun, or to get in shape. No, he was running to get away. His name was Adolf Eichmann. Many years ago, during World War II, he worked for the German Army as a soldier. Because of his work, many Jewish people died. After the War, Mr. Eichmann did not want to be punished for the things he had done. To avoid going to jail, he decided to run away. He moved to a country called Brazil where he could be far away from Germany, almost half way around the world. He had to learn a different language and get a different name so he could hide himself. He did a very good job of hiding. He used his new name to get a job. He bought a house in the suburbs and started living his new life. Nobody around him knew anything about his past. His neighbors did not know, his new friends did not know, the government where he lived did not even know. He lived for many years without anyone knowing where he was, or what he had done. The longer he lived, the more it seemed as if everyone had forgotten. However, someone remembered! During all the years he was hiding, they were looking for him. The nation of Israel that Mr. Eichmann had worked against remembered what he did and they hired special investigators to find him. These investigators worked hard and followed a long trail of clues to find out where he was living. One night they came and got him. The investigators called him by his real name. He had not heard that name in a long time. They arrested him and put him on trial in a court. All of his years of running were over. He had escaped from his past for over 20 years. There are many times we do things that nobody knows about. It feels as if we got away with something that we should not have done. Maybe your parents or teachers do not know about what happened. However, God is keeping a list of everything you do. A day is coming when every person will have to face God. The Bible says He will go over each person's list of sins. Then, each person will be punished for what he has done. The Bible also says you can have your list of sins erased. God says, "I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins" (Isaiah 43:25). Why can He do this? He can only do this because "The blood of Jesus Christ, His Son, cleanseth us from all sin" (1 John 1:7).
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Jim Batterton
