Bad Things That People Do

Mark 9:42-48

Sometimes a person says, "It does not matter if I do bad things.‘ But that person is wrong. These things do matter. Jesus died because of them. He died so that God would forgive people. So people must not continue to do bad things.

If a person‘s hand, eye or foot becomes really bad, sometimes a doctor decides to cut it off. The doctor removes the bad part so that illness does not destroy the whole body.

The bad things that people do are worse than illness. This is because these bad things do not only cause pain and trouble. A person will also go to hell because of those bad things. God does not want this to happen. He wants to forgive people. But God will only help people who change their minds. They must want to change their lives. They must really want his help.

Jesus did not want his disciples to cut their bodies. Instead, he wanted them to know how bad these things are. And it is even worse if someone causes another person to do bad things. We must learn never to do that.