How to get a suntan
God's Word says: 'This life is in His Son. He who has the Son has life.' (1 John 5.11,12). The gift does not merely come through Jesus, it is in Jesus. This means that you cannot have the gift apart from Jesus.
Over the summer months, many people go away on their holidays. Most folk just like to sit in the sun, relax, and come back with a suntan. You may see a man with a deep tan that you admire, and you ask him where he got it. 'In Spain', he replies.
You would like a tan like that, so you dash around to the travel agent and get all the available brochures on Spain. Then you go to the library and borrow some travel books on Spain. Lastly, you begin to attend night school classes to learn Spanish. You do all this, and your knowledge of Spain has vastly increased, but you have no suntan. You don't get a tan by learning about Spain; you get it in Spain.
