Ethan explaining things to our neighbor
Our neighbor got a pet snake (I know, what an odd thing to do,right?) and he was showing Ethan the other day. He told Ethan what type of snake it was and then explained where those type typically come from.
Here was Ethan's reply...
"Actually, do you know what the snakes are? They're Satan." (he says Satan like its some creepy secret)
Our neighbor, quite confused says "That's their name?"
"No. The snake is Satan. He was in the garden and he did NOT obey God so... God took his legs away and said "You will be on the ground now and be ugly and you will NOT go to Heaven."
The neighbor says "Oh, you mean like the story in the Bible?!"
"No, its not a story. It really is what God said."
So he asks Ethan "So you don't like snakes because they're all Satan?"
"Uhhh, no. I like the pretty ones. Only the ugly ones are Satan."
The man politely smiles (probably thinking we're total freaks) and then he says to me "Well, I guess you won't be buying any ugly snakes!"
Ethan, still being extremely serious, looks at the man and says...
"If you disobey God, you only make Satan happy. And you do NOT want to make him happy."
"Because if you do, maybe you will be ugly like him and NOT go to Heaven."
As Jason commented, at least he's listening in Sunday School and when we talk to him! :)
Here was Ethan's reply...
"Actually, do you know what the snakes are? They're Satan." (he says Satan like its some creepy secret)
Our neighbor, quite confused says "That's their name?"
"No. The snake is Satan. He was in the garden and he did NOT obey God so... God took his legs away and said "You will be on the ground now and be ugly and you will NOT go to Heaven."
The neighbor says "Oh, you mean like the story in the Bible?!"
"No, its not a story. It really is what God said."
So he asks Ethan "So you don't like snakes because they're all Satan?"
"Uhhh, no. I like the pretty ones. Only the ugly ones are Satan."
The man politely smiles (probably thinking we're total freaks) and then he says to me "Well, I guess you won't be buying any ugly snakes!"
Ethan, still being extremely serious, looks at the man and says...
"If you disobey God, you only make Satan happy. And you do NOT want to make him happy."
"Because if you do, maybe you will be ugly like him and NOT go to Heaven."
As Jason commented, at least he's listening in Sunday School and when we talk to him! :)
Comments
Made me so sad... I would guess he's in his mid 30's too!
Nathan wants to get a snake. Maybe I can have Ethan come talk some sense into him. :)
He also refuses to acknowledge that Jesus died on the cross for him. He'll tell you that he might have died for everyone else, but not for him. He gets very upset and says he would never make Jesus die on the cross. :) Its pretty cute.