Missing Girls Found After Ten Years

Amanda Berry

For the first time in ten years, three women will wake up free from captivity. Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus, and Michelle Knight were all kidnapped roughly a decade ago from the same Cleveland area and were prisoners in a house less than five miles away. Ariel Castro, the homeowner, is in custody as the prime suspect, along with his two brothers. Many years have gone by since the girls went missing and everyone is overjoyed that they are alive and well. What would possess someone to kidnap three girls and hold them against their will for ten years? The answer is sin, specifically the sin of lust.

Gina DeJesus

Have you ever looked at a person with lust, even if you didn't act on your sexual desires? Jesus said, "You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall not commit adultery.’ But I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with lustful intent has already committed adultery with her in his heart" (Matthew 5:27-28). If you are guilty of breaking this law, the punishment will be an eternity in Hell when you face God on Judgment Day. "But as for the cowardly, the faithless, the detestable, as for murderers, the sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, their portion will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death" (Revelation 21:8, emphasis added).

Michelle Knight

There is good news though! God made a way for you to be forgiven of your sins and escape the fires of Hell. Jesus Christ (God in the flesh) came to earth and died on a cross, shedding His blood as a payment for your sins. Then, three days later, Jesus defeated death and Hell when He came back to life. If you are willing to turn from your sins (repent) and trust your life to Jesus Christ, God will forgive you of your sins and grant you the gift of eternal life in Heaven! "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life" (John 3:16).


(EDIT - Picture of Michelle Knight added.)

Source Article: http://www.cnn.com/2013/05/07/us/ohio-missing-women-found/?hpt=zite_zite2_featured
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