Hello, this is pastor gary from first baptist church of laplata. Happy April Fool’s Day! On this day in history in 1700, April Fool’s Day was popularized in England by pranksters playing practical jokes on each other. Why April 1st? Historians speculate that the day got its start in France in 1582 when the French switched from the Julian calendar to the Gregorian calendar we use today. Those who failed to get the news did not realize the new year had moved to from April 1st to January 1st; when the uninformed celebrated the new year three months late, they became the target of jokes. This April Fool’s Day is my mother’s 94th birthday; like I always say to my mom on her birthday, there’s no fool like an old fool! April Fool’s Day is also the perfect holiday for atheists. How so? The Bible says in Psalm 14:1, “The fool hath said in his heart, “There is no God…’” Atheists are not only fools on their special day but every day, and, if not mitigated, for all eternity. Don’t be a fool. Believe not only that there is a God, but believe in the God of the Bible Who sent His one and only Son to die on the cross paying for our sins and rising again to guarantee our eternal life!
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