GETTING THROUGH CUSTOMS (7 OF 10)
by Jeff Strite
Scripture: 1 Peter 3:18-22, 1 Peter 4:1-6
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Getting Through Customs (7 of 10)
Series: This World Is Not My Home
Jeff Strite
I Peter 3:18-4:6
How many of you have ever traveled to a foreign country?
For those of you have not, there's an arm of the government that you'll encounter on the way back in to the states. Does anybody know what government agency we're talking about?
It's called the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Agency.
In order to get back into the country, you have to go through customs.
Now, Customs has a very specific job. They make sure you don't bring anything into the country that doesn't belong here.
(At this point we put several images up on the screen)
• Things like these exotic animals (jpegs of contraband animals)
• Certain fruits and vegetables (jpeg of fruit)
• These fake Rolex watches (jpeg of fake watches being crushed by steamroller).
• Drugs such as Heroin, Cocaine or Marijuana (jpeg of drugs)
• And even something as harmless… as sand.
ILLUS: One lady told of being stopped by customs agents for bringing red sand from the beaches of Prince Edward Island in Canada - into the States. If the sand had been wet, she would not have been allowed to bring it into the country but since it was completely dry, they let her bring it through.
There are 100s upon 100s of items on the list of things you can NOT bring into the country. If you buy something overseas and try to bring it back into the states without declaring that you have it, Customs tends to get a little upset..If you fail to declare certain agricultural items that are on the restricted list (for example) the first time could cost up to $300.
APPLY: Peter tells us we're "aliens and strangers in the world." 1 Peter 2:11
We're not home yet. We are just traveling thru this world… on our way to Heaven.
The day will come when we'll have to pass through Customs and go into Heaven. And the Bible tells us that there is ONE thing that we can't take with us into the Promised Land. Does anybody know what th ...
Series: This World Is Not My Home
Jeff Strite
I Peter 3:18-4:6
How many of you have ever traveled to a foreign country?
For those of you have not, there's an arm of the government that you'll encounter on the way back in to the states. Does anybody know what government agency we're talking about?
It's called the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Agency.
In order to get back into the country, you have to go through customs.
Now, Customs has a very specific job. They make sure you don't bring anything into the country that doesn't belong here.
(At this point we put several images up on the screen)
• Things like these exotic animals (jpegs of contraband animals)
• Certain fruits and vegetables (jpeg of fruit)
• These fake Rolex watches (jpeg of fake watches being crushed by steamroller).
• Drugs such as Heroin, Cocaine or Marijuana (jpeg of drugs)
• And even something as harmless… as sand.
ILLUS: One lady told of being stopped by customs agents for bringing red sand from the beaches of Prince Edward Island in Canada - into the States. If the sand had been wet, she would not have been allowed to bring it into the country but since it was completely dry, they let her bring it through.
There are 100s upon 100s of items on the list of things you can NOT bring into the country. If you buy something overseas and try to bring it back into the states without declaring that you have it, Customs tends to get a little upset..If you fail to declare certain agricultural items that are on the restricted list (for example) the first time could cost up to $300.
APPLY: Peter tells us we're "aliens and strangers in the world." 1 Peter 2:11
We're not home yet. We are just traveling thru this world… on our way to Heaven.
The day will come when we'll have to pass through Customs and go into Heaven. And the Bible tells us that there is ONE thing that we can't take with us into the Promised Land. Does anybody know what th ...
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