The focus this week is on Repentance.
Centuries before the birth of Jesus, Malachai foretold His coming, with these words from The Lord: "See, I will send my messenger, who will prepare the way before me." But, he also warned: "...He will be like a refiner's fire or a launderer's soap."
In Jesus' time, John the Baptist "went into all the country around the Jordan, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins."
At Christmas time it is easy to fall into belief that it is all glitter and lights and times filled with presents. Jesus has for us the present of life eternal, he paid the price for it by his death on the cross, but it comes at a cost for us also. First we must accept and believe in Him as the Son of God. We also must repent of our sins.
How appropriate it was that this Sunday in our church was also a Communion Sunday where we are able to come to Him with our sins and recieve the forgiveness, physically represetnted through His Body and Blood.
Thank you Jesus.
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