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Lamb of God Who Takes away Our Sins
Jesus is the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world. We should see and know him so if we want to be his true witnesses. The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world is the lamb of expiation. That is, Jesus hands over himself as a sacrifice for our...
To Go Down Is to Go Up, to Lose Is to Win
Jesus is like us in all things but does not sin. For him to go down so means he goes up and saves us from ruin and death. Jesus does not hesitate to go down into the waters of the Jordan to receive John’s baptism. And those who come to John confess their sins and...
Hug Folks of All Races, Tongues and Nations
Jesus is the light of the world. Those who welcome, hug and follow him have the light of life and turn into light of the world also. Herod seeks to kill the child Jesus. The chief priests and the scribes do not go to Bethlehem. So, yes, rather than accept and hug...
Blessing that Is the Greatest, Fullest, Choicest
Jesus gives us the greatest, fullest, choicest blessing. For he is our high priest and the one mediator between God and humans. We read that the Savior’s coming to earth means God’ blesses the land. In other words, Jesus stands for God’s gift of life (J.L.McKenzie,...
Be with Our Families All the Time
Jesus shows us how to live in the kingdom of God, that is, in God’s great human family. To be with us is who and what our model is in essence. There are those who at times think things are easy for Mary and Joseph. For the child Jesus to be with Mary and Joseph...
Birth of Jesus Means Our Birth
Jesus is the child born to us, as Isaiah prophesied, the Son given to us. His birth means the birth of all of us humans. At Jesus’ birth, a great light shines and the grace of God, his goodness, his love, appears. It is because God, out of mercy, calls us to a...
Accept, Take, and Eat and Drink
Jesus is Emmanuel, “God-with-us.” This means God is close to us; all that remains doing is for us to decide to accept him. Ahaz, king of Judah, does not accept what God tells him through Isaiah. The king should not be Assyria’s ally nor fear the neighboring kings...
To Do Good like Jesus, the Messiah
Jesus is the Anointed and Sent One of God, and there is no other. It is clear he is so, for he goes about to do good. Jesus goes about all Galilee to do good. Yet when John hears in prison what Jesus does, he sends his disciple to ask him, “Are you he who is to...
Fruits that Repentance Demands
Jesus is the vine, and his disciples are the branches. This means disciples will have fruits only if they are one with him, and he is one with them. John calls the Pharisees and the Sadducees “brood of vipers.” He tells them that they must bear the fruits that...
Put on Jesus Christ, King and Lord
Jesus, the King and Lord, is near . To put on this King and Lord means to go in with him into the joy of God’s kingdom. Today, we hear Paul spur on the Christians in Rome to put on the Lord Jesus Christ. The Christians in Ephesus get a similar bolstering; they are...