It is Christmas time, and FGA always holds a Christmas presentation as a way to reach out and to spread the Gospel since it's the only time when non-believers are more receptive when invited to come to church. This year , the Youth Church is performing a story about Joseph and Mary , rather than the birth of Jesus per se. Nope, you don't get to see the Baby in the crib. It's the Prequel to the birth of Jesus Christ.
Anyway, after that a pastor delivered a message of Christmas in my church yesterday about Jesus Christ who was born to save us while we are yet sinners. He spoke about how he sent his wife an SMS to wish her on their wedding anniversary , and how he waited and waited but no message came back from his wife. When he got home and asked his wife why she did not reply him with a message, she simply said this "Words no use, I want to see the heart." Reminds me of this verse :
My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.
(1 John 3:18)
I'm thankful for this particular verse which he shared :
But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.(Romans 5:8)
Notice the verse ; the word is "demonstrates" , rather than "demonstrated" which means it's still happening today! God demonstrates His Love to us 2000 years ago by crucifying His own Son, and He is still doing that today because Jesus also died for my sins which I commit 2000 years after his sacrifice. Isn't that beautiful love?
In Deed and In Truth
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