FRUITS OF REPENTANCE By Christine Cunningham Therefore, he is able to save completely those who come to God through him, because he always lives to intercede for them. ~ Hebrews 7:25 READING: Luke 3:8-14 John the Baptist told the crowds to bear fruits of repentance. They asked, “What shall we do?” He told rich people to give to the […]
Mark 1:4-5 4 John came baptizing in the wilderness and preaching a baptism of repentance for the remission of sins. 5 Then all the land of Judea, and those from Jerusalem, went out to him and were all baptized by him in the Jordan River, confessing their sins. John the Baptist’s ministry in the wilderness marked the beginning […]
December 21: Expenses Jeremiah 39:1–41:18; Romans 9:13–29; Proverbs 24:1–22 It’s important to pause occasionally to reflect on the cost of sin. If we don’t, we can find ourselves living in it without thought of the ramifications. Few passages illustrate the cost of sin more vividly than the fall of Jerusalem recorded in Jer 39. The […]