Grace and peace be yours in abundance through the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord. I would like to take this opportunity to Honor and Glorify the Almighty God since its only him alone who deserves it. Am humbled by the almighty God to thank all my friends and well wishers who turned up to witness my Spiritual baptism.
I thank also all those who did send messages of encouragement through phone calls and e-mails. God bless you all and its my humble prayer that many more Kenyans are going to turn up and proclaim Jesus as their Lord and savior in 2010.
How does Jesus’ blood purify us from every sin? In old Testament times, believers symbolically transferred their sins to an animal, which they then sacrificed(see a description of this ceremony in Leviticus 4). The animal died in their place to pay for their sin and allow them to continue living in God’s favour. God graciously forgave them because of their faith in him, and because they obeyed his commandments concerning the sacrifice.
Those sacrifices anticipated the day when Jesus Christ would completely remove sin. Real cleansing from sin came with Jesus, the “Lamb of God”, who takes away the sin of the world” (John 1:29). Sin, by its very nature, brings death- that is a fact as certain as the law of gravity. Jesus did not die for his own sins; he had none. Instead, by a transaction that we may never fully understand, he died for the sins of the world.
When we commit our lives to Christ and thus identify ourselves with him, his death becomes ours. He has paid the penalty for our sins, and his blood has purified us. Just as Christ rose from the grave, we rise to a new life of fellowship with him (Romans &:4).
” For, whoever would love life and see good days must keep his tongue from evil and his lips from deceitful speech. He must turn from evil and do good; he must seek peace and per sue it. For the eyes of the lord are on the righteous and his ears are attentive to their prayer, but the face of the Lord is against those who do evil” (1 Peter 3: 10-12).
Merry Christmas to all and a blessed 2010. May Christ be born in your hearts and His peace which surpasses human understanding be with you now and forever. Amen.
Muirani & Family.
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