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There are many individuals who
are left to wonder who who their
mother or father might be. For
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some, they were given up for
adoption at an early age for a
variety of reasons. For others,
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a parent or both parents dies,
leaving the child orphaned. For
Marissa Thamann, that was the
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case. Her mother passed away
from a pulmonary embolism when
she was only 3 months old. She
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would never have a conscious
recollection of her mother
Marissa's father, who took his
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role as a single father very
seriously, later would meet a
special woman, Heather, and the
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two of them got married. Heather
helped raise Marissa as if she
were her own daughter. For 17
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years she has paid that price
that parents pay to show Marissa
the ways of life. Yet, during
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that time, she did not adopt
Marissa because of the amount of
money it would cost and the
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sizeable amount of paperwork it
would take. Yet Marissa and
Heather were an unseparable duo
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that acted and functioned as any
mother and daughter would. But
on Christmas day, 2016 something
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amazing happened. As their
family was opening presents,
Heather opened a gift from
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Marissa.it was a small ornament
and on that ornament were the
words "would you adopt me?"
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Marissa had taken care of all
the paperwork and what became a
viral video and international
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story, the entire family cried
in the joy of moving forward in
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that process. Marissa: You know
how I told you I was so doing
it? Well, we're doing it
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together. Heather: I've
been waiting for so long.
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Marissa: I know,
sorry it took so long.
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In touching words that Marissa
wrote on a little note with the
ornament, ""You have been the
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best thing my dad has given me,
calling you my stepmom is almost
insulting . Thank you for being
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the mom that I needed." Not only
could Heather legally adopt
Marissa, but both desired it to
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be so.
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Friends, that is a beautiful
reminder of what Jesus desire
for you and me.do you desire it
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from Him? That He would adopt
you as a son or daughter Jesus
came to this earth with a
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distinct mission. His mission
was one of redemption and
adoption. On today's program I
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want to talk more about that.
See, Jesus' mission was more
than to simply be born and then
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die. He had a mission of peace
and comfort and healing. He not
only desired to save humanity,
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to adopt each of us and sons and
daughters, but through His love
heal us and redeem us. The first
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steps of Jesus ministry
demonstrate this desire through
action The first 8 chapters of
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John show us the care that Jesus
has for humanity and His desire
to bring healing and redemption.
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In John 2, Jesus visited a
wedding and provided an ample
supply of the fresh juice of the
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wine, saving the master of
ceremonies and the newly married
couple the social embarrassment.
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In John chapter 3 Jesus met with
Nicodemius under the shadows,
saving Nicodemius the social
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pressures of publicly
acknowledging Jesus as Lord and
Saviour, yet teaching hime the
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essential nature of being born
again. In John 4, Jesus visited
Samaria and brought social,
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physical and spiritual healing
to the woman at the well. This
was such a significant
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event.first because Jesus went
to Samaria - a place that Jews
thought was unclean and in
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traveling from Judea to Galilee,
although straight through
Samaria was fastest would go all
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the way around to avoid it. Jews
would have nothing to do with
Samaritans.yet Jesus went to
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Samaria to bring healing and
redemption. The second reason
this was so amazing is because
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of Jesus' interaction with a
forsaken woman.Jesus care and
love for each of us is so great
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that He will go to tremendous
lengths to bring that healing
and redemption. Then in John 5,
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Jesus brought healing to a
paralytic man. Depite it being
the Sabbath and the Jews
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believing that it was against
the law to heal on Sabbath.Jesus
fulfulled the true meaning of
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Sabbath though healing. Once
again Jesus demonstrated His
core desire of healing and
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redemption. In John 6, Jesus fed
the 5000 and provide for both
their physical and spiritual
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needs. Finally in John 8, an
event that summarizes the entire
ministy of Jesus and His desire
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for each of us, He healed the
woman caught in adultery. Now
you might ask.how does that
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summarize what He wants to do
for me when I haven't committed
adultery.let's examine what
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Jesus did. According to John 8
beginning in verse 1, it records
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that event, Picture the moment
in your mind.Jesus was teaching
and then these religious leader
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came and cast this woman before
Him. She was likely unclothed or
with very little clothing.they
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had caught her in the act. Some
commentators surmise that these
leaders had set a trap for her
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and actually had committed
adultery with her to make the
accusation. Now they were trying
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to trap Jesus. Would He uphold
the law of Moses and have her
stoned? Or would He break it?
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They believed that they had Him
in a catch 22.the Bible records
that Jesus didn't answer them,
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but crouched down and began
writing in the sand.they
continued to ask Him what He
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would do.He then said, let he
who is without sin cast the
first stone.then crouched again
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and kept writing. The Bible
doesn't tell us what He
wrote.but the simple process of
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deduction helps us conclude that
He was, in fact, writing the
record of their sin in the sand.
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Each of them left one by one to
save embarrassment. Then Jesus
with soft words, I'm sure, asked
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"Woman, where are those accusers
of yours? Has no one condemned
you?" Many will say that they
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were all gone.that is actually
incorrect. There was only one
that day who could have justly
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accused her. That was Jesus, yet
He chose not to which is why the
Bible records in verse 11,
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Jesus desires to not only adopt
us, but to bring healing and
redemption for each of us. He
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desires that we experience the
freeing affect of entering into
a relationship with Him. By the
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way, He was trying to reach
those religious leaders as
well.He wrote their sins in the
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ground and not in stone. The
wind would later blow away the
record and He would try to bring
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healing to them. Later in the
book of Acts we do see that some
who rejected Jesus gave their
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lives to Him.
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Jesus came to bring life, but
the Bible records that there is
another who has brought a
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message of death and
destruction. John 10:10 says,
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As the devil has seen and heard
the desires of Jesus, he has
viciously attacked those that
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Jesus loves. 1 Peter 5:8 says,
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But Jesus wants to save us and
free us from the attacks of
Satan. Jesus lived a life of
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service. He was and is the
Savior of the world. He did so
many great and powerful and good
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things - all because of His
desire to adopt and redeem you.
This is why the apostle Paul,
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writing to the church of Rome,
recorded these words in Romans
3, beginning in verse 21,
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Did you hear that? All of us are
sinners who have fallen short of
the glory of God. Yet, Jesus
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wants to be the justifier of
you, the surety of your
salvation and Romans 5:9 tells
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us that,
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His desire for your adoption,
redemption and salvations is so
great, that He died before you
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made a decision to come to Him.
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Think for just a moment of Jesus
as He was closing His ministry.
Think of Him as He stopped in
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the Garden of Gethsemne prepared
for the final actions in this
earthy ministry. There as He
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entered the garden, the sins of
the world were being placed upon
Him. One of my favourite books
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on the life of Christ,
The Desire of Ages, says this,
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Come back to that garden with
me. While Jesus was anguished
and feeling this terrible
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separation from the Father, the
serpent, the devil lurked in the
background trying to dissuade
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Him from going through with
it. Desire of Ages continues,
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At Christ's weakest point, at
His darkest hour Satan strikes
back at Jesus with a vengeance.
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He lashes out with an
intense attack and the passage
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continues, We each know the rest
of the story. Jesus was
arrested, illegally tried, and
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then Satan would stir the crowd
and they would crucify the
Savior. His disciples thought it
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all was lost. I imagain all the
beings of heaven realms were
shocked by the actions of that
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fallen angel. It would seem that
Satan had struck back with a
most devastating blow, he had
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killed the Son of God.
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For three days they would
wonder. They had forgotten the
promises of Jesus. But as we all
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know, early that Sunday morning,
as Matthew 28:2 records,
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In the midst of the greatest
blow struck by the enemy of
good, it was Jesus who would
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conquer the grave and He rose
again. Although Satan had
struck, Jesus would conquered
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the grave and defeated him. Here
is what this means for you and
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for me Romans 3:21 Righteousness
is not found in the law. The
word righteousness carries with
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it the idea that it is the
divine act of God making a
person right before Him. It is
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also the idea of right living,
being right before God. Paul
here emphasizes the point that
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righteousness cannot be found in
the law of God itself. Rather
this righteousness is found in
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faith in the promises of
God, but the passage also says
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All have sinned and fallen short
of the glory of God. The word
sin, as you can see, is in the
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past tense, however in the Greek
it conveys that it is on a
continual basis. It says that
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yes we have sinned in the past,
but we continually sin and fall
short of the glory of God. It
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conveys the idea that sin is
more than simply an action, but
rather it is a part of our
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nature. And our nature must
be overcome. Our nature must be
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transformed. Don't
misunderstand, this is not to
excuse sinning yet it conveys
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that it is a part of our nature
which we cannot change on our
own or by our own will power.
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The passage then promises
Justification is made available
through redemption.
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Justification is the action of
God saving us from our past
life. It is that adoption that
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we have discussed previously.
How is it that Jesus can make
that claim upon us? Through
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redemption. The word redemption
literally means a releasing by
payment of ransom, while the
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word justification is literally
to be declared righteous before
God. Jesus Christ through His
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sacrifice has released us from
the penalty of sin by purchasing
our ransom and adopting us as
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sons and daughters so that
we might stand justified before
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God. Yet, this is not all that
Christ did. The Bible says that
Jesus is also our propitiation.
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If you are reading from a more
modern version it says that that
He is our atonement. Literally
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this word means to be made right
with God. Splitting the word
into parts.. at.one.ment. Jesus
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bridged the chasm that exists
between us and God. Christ is
the sacrifice. By His death He
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has met the blood sacrifice
requirement of sin. His death,
which was the experience of the
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second death, fulfilled the
price that was required to be
paid. Lastly and most
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importantly the text says,
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Faith in Jesus, belief in Jesus.
That is all that is asked. All
of this is available through
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faith. Friends, this is a
choice, it is free will, it is
not forced. And Jesus cries out
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to you today. He cries out to
each and every one of us. The
serpent, the devil lashed out
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against God's plan and killed
Jesus Now he lashes out agains
you and me. We must not fear. 1
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Peter 5:8-10 promises,
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Friends, we must understand that
Jesus is working towards our
salvation. He has made the
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provision for our salvation.
Yet, in order for us to fully
experience the joy of salvation
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we must accept it by faith. By
faith we make the choice to
enjoy the salvation of the Lord.
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Friend, do you want to
experience that salvation? Do
you want to have the assurance
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of your justification and your
redemption from sin? I would
invite you today, by faith, to
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reach out and clasp the hand
of Jesus and accept His plan for
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your life. Heavenly Father,
there may be some who are
watching today who are hearing
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for the first time the promise
of the Gospel message. For that
individual, I want to pray for
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them, that by faith, they would
accept Your promise, that they
would be adopted as a son or a
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daughter, that they would come
to You and enjoy life eternal.
For others who are listening
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today, they accepted this
promise of salvation some time
ago, I would pray that they
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today would renew that decision
that they've made, that they
would lay all things aside, come
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to You, give their lives to You,
and be committed to You until
Your Son Jesus comes again in
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glory. Please, Lord, keep us
for that day. We pray in Jesus'
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name, amen. Friends, it is a
thrilling journey to walk with
Jesus Christ, the One Who wants
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to adopt you as a son or
daughter, Who wants to redeem
you. As you accept that mission
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by faith, Jesus wants to enter
deeply with you in that
relationship. And so today, I'd
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like to offer you an edition of
Signs of the Times that is
called "What the Bible says
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about Salvation." In that little
magazine, you will find
resources to help you grow in
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this relationship with Jesus.
You will be able to dive deeper
in your understanding of Who
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Jesus is and what He wants to do
for you. Here's the information
you need to receive today's
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offer. My dear friends, in the
great cosmic battle "Star Wars"
between Christ and Satan, the
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Bible is clear: Jesus is the
Victor. And here's the amazing
thing: He wants to be your
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Father. He wants to adopt you as
a son or daughter and be that
perfect Father. If you'd like to
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get more information and
resources to grow in your
spiritual life, I want to invite
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you to go to our website,
ItIsWrittenCanada.ca. You can
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there receive an occasional
special quote to inspire you for
the day. Friend, I hope that
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today's program was a blessing.
I invite you to join us again
next week. Until then, remember,
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it is written: "Man shall not
live by bread alone, but by
every word that proceeds from
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the mouth of God."
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