Good news
MONTHLY NEWSLETTER OF CENTENNIAL EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH JULY 2016 – VOLUME 7
Jesus Is My Savior from Sin The blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all sin.—1 John 1:7 As
we
celebrate
our
nation’s
Or could it? The Bible says sin is a
Independence Day, we have plenty of
deadly threat to our souls. It covers us
reasons to be thankful. Throughout the
like so much dirt and makes us
generations, the Lord has blessed us
unworthy to stand before a perfect
with peace and protection. He has
God. In fact, it is so dangerous that just
spared us from many evils.
one “little” sin is enough to keep us out of heaven!
Yet the world is full of danger. What poses the greatest threat to us today?
Who could save us from this great
War?
Crime?
danger? Only the one who had no sin—
Political discord? Natural disasters?
Jesus Christ. As God’s Son, he came to
Financial collapse? Actually, there is a
live as one of us. He never committed
threat that is greater than all of these.
even one “little” sin. Yet he suffered for
It is sin.
our sin, to take away the punishment
Poverty?
Terrorism?
we deserved for it. He shed his perfect Sin doesn’t seem so dangerous. It’s all
blood on the cross for us. “The blood of
around us. We live with it all our lives.
Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all sin.”
We get used to it. It doesn’t always set off alarms in our minds like so many
Jesus’ blood washes us clean! It
other threats do. Sin may not be good,
removes every last stain of sin from our
but it’s not going to kill us.
souls. Through faith in Jesus, we stand Continued on page 2...
I have lived, Sir, a long time, and
the longer I live, the more convincing proofs I see of this truth - God governs in the affairs of men, and if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without His notice, is it possible that an empire can rise without His aid?
f all the dispositions and habits O which lead to political prosperity, religion and morality are indispensable supports. It is impossible to rightly govern the world without God and the Bible.
B ut now that you have been set
free from sin and have become slaves of God, the benefit you reap leads to holiness, and the result is eternal life.