you will be forgiven; give and it will be given to you, and you will receive in your sack good
measure, pressed down, full and running over. For the measure you give will be the measure
you receive back.”
Reflect
The most fundamental claim any Christian makes about themselves is a humbling one: I am a
sinner. If we do not recognize our own sinfulness, what need do we have for salvation or for a
Savior? If we do not need to be saved from our sin and the death that results from it, Jesus is just
a life coach or a wisdom teacher, encouraging us to live our best lives. But Jesus is so much more
than that! Jesus is God made flesh, who came to live and die as one of us, to bring forgiveness
and mercy, and to break the chains of death, once and for all.
We turn to God and confess our sins, the evil we have done and the good we have failed to do.
We admit to the times that we have not followed God’s commandments and when we have
failed to love our neighbors. We beg for the grace and strength we need to change our lives.
God responds with abundant mercy, “pressed down, full and running over.
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