APRIL REFLECTONS FROM PASTOR JESSIE

                                 “Just tell the devil, the old deceiver: ‘But I am baptized!
​          And I have the promise that God loves me and saves me. Get away from me.'” -Martin Luther

This is one of my very favorite Martin Luther quotes. It is a great thought as we transition from the reflective time of Lent to the celebration of Easter. Remember that you are baptized, marked with the cross of Christ forever. Nothing can separate you from the love of Christ. Luther’s overwhelming concern is how does he know that he is saved? That he is right with God? It was not until he was studying the Psalms and Romans that he understood that it is not what he does that makes him right with God. It is what God does.

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