17 min

Welcome Home‪!‬ Saint Athanasius Lutheran Church

    • Christianity

Well done, good and faithful servant. Welcome home! He heard the words. He opened his eyes. It was light. And warm. There were the prophets he'd just been thinking about -- Jeremiah, Isaiah, Moses, and Amos. The life he preached he was now in. What had happened? And one day, just as John's headless body will rise, so will yours. Whole, complete, perfect, and glorious. Because Jesus rose. And baptized into His death, you are also baptized into His resurrection. So come and receive His body, and His life. Come receive the forgiveness of your sins. Come receive and know that -- like John -- there is nothing in all creation that can now separate you from His love.

Well done, good and faithful servant. Welcome home! He heard the words. He opened his eyes. It was light. And warm. There were the prophets he'd just been thinking about -- Jeremiah, Isaiah, Moses, and Amos. The life he preached he was now in. What had happened? And one day, just as John's headless body will rise, so will yours. Whole, complete, perfect, and glorious. Because Jesus rose. And baptized into His death, you are also baptized into His resurrection. So come and receive His body, and His life. Come receive the forgiveness of your sins. Come receive and know that -- like John -- there is nothing in all creation that can now separate you from His love.

17 min