Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church

Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church
9 E Homestead Ave. Palisades Park, NJ 07650 201-944-2107 Sundays 11:00 a.m. We preach Christ crucified (1. Corinthians 1,23)

Wednesday, February 25, 2015

Devotional thoughts for Wednesday

Wednesday 25. February 2015
Invocavit 
The 7. Day of Lent 

And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen His glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth. (John 1,14) 


This is the Annunciation Window in our church. One the left we see the serpent in the Garden of Eden who tempted Adam and Eve to disobey God and sin by eating from the forbidden tree of knowledge of good and evil. 

Sin demands redemption by blood. First, the blood of lambs forgave the sins of Israel, but those sacrifices had to be repeated daily and yearly. Then God the Father sent His Only Son, Jesus, to be the promised Christ. Jesus took upon Himself human flesh and became a man. He was born to become the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world. So great was this gift to mankind that God sent the angel Gabriel to announce His conception to Mary and Joseph. 

Prayer: O LORD, stir up our hearts so that by meditating upon the birth of Jesus we may behold from the Holy Scriptures Your mind that desires to save all men and women from sin and the curse of the Fall.  Amen. 

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