One of our members at Faith Lutheran Church in San Dimas asked the rhetorical question before our Thanksgiving-eve worship service, “Wouldn’t it be nice if people were camping out to get a into churches like they are to get into stores?”
I’ve heard of people who do go church “shopping”. Some are looking for the place at which God is calling them to witness and serve.
Others are doing what shoppers line up for, getting the greatest benefit for the lowest cost. They are making a consumer decision.
At Christmas, we offer the best deal imaginable, but it comes at a cost.
God has become human flesh in Jesus Christ. His death was the punishment for our sin. That was the cost.
God has given salvation to all who accept the gift.
That's the deal.
The Christian life is our response to the love of God given to us first in Jesus Christ.
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