THE ORANGE LEAF
Jesus is the Son of God.

The very first verse in the Bible tells us that in the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. In order to create time, heavens and the earth, God had to stand outside of it. To me, this tells me God is very powerful. At the same time, no detail is missed by the Creator, including the hemline of the priest's robes (Exodus 39) and the very hairs on my head. This tells me God is amazing.

Indeed, the very hairs of your head

are all numbered. Don't be afraid;

you are worth more than many sparrows.

Luke 12:7

God, the Creator, spoke and it was, and He has given us His Son. Born of the virgin Mary, Jesus Christ is the Son of God. God gave Jesus all authority. Jesus is the way, the truth and the life. By belief in Christ, we have access to God. Jesus is God incarnate.

He is the image of the invisible God,

the firstborn over all creation. 

For by him all things were created:

things in heaven and on earth,

visible and invisible,

whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities;

all things were created by him and for him.

Colossians 1:15-16

and

For God was pleased to have 

all his fullness dwell in him,

and through him to reconcile to himself all things,

whether things on earth

or things in heaven,

by making peace through his blood,

shed on the cross.

Colossians 1: 19-20

Have you read the Parable of the Tenants lately? Jesus tells us in Matthew 21:33-45 a story about a landowner who planted a vineyard. Tenants rented from the landowner. When harvest came, the nasty tenants beat the landowner's servants who had come to collect the fruit. Then, the landowner sent his son, thinking the tenants would respect his son.  

"But when the tenants saw the son,

they said to each other,

'This is the heir. Come, let's kill him

and take his inheritance.'

Matthew 21:38

Don't kill your opportunity. People become children of God because of their belief in Jesus Christ. If we were all born children of God, there would be no need for redemption. (With babies, I trust God's judgment.) Trust God. Pray believing. Pray praising. Present your petitions to God in Jesus' name. I'd rather believe only to find out it never was than to not believe and find out it really is. 

Catch the Orange Leaf that the Maple Tree freely gives. By grace, we are saved and wait with hope.