God is not in the business of making us slaves; He is in the adoption business. He makes us his sons and daughters and freely gives us all good things. When we ask for His forgiveness, He wipes away our sin and forgets it ever happened. What a loving Father!
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Today is April Fools Day - a day that has traditionally been used to play practical jokes on people. We get pleasure out of tricking people. It is normally good natured. In Australia it only lasts until noon with anybody playing a joke after that time being a fool. Maybe you can think of some good April Fools day tricks? When it is not good natured most of us are not happy of being made a fool. There are many people with our community who think that the gospel, ie the good news of Jesus is a joke and that "you would be a fool to believe such a thing". Paul in 1 Corinthians 1:18 says "the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing but to us who are being saved it is the power of salvation". While for many the gospel doesn't make any sense the reality is that god gave himself for each of us simply because he loves us and wants us to join his team. No joke! Gods peace Pastor Neil
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