All Saints 2022: You're One, Too!
Blessed All Saints Day to each one of you, in the name of Jesus, the Lamb of God whom we worship and praise!
Consider the picture God gave to St. John, recorded in Revelation 7:9-17 for us also:
9 After this I looked, and behold, a great multitude that no one could number, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands, 10 and crying out with a loud voice, “Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!” 11 And all the angels were standing around the throne and around the elders and the four living creatures, and they fell on their faces before the throne and worshiped God, 12 saying, “Amen! Blessing and glory and wisdom and thanksgiving and honor and power and might be to our God forever and ever! Amen.”
13 Then one of the elders addressed me, saying, “Who are these, clothed in white robes, and from where have they come?” 14 I said to him, “Sir, you know.” And he said to me, “These are the ones coming out of the great tribulation. They have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
15 “Therefore they are before the throne of God, and serve Him day and night in His temple; and He who sits on the throne will shelter them with His presence. 16 They shall hunger no more, neither thirst anymore; the sun shall not strike them, nor any scorching heat.
17 For the Lamb in the midst of the throne will be their Shepherd, and He will guide them to springs of living water, and God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.”
WOW! This image is so perfect, no man-made image can fully capture its beauty. But the truly beautiful thing about this picture is... you're in it! If you believe that Jesus is your Savior, the Lamb of God who forgives your sins, then this is where and how you will spend eternity!
Come to Pilgrim (or watch us online) this Sunday to learn more, including how Jesus makes us saints even today, living in the world which does not know Him. Come be comforted in knowing you are a child of God!
Peace in Christ,
Pastor Mark
Pilgrim Lutheran Church, LCMS Burton, Michigan
office: 810.744.1188
mobile: 248.881.7627
Soli Deo Gloria
"Blesséd be the Lord, who daily bears us up; God is our salvation.” Psalm 68:19
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