From Bitterness to Forgiveness
he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.”
Bitterness can’t withstand the transforming power of the Holy Spirit. That’s what God revealed after bringing me through the Rwandan genocide.
When I was only 6, my grandmother and uncle — who were taking care of me — were both killed by our neighbors when tribal unrest broke out in Rwanda. My whole life was shattered. The little faith I had was gone, and I often wondered why my life was spared in those months of horror.
A first glimpse of hope came into my life when I received my Operation Christmas Child shoebox gift. At my orphanage, many children were displaced, so to have my own gift was special. Joy overwhelmed me, as I had toys to play with and a comb I kept for years, but the most profound impact was realizing someone around the world was thinking about me. That planted a seed of hope during a time when I felt lost.
A year later, God began revealing the miracles He’d done to save my life. I gave my life to the Lord and started abiding in Him daily, as Jesus instructs in John 15:5:
“I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.”
The more I abided in God, the more He pruned away my bitterness. Abiding was the only way I could heal from such pain.
In my healing process, I prayed that I’d meet those who killed my family. While I wanted to face the people responsible for so much pain in my life, I also prayed God would give me strength to forgive. God diligently weeded out the bitterness in my heart, making room for His fruit of forgiveness.
In 2013, on a return trip to Rwanda, God answered my prayer. I visited the man responsible for killing my uncle, and by God’s grace, I shared that I forgave him.
What started with a shoebox gift led to my salvation, healing and ultimately miraculous forgiveness.
I’m not perfect at abiding in God. For a time, I was even angry at God for my pain — but in anger, I was blinded to the miracles God did to save me and glorify His name. I’m challenged to abide in Jesus daily because my healing process is ongoing.
We may never forget pain, but we don’t have to live bound to bitterness. I pray you take your next step toward forgiveness. Do you need to stop blaming Jesus for past hurts and instead accept Him as your Lord and Savior? Do you need to forgive someone or ask for forgiveness? Or you may live in peace, but you still need to share the gospel with someone. Whatever the case, may you abide in Jesus and allow Him to transform your heart.
God, thank You for forgiving our sins against You. Uproot bitterness in our hearts, and bear forgiveness in us as a fruit of Your Spirit. As You walk us through healing, help us abide in You. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.
Jesus Wants You To Know...
"Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is - his good, pleasing and perfect will." - Romans 12:2
Am I Really Saved?
𝗤𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: 𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗜 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗜 𝗮𝗺 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝘀𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗱?
First let us
understand what salvation is.
𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝗮𝗹𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻?
Firstly, we
need to talk about salvation. If we do not have a scriptural understanding of
salvation, how can we know whether we truly have it? Salvation is simply the
deliverance from sin through faith in Jesus Christ. A person is truly saved
when He accepts that he is a sinner, repents for his sins, and by faith,
accepts the free gift of salvation made possible by Jesus’ sacrifice on the
cross as revealed in the Bible.
𝗘𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘀𝗮𝗹𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻
To know whether
you are saved, you need to look at yourself in the light of the Scriptures. If
you are sure that you have repented of your sins, and believe that Jesus Christ
died on the cross for your sins, you will doubtless see the following evidence in
your life.
𝟭. 𝗔 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗱 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲 – 𝗔 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗖𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝗖𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁
Once saved, the
Bible says we are new creations in Jesus Christ (2 Corinthians 5:17). We are no
longer slaves of sin. Jesus has set us free not only from the condemnation and
effects of sin, but also from the power of sin over us.
Romans 8:1-2
𝗪𝗲 𝗱𝗼 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝘂𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝘀𝗶𝗻
Freedom from
sin does not mean that we should continue to sin:
Romans 6:1-5
𝑊ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑠ℎ𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑤𝑒 𝑠𝑎𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛? 𝑆ℎ𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑤𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑢𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝑠𝑖𝑛, 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑒 𝑚𝑎𝑦 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑? 𝐺𝑜𝑑 𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑏𝑖𝑑. 𝐻𝑜𝑤 𝑠ℎ𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑤𝑒, 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑑𝑒𝑎𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑖𝑛, 𝑙𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑦 𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑖𝑛? 𝐾𝑛𝑜𝑤 𝑦𝑒 𝑛𝑜𝑡, 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑠𝑜 𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝑢𝑠 𝑎𝑠 𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑏𝑎𝑝𝑡𝑖𝑧𝑒𝑑 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑜 𝐽𝑒𝑠𝑢𝑠 𝐶ℎ𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑡 𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑏𝑎𝑝𝑡𝑖𝑧𝑒𝑑 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑜 ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑑𝑒𝑎𝑡ℎ? 𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑤𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑏𝑢𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑑 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ ℎ𝑖𝑚 𝑏𝑦 𝑏𝑎𝑝𝑡𝑖𝑠𝑚 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑜 𝑑𝑒𝑎𝑡ℎ: 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑎𝑠 𝐶ℎ𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑡 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑟𝑎𝑖𝑠𝑒𝑑 𝑢𝑝 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑑𝑒𝑎𝑑 𝑏𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑔𝑙𝑜𝑟𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐹𝑎𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟, 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛 𝑠𝑜 𝑤𝑒 𝑎𝑙𝑠𝑜 𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑤𝑎𝑙𝑘 𝑖𝑛 𝑛𝑒𝑤𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑙𝑖𝑓𝑒. 𝐹𝑜𝑟 𝑖𝑓 𝑤𝑒 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑏𝑒𝑒𝑛 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜𝑔𝑒𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑜𝑓 ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑑𝑒𝑎𝑡ℎ, 𝑤𝑒 𝑠ℎ𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑏𝑒 𝑎𝑙𝑠𝑜 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑜𝑓 ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛.
𝐾𝑛𝑜𝑤𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠, 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑜𝑙𝑑 𝑚𝑎𝑛 𝑖𝑠 𝑐𝑟𝑢𝑐𝑖𝑓𝑖𝑒𝑑 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ ℎ𝑖𝑚, 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑏𝑜𝑑𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝑠𝑖𝑛 𝑚𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑏𝑒 𝑑𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑜𝑦𝑒𝑑, 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 ℎ𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑡ℎ 𝑤𝑒 𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑠𝑒𝑟𝑣𝑒 𝑠𝑖𝑛. 𝐹𝑜𝑟 ℎ𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑖𝑠 𝑑𝑒𝑎𝑑 𝑖𝑠 𝑓𝑟𝑒𝑒𝑑 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑠𝑖𝑛. 𝑁𝑜𝑤 𝑖𝑓 𝑤𝑒 𝑏𝑒 𝑑𝑒𝑎𝑑 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝐶ℎ𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑡, 𝑤𝑒 𝑏𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑣𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑤𝑒 𝑠ℎ𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑎𝑙𝑠𝑜 𝑙𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ ℎ𝑖𝑚: 𝐾𝑛𝑜𝑤𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝐶ℎ𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑡 𝑏𝑒𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑟𝑎𝑖𝑠𝑒𝑑 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑑𝑒𝑎𝑑 𝑑𝑖𝑒𝑡ℎ 𝑛𝑜 𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑒; 𝑑𝑒𝑎𝑡ℎ ℎ𝑎𝑡ℎ 𝑛𝑜 𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑑𝑜𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟 ℎ𝑖𝑚. 𝐹𝑜𝑟 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 ℎ𝑒 𝑑𝑖𝑒𝑑, ℎ𝑒 𝑑𝑖𝑒𝑑 𝑢𝑛𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑖𝑛 𝑜𝑛𝑐𝑒: 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 ℎ𝑒 𝑙𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑡ℎ, ℎ𝑒 𝑙𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑡ℎ 𝑢𝑛𝑡𝑜 𝐺𝑜𝑑. 𝐿𝑖𝑘𝑒𝑤𝑖𝑠𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑘𝑜𝑛 𝑦𝑒 𝑎𝑙𝑠𝑜 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑣𝑒𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑒 𝑑𝑒𝑎𝑑 𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑒𝑑 𝑢𝑛𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑖𝑛, 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑢𝑛𝑡𝑜 𝐺𝑜𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ 𝐽𝑒𝑠𝑢𝑠 𝐶ℎ𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑡 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝐿𝑜𝑟𝑑. 𝐿𝑒𝑡 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑠𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑖𝑔𝑛 𝑖𝑛 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝑏𝑜𝑑𝑦, 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑦𝑒 𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑜𝑏𝑒𝑦 𝑖𝑡 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑙𝑢𝑠𝑡𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑜𝑓. 𝑁𝑒𝑖𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑦𝑖𝑒𝑙𝑑 𝑦𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑚𝑒𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑎𝑠 𝑖𝑛𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑢𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑢𝑛𝑟𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡𝑒𝑜𝑢𝑠𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑢𝑛𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑖𝑛: 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑦𝑖𝑒𝑙𝑑 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑣𝑒𝑠 𝑢𝑛𝑡𝑜 𝐺𝑜𝑑, 𝑎𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑠𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑑𝑒𝑎𝑑, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑚𝑒𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑎𝑠 𝑖𝑛𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑢𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑟𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡𝑒𝑜𝑢𝑠𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑢𝑛𝑡𝑜 𝐺𝑜𝑑. 𝐹𝑜𝑟 𝑠𝑖𝑛 𝑠ℎ𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑛𝑜𝑡 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑑𝑜𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑦𝑜𝑢: 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑦𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑙𝑎𝑤, 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟 𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑒. 𝑊ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛? 𝑠ℎ𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑤𝑒 𝑠𝑖𝑛, 𝑏𝑒𝑐𝑎𝑢𝑠𝑒 𝑤𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑙𝑎𝑤, 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟 𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑒? 𝐺𝑜𝑑 𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑏𝑖𝑑. 𝐾𝑛𝑜𝑤 𝑦𝑒 𝑛𝑜𝑡, 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑤ℎ𝑜𝑚 𝑦𝑒 𝑦𝑖𝑒𝑙𝑑 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑣𝑒𝑠 𝑠𝑒𝑟𝑣𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑜𝑏𝑒𝑦, ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑠𝑒𝑟𝑣𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑠 𝑦𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑤ℎ𝑜𝑚 𝑦𝑒 𝑜𝑏𝑒𝑦; 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝑠𝑖𝑛 𝑢𝑛𝑡𝑜 𝑑𝑒𝑎𝑡ℎ, 𝑜𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝑜𝑏𝑒𝑑𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑢𝑛𝑡𝑜 𝑟𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡𝑒𝑜𝑢𝑠𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑠? 𝐵𝑢𝑡 𝐺𝑜𝑑 𝑏𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑘𝑒𝑑, 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑦𝑒 𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑒𝑟𝑣𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑠𝑖𝑛, 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑦𝑒 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑜𝑏𝑒𝑦𝑒𝑑 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑡ℎ𝑒 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑚 𝑜𝑓 𝑑𝑜𝑐𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑒 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑐ℎ 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑑𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑦𝑜𝑢. 𝐵𝑒𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑚𝑎𝑑𝑒 𝑓𝑟𝑒𝑒 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑠𝑖𝑛, 𝑦𝑒 𝑏𝑒𝑐𝑎𝑚𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑒𝑟𝑣𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑟𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡𝑒𝑜𝑢𝑠𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑠. 𝐼 𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑎𝑘 𝑎𝑓𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑛𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝑚𝑒𝑛 𝑏𝑒𝑐𝑎𝑢𝑠𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑖𝑛𝑓𝑖𝑟𝑚𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑓𝑙𝑒𝑠ℎ: 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑎𝑠 𝑦𝑒 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑦𝑖𝑒𝑙𝑑𝑒𝑑 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑚𝑒𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑠𝑒𝑟𝑣𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑢𝑛𝑐𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑛𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑖𝑛𝑖𝑞𝑢𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑢𝑛𝑡𝑜 𝑖𝑛𝑖𝑞𝑢𝑖𝑡𝑦; 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛 𝑠𝑜 𝑛𝑜𝑤 𝑦𝑖𝑒𝑙𝑑 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑚𝑒𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑠𝑒𝑟𝑣𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑟𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡𝑒𝑜𝑢𝑠𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑢𝑛𝑡𝑜 ℎ𝑜𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑠. 𝐹𝑜𝑟 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑦𝑒 𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑒𝑟𝑣𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑠𝑖𝑛, 𝑦𝑒 𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑓𝑟𝑒𝑒 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑟𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡𝑒𝑜𝑢𝑠𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑠. 𝑊ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑓𝑟𝑢𝑖𝑡 ℎ𝑎𝑑 𝑦𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑠𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑠 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑜𝑓 𝑦𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑛𝑜𝑤 𝑎𝑠ℎ𝑎𝑚𝑒𝑑? 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑒𝑛𝑑 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑠𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑠 𝑖𝑠 𝑑𝑒𝑎𝑡ℎ. 𝐵𝑢𝑡 𝑛𝑜𝑤 𝑏𝑒𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑚𝑎𝑑𝑒 𝑓𝑟𝑒𝑒 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑠𝑖𝑛, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑏𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑠𝑒𝑟𝑣𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝐺𝑜𝑑, 𝑦𝑒 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑓𝑟𝑢𝑖𝑡 𝑢𝑛𝑡𝑜 ℎ𝑜𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑠, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑒𝑛𝑑 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑙𝑎𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑙𝑖𝑓𝑒. 𝐹𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑔𝑒𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑠𝑖𝑛 𝑖𝑠 𝑑𝑒𝑎𝑡ℎ; 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑔𝑖𝑓𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝐺𝑜𝑑 𝑖𝑠 𝑒𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑛𝑎𝑙 𝑙𝑖𝑓𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ 𝐽𝑒𝑠𝑢𝑠 𝐶ℎ𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑡 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝐿𝑜𝑟𝑑.
