We Are Saved

 




For anyone Jesus saves, newness in

Spirit is born from within.

(2 Corinthians 5:17, paraphrase)


Elders used to say, "God sits high and looks low." It's true, His insight is in every place, light and dark, all over this world (Proverbs 15:3; Psalm 139:8).

So it shouldn't be surprising to have found this cry of heart from a pastor in modern Bethlehem, which he may wrongly feel is an oppressive ghetto today instead of seeing the little town as the modern tourist site it is. Also different from how the pastor feels, we don't have anyway if knowing what ancient people group was most closely related to Mary as the Savior's birth mother.

We only know that in believing Jesus, we each are saved.

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Although I feel differently than this author and his illustrator when it comes to cattle and even mice (Mice could perhaps have been warded off with strong herbs in ancient times!); although I'm weary of us today trying to paint Jesus' birth as dirty and even diseased by some false accounts!, I want to hold and read this happy book to special little ones, one day:

https://youtu.be/WUfKUafo3g8?feature=shared






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