As many of us put up our Christmas trees and decorate our homes, make our shopping lists and hit the Malls, and prepare a mountain of food and plan for the parties, summer is arriving in Pume land, Venezuela, and that means great fishing and hunting. And so the Pume people often pack everything up and head out for the lakes for a month or more. Yes, these people are semi-nomadic. They are hunters and gatherers. They are far away from the world we know. They will have no Christmas Eve celebrations and won’t be eating a turkey. And they won’t be receiving any Christmas cards or be listening to any cantatas on the Christmas story. And they won’t be receiving any gifts from under the tree either……
BUT… many of them live having received the greatest gift of all!! For you see……
"We know about the from-Heaven One. Yes, we know about the One who came down. We know about him obeying His Father and entering the womb of a woman. We know about His being born in a cow-house. We know about his straight-living life, his not going off the trail of truth one single time. And we know about his being dipped by John the baptizer. And we also know about his teaching. But no, many hated him. They truly didn’t like his straight words, his non-playing around words. No, they took him. They killed him, nailing his hands and feet to the pole. Not having sinned one time, He became like one who had sinned many times because all our sin was heaped up on Him. His blood ran. He groaned. He was abused with words. And suddenly he was truly lonely as the true Spirit and Father left him because of that sin. They truly left him behind. And he hung there and didn’t come down, even though he could have if he wanted to. No, he stayed. And having paid in full, he died. Ah yes, we know about him. We know about the one who came back to life after three days. We know about the one who fully paid the Father who was demanding blood and death from us. Yes, we know Him. He is our Deliverer, our Substitute Payer, our Substitute Sin-Bearer, and our Substitute Anger-Bearer. Yes, we know the one who is now seated in the important place beside the true Father. And it is in Him that we live believing."
We rejoice in the privilege of serving our Lord, and experiencing the reality of lives transformed… forever!
You are part of this. Thank you for the privileged of serving together with you!
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