Good News for All Peoples - Pastor Lionel Lam
We are grateful for the acceptance and love of our Community Service members who come from different faith backgrounds, and for the precious time we spent together in this "Love Garden". Dr. Milton Wai-yiu Wan once said there is good but also evil in a person. But it is most difficult to understand how a person can do some very touching acts of kindness, only to be found out later that this same person has also done some very ugly evil things.
The good news for all peoples during Christmas is that a virgin had conceived and given birth to a child from the Holy Spirit, named Jesus. He will save His peoples from their sins and will dwell with them. The character of a Christian is to confess and repent of any wrongdoings and always remember that they are saved by God’s great love. As Amy Sand wrote in her song "Live out Love": "There is a love that comes from heaven, higher than the mountains, deeper than the seas, unfathomable, nonphysical, but visible. Because of you, because of me, willingly we give all our heart to live out this Love.” This song reminds the believers that we will not bear the fruits of righteousness by just doing good deeds, we are willing to love and give, as a response to the love that comes from heaven.
The common thread that runs through all the articles in this newsletter is the wish for the pandemic to be over soon, so that we will be able to interact with each other physically just like we did before. Don't miss the most precious gift mentioned in Pastor Rosita Lee's article on the Treasure Box. Also, the story about how Wen Ping Jia and her daughter came to the ESL class by chance and discovered the treasures in the Bible. Then they did their utmost to seek and learn about this love from heaven. I wish you will learn more about the Bible during Christmas and will be given this love from heaven.
Postscript: The details of the birth of Jesus Christ are recorded in the books of Matthew and Luke, chapters 1 and 2 (Mt 1:18-25, 2:1-23; Lk 1:26-56, 2:1-20)