"It's not a secret: sometimes it's hard to find Jesus in church. Some of us have gotten used to the routine and the way things unfold in our weekly church services, and we just can't seem to move beyond going through the motions. Others of us have been disappointed or we've become disenchanted, and we've decided to look for Jesus outside the church building. Others have gotten bored with the whole thing, and no longer expect to find Jesus in either the church or the Church. And then, there are those of us who find great comfort and deep meaning in both the church building, and the Church of God.
Jesus built the Church on Peter's confession that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of Living God. Jesus pronounced that not even the gates of hell would prevail against it. Christ's grace is at work in the church. And, in the Church. In Advent Church, let's celebrate the truth that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of the Living God, and let the Church say, "Amen."
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