If you’re a Christian, God gives you only 1 main necessity in life: simply to be with Him.
Many religious things people may do are not commanded by, nor are they pleasing to, God. For Christians, the things that God expects us to uphold are found in God’s holy Word. Are there any dead traditions that God is trying to lay to rest in your life? Allow the Heavenly Father, through Jesus Christ, to do a fresh, new work in and through you!
Of the many amazing things that God does for us in His work of salvation, one true gift of grace is how the Lord not only forgives us our sins, but He also chooses to forget our sins.
In Biblical times, it was known that only God could cleanse a person from Leprosy. Hidden away in God’s Law was a lengthy procedure that the priests would perform, if and when God cleansed the leper. The only problem was that this law was not performed in the Old Covenant times. God then used this law of the leper to help reveal the Messiah.
Jesus gets baptized by John the Baptist, empowered by the Spirit, resists the devil’s temptations and is about to begin His Earthly ministry.