God's answer to our sin problem

​Matthew 1:18-21

A little boy wrote a letter to Santa Claus:
 
Dear Santa,
There are three boys living at my house. Jeffrey is two. David is four. Norman is seven.  Jeffrey is good some of the time. David is good some of the time. Norman is good all of the time. I am Norman.
 
Most of us are a lot like Norman. We want to believe that we are “good all of the time.” But that’s not true. We are not good. We are not right with God. And we cannot be right with God by our own effort.
 
You’ve probably seen these words on Christmas cards. The words are simple – but so true: “If our greatest need had been information, God would have sent us an educator. If our greatest need had been technology, God would have sent us a scientist. If our greatest need had been money, God would have sent us an economist. If our greatest need had been pleasure, God would have sent us an entertainer. But our greatest need was forgiveness – so God sent us a Savior.”
 
Thanks be to God for our Savior!
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