God promises to send a forerunner to the Messiah, who will prepare the way by cleansing the people as a refiner would use fire or fuller’s soap. Being purified is not an easy task for the refiner or for the person who is being refined. But it offers us a chance to be free of our sins and evil ways and to have room for new and glorious growth in God.
God’s word comes to Isaiah, cleanses him of his sin and guilt. He asks whom he shall send, and Isaiah responds, “Here I am,...
In Luke, we hear the parable of the tree which does not produce. The owner says cut it down, but the gardener asks that...
God snactifies us through the suffering of Chirst. Christ came and suffered and died so that we could be forgiven of our sins. Through...