Way of Jesus 9: The River of Life & the Eternal Promise

Walnut Grove Lutheran Church podcast

Being a person of hope requires that we hold in our heart two seemingly opposite truths at the same time. First, the world, including us, has been thoroughly infected and broken by evil and that brokenness is beyond any human ability to repair. And second, Jesus Christ, through his life, death, and resurrection, paid the full cost for all the evil and brokenness in the world to be forgiven and healed. The first truth helps us to accept this world as it really is and live our lives according to that reality. The second truth helps us to be people of faith and hope in a broken and hurting world. With Jesus, we know how the world’s story ends, and that makes all the difference. (Based on Rev. 22:1-13.)