The Kingdom is the most basic gospel message. When you understand the fundamental facts about the kingdom of God you understand the fundamental facts about the gospel. 

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Those in darkness and the shadow of death have seen a great light! This is a proclamation that is found in the reading from Isaiah and the Gospel of Matthew today. It is the true blessing of the gospel that we have. A light, Christ Himself walks among us and raises us out of darkness and sin into the kingdom of God. But, how few of us know this because we seek to remain apart from Him and others in His Church. He calls us to repent and be saved. But will we respond?

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Jesus in the desert, being tempted is something that reveals to us that we need not live sinful lives. Our baptism frees us to live by grace so we can overcome sin and be more than conquerors in this life.

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The baptism of Jesus was more about our salvation than most of us are aware of. It was about Jesus submitting to the will of the Father and being numbered with us and paved the way to our new birth.

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Today as we look over the life of Christ we consider the hidden life that Jesus led when he was a child and young adult prior to His baptism and ministry that gets so much attention. He spent close to thirty years outside the lens of recorded history. A period of time when he is like each one of us. Where we can identify with him in his working and living and getting by.

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As we do a brief overview of the life of Jesus we review 3 specific events of his infancy, the Ephiphany, Presentation and the Flight to Egypt. Each one of these events reveals something of the Messianic nature of Jesus' life and how we come to him as our Savoir.

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As we review the events that lead up to the Birth of Christ we are reminded of how God was at work in the Old Testament period to prepare us and the world for the coming of Christ as a person we can relate to. This, in turn, helps us understand our need to be united with Him and we find that the moment in which we become united with Christ is our baptism.

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What does the Word of Faith movement teach that is true of our rights as believers? It is simply that we can claim what belongs to us in Christ. We can claim the blessings and healings that come from being a Christian, but only as far as we identify with the cross of Christ. If we suffer for Him, we will reign with Him.

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Here I am Lord. I come to do your will. This is the response verse that we declare in the Mass today, but do we really mean it? Do we truly want to be who God has designed us to become or do we only want to pursue our own happiness and what we want to identify as? 

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Too often we forget who Jesus is for each of us. We get busy and get lost in all that we do and fail to know Him. But Christ calls us to me. He calls us to come to Him.

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