Maranatha Chapel

Jesus invites us to come to him. I love that. The very first word in this invitation is come. And this is where the gospel begins. Not with an admonition to go and clean yourself up or go and fix all your problems, but rather come to me. This is what Jesus says. You know, religion, it points a long judgmental finger and says, go first and deal with your problems or or or fix this and that in your life, and then come back once you're all cleaned up and nice and pretty. Meanwhile, Jesus spreads his arms wide and says, come just as you are.