Seventh Day Baptist
Christian Education Council
PO BOX 1678
Janesville, WI 53547
—Hebrews 9:11-22
by: Joy Choquette.
“I can do it myself!” Anyone who has spent time around a toddler is familiar with this phrase. We watch with a smile as the little person in our midst tries, fails, and tries again and again and again to master some new skill. Can we be like toddlers sometimes.? We try and try to “do faith” on our own—try to fix ourselves and those around us or make ourselves acceptable; do penance for our sins. But we will never master any of this on our own. It is only through Jesus Christ, the ultimate sacrifice for our sins, that we can find atonement and experience God’s mercy and love.