Second Sunday of Easter with Holy Baptism

Sunday, April 12, 2026

Almighty God,

whose Son Jesus Christ is the resurrection and the life

of all who put their trust in him:

raise us, we pray, from the death of sin

to the life of righteousness;

that we may ever seek the things which are above,

where he reigns with you and the Holy Spirit,

one God, now and forever. Amen.

Stay In Touch

Father Ted Starr - Priest-in-Charge - 0451 929 180 - edward.starr@anglicanchurchsq.org.au

Mrs Liz Peters - Rector’s Warden - 0400 844 946

Mrs Gail Symons - People’s Warden - 0409 618 511

Mr Tony Hughes - People’s Warden - 0468 764 009

Zoom Church - 328 492 8300 - 548 747

Readings

for the Second Sunday of Easter

Acts 2:14a, 22-32

Psalm 16

1 Peter 1:1-12

John 20:19-31

Giving

Offering - 704 901 - 0000 0780

Building Fund - 704 901 - 0001 4767

Want to give in other ways? Cards are on sale at the back of the church.
Floral Festival Fundraising now begins. Your giving in the brown envelopes now go towards funding this important outreach ministry.

For Your Prayers

We ask of your goodness, Lord, to comfort and sustain all who in this transitory life are in trouble, sorrow, need, sickness, or any other adversity, and especially Shirley and Alan Kimber, Rosina, Alex, Ann, Lois, Barbara, Helena, Ian, Maggie, Uncle Peter, Chris, Bill Tattam, Jeff Byrne, Karne, Greg, Aaron, Joanne, Grace and Faith, Beryl Old, Fr David, and Nina. Please contact Fr Ted to be on this list. 

We also give thanks for those whose year’s mind occurs at this time, especially Dorothy Hiscox and Brian Jones. Rest eternal grant unto them, O Lord, and let light perpetual shine upon them.

Mission and Outreach

Meals for Woody Point Special School are starting again. Please label your meal with title, ingredients and date cooked, then freeze it, and bring it to church on Sunday. Meal containers are on the back table. Alternatively, give a monetary donation or supermarket gift card. For more information on both of these ministries, contact Elizabeth on 0404 080 861.

Barnabas Brekkie is on Saturday, 9 May to raise money for persecuted Christians in Ghana. Your parish needs you! Do you have a CostCo membership? Can you cook eggs and bacon, brew tea and coffee, wash dishes,or  move furniture? Contact Florine, Dale or Gail if so.

ANZAC Day at Woody Point is an important date in the life of our church. Can you help prepare the day before? Can you help set up and pack down morning tea?  Phone Vera on 0405 452 771 to volunteer your help.

Ministry During the Week

Mother’s Union meets at a new time: Third Wednesdays at 9am. Please note: MU this month will be at 11:30am for a social at Over There Cafe. All welcome.

Thursday Fellowship: every first and third Thursday from 9:30am to 11:30am. All welcome for a cuppa and a chat. Bring your craft to work on or just enjoy the company.

Caring and Sharing: every fourth Wednesday from 11am.

Talent Table: every last Sunday after each service.

Bible Study: Tuesdays at 9am and Thursdays at 7pm. All materials supplied.

The Week Ahead

Tues, 14 Apr

8:00 am - Holy Communion

9:30 am - Bible Study

Wed, 15 Apr

10:00 am - Holy Communion

11:30am - Mother’s Union Social at Over There Cafe

Thu, 16 Apr

9:30 am - Friendship and Craft Group

7:00 pm - Bible Study

Fri, 17 Apr

10:30 am - Ministry with Beaumont Aged Care

Sun, 19 Apr

7:00 am - Holy Communion for the Third Sunday of Easter

9:00 am - Holy Communion for the Third Sunday of Easter

Who is the Church of St Peter the Fisherman?

Welcome to worship, and may this Easter season bring you a new sense of the joy of the resurrection.

We are an Anglican church in the Diocese of Southern Queensland, a comprehensive diocese that contains many different expressions of Anglican Christianity.

We pray that our expression of Anglican Christianity was a means for your own spiritual nourishment.

If you would like to know more about what we do here, please take this pew sheet home with you, as well as a bookmark and information postcard. You are more than welcome to contact the parish priest, Father Ted, at any time using the contact details provided.

If you are experiencing any life events, such as endings, beginnings, or changes, there are many ways to bring the ancient traditions of the Church into your life. Father Ted is always happy to hear from you.

If you would like to learn more about the Lord Jesus Christ, the Bible, or how Anglicanism might fit your spirituality, please get in touch.

What is Baptism?

Today we welcomed the two newest members of the Kingdom of God in Holy Baptism. As an inititation rite, baptism can seem a bit outside the norm compared to, say, an Australian Citizenship Ceremony. But once you get a bit of idea of what it is all about, I am sure you will agree it is far more exciting! Firstly, we call baptism a “sacrament”. According to our Anglican Articles of Religion,”there are two sacraments ordained of Christ our Lord in the Gospel”: Baptism and Holy Communion. So, a sacrament is something that Christ has done, and has commanded us to continue. We are both obeying our Lord, as well as following in his footsteps – I think it is about as close to Jesus we can get on this side of eternity! Another thing to think about with regards to sacraments is that there are two parts: the part you can see, and the part you cannot. This definition comes from St Augustine of Hippo (354-430 AD), which we affirm in our catechism, who said that “sacraments are outward and visible signs of inward and spiritual grace”. So in a sacrament you have the “outward and visible”, which in baptism is the water. Alongside and at the same time, you also have the “inward and spiritual”. I suppose that leads us to our next question: the outward is obvious (water, bread and wine), but what is the inward and spiritual ? Note the word “grace”: “Grace is God’s favour towards us, unearned and undeserved; by grace God forgives our sins, enlightens our minds, stirs our hearts, and strengthens our wills.” In other words, grace is the free gift from God to us. In baptism, the grace we receive is admittance into the covenant people of God. God made a covenant with humanity – a covenant being a binding promise – completely by himself. That promise is everlasting life in his presence, showered with his love and blessing. In baptism we therefore enter into that covenant. Of course, one cannot just go through the motions and expect salvation – this is a loving relationship we are entering into, not an economic contract. But baptism is the sacrament – the outward and visible sign of that inward and spiritual grace. This also leads into the reason why we baptise infants and those who cannot make a profession of faith on their own. (Some Christian denominations will not baptise without that public declaration.) It is because God first loved us, and brought us into his covenant when we were still dead in our sins, that we baptise others in this way. 1 John 4:10 reads “In this is love, not that we have loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.” In baptism we celebrate God’s great love towards us, and our loving response to God.

Easter Day

Sunday, April 5, 2026

Glorious Lord of life,

by the mighty resurrection of your Son

you overcame the old order of sin and death

to make all things new in him:

grant that we, who celebrate with joy

Christ’s rising from the dead

may be raised from the death of sin

to the life of righteousness.

through him who lives and reigns with you

and the Holy Spirit,

one God, now and forever. Amen.

Stay In Touch

Father Ted Starr - Priest-in-Charge - 0451 929 180 - edward.starr@anglicanchurchsq.org.au

Mrs Liz Peters - Rector’s Warden - 0400 844 946

Mrs Gail Symons - People’s Warden - 0409 618 511

Mr Tony Hughes - People’s Warden - 0468 764 009

Zoom Church - 328 492 8300 - 548 747

Readings

for Easter Day

Acts 10:34 - 43

Psalm 118:1 - 2, 14 - 24

Colossians 3:1 - 4

Matthew 28:1 - 10

Giving

Offering - 704 901 - 0000 0780

Building Fund - 704 901 - 0001 4767

Want to give in other ways? Cards are on sale at the back of the church.

For Your Prayers

We ask of your goodness, Lord, to comfort and sustain all who in this transitory life are in trouble, sorrow, need, sickness, or any other adversity, and especially Shirley and Alan Kimber, Rosina, Alex, Ann, Lois, Barbara, Helena, Ian, Maggie, Uncle Peter, Chris, Bill Tattam, Jeff Byrne, Karne, Greg, Aaron, Joanne, Grace and Faith, Beryl Old, Fr David, and Nina. Please contact Fr Ted to be on this list.

We also give thanks for those whose year’s mind occurs at this time, and amongst them Gary McKenzie. Rest eternal grant unto them, O Lord, and let light perpetual shine upon them.

Mission and Outreach

Meals for Woody Point Special School are starting again. Please label your meal with title, ingredients and date cooked, then freeze it, and bring it to church on Sunday. Meal containers are on the back table. Alternatively, give a monetary donation or supermarket gift card. For more information on both of these ministries, contact Elizabeth on 0404 080 861.

Barnabas Brekkie is on Saturday, 9 May to raise money for persecuted Christians in Ghana. Your parish needs you! Do you have a CostCo membership? Can you cook eggs and bacon, brew tea and coffee, wash dishes,or  move furniture? Contact Florine, Dale or Gail if so.

Ministry During the Week

Mother’s Union meets at a new time: Third Wednesdays at 9am. Please note: MU this month will be at 11am for a social. Contact Gill for details.

Thursday Fellowship: every first and third Thursday from 9:30am to 11:30am. All welcome for a cuppa and a chat. Bring your craft to work on or just enjoy the company.

Caring and Sharing: every fourth Wednesday from 11am.

Talent Table: every last Sunday after each service.

Bible Study: Tuesdays at 9am and Thursdays at 7pm. All materials supplied.

The Week Ahead

Tues, 7 Apr

8:00 am - Holy Communion

9:30 am - Bible Study

11:30 am - Ministry at Beaumont Aged Care

Wed, 8 Apr

10:00 am - Holy Communion

Thu, 9 Apr

9:00 am - Growth Committee

7:00 pm - Bible Study

Fri, 10 Apr

11:00 am - Funeral for Robert Gary McKenzie

Sun, 12 Apr

7:00 am - Holy Communion

9:00 am - Holy Communion and Baptism

Who is the Church of St Peter the Fisherman?

Welcome to worship, and may this Easter season bring you a new sense of the joy of the resurrection.

We are an Anglican church in the Diocese of Southern Queensland, a comprehensive diocese that contains many different expressions of Anglican Christianity.

We pray that our expression of Anglican Christianity was a means for your own spiritual nourishment.

If you would like to know more about what we do here, please take this pew sheet home with you, as well as a bookmark and information postcard. You are more than welcome to contact the parish priest, Father Ted, at any time using the contact details provided.

If you are experiencing any life events, such as endings, beginnings, or changes, there are many ways to bring the ancient traditions of the Church into your life. Father Ted is always happy to hear from you.

If you would like to learn more about the Lord Jesus Christ, the Bible, or how Anglicanism might fit your spirituality, please get in touch.

Why did Jesus die on the cross?

Jesus’ death is the world-changing moment, the hinge upon which turns the history of the universe. The sky went dark for three hours between midday and three in the afternoon; there was an earthquake; and the curtain in the temple in Jerusalem, which separated the Holiest of Holies (in the centre of the temple) from the hoi polloi, tore open from top to bottom.

After his dead body was placed in the tomb, the people had to wait until the religious festival being held at the time was over before they could go and pay their respects, lest the dead body defile them ritually. When they did, they found the tomb without the corpse, and Jesus walking, talking and eating – Christ rose from the dead, never to die again.

But why? What did this accomplish?

Well, to begin with, we call this the “atonement” – Christ’s death and resurrection made us right with God in a way that we are now “at-one-with” God.

Next question, then: how? There are several “theories of the atonement” which try to explain the “how”, based off the biblical witness. I’ll just list three of them here; if you would like to know more, there is plenty of information online. I am, of course, more than happy to go into this deeper with you as well. This is one of the most-argued-about theological discussions, so feel comfortable with the idea of reflecting on this great mystery for the rest of your life. Also, more than one can be true at the same time!

Recapitulation theory: this theory draws on the “Second Adam” idea, for example in Romans 5:12-21. Adam was given the opportunity to obey God and failed. Because Jesus obeyed God perfectly, his atoning work was as the Second Adam, and he is now our covenant representative by faith: his obedience is counted as our own.

Moral influence (see also Example and Mystical) theory: this is the idea that Jesus’ moral perfection in life, culminating in such a death as his, inspires us to live as God would have us. It is more syllogistic and less exegetical than the other two listed here.

Penal Substitution theory: this is the historic Reformed position. It teaches that human sin requires justice from the holy God it offends, justice which Christ accepted in our place, because of his great love for us (see Isaiah 52 and 53). There is therefore no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, because he paid the penalty we owed.

Sunday of the Passion (Palm Sunday)

Sunday, March 29, 2026

Almighty and everlasting God,

of your tender love towards us

you sent your Son, our Saviour Jesus Christ,

to take upon him our flesh,

and to suffer death upon the cross,

that all should follow the example of his great humility:

mercifully grant

that we may both follow the example of his patience,

and also be made partakers of his resurrection;

through the same Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Stay In Touch

Father Ted Starr - Priest-in-Charge - 0451 929 180 - edward.starr@anglicanchurchsq.org.au

Mrs Liz Peters - Rector’s Warden - 0400 844 946

Mrs Gail Symons - People’s Warden - 0409 618 511

Mr Tony Hughes - People’s Warden - 0468 764 009

Zoom Church - 328 492 8300 - 548 747

Readings

for Passion Sunday

Isaiah 50:4 - 9a

Psalm 31:9 - 18

Philippians 2:5 - 11

Matthew 27:11 - 54

Giving

Offering - 704 901 - 0000 0780

Building Fund - 704 901 - 0001 4767

Want to give in other ways? Cards are on sale at the back of the church.

For Your Prayers

We ask of your goodness, Lord, to comfort and sustain all who in this transitory life are in trouble, sorrow, need, sickness, or any other adversity, and especially Shirley Kimber, Alex, Ann, Lois, Barbara, Helena, Ian, Maggie, Uncle Peter, Chris, Bill Tattam, Jeff Byrne, Karne, Greg, Aaron, Joanne, Grace and Faith, Beryl Old, Fr David, Nina, and Gary McKenzie. Please contact Fr Ted to be on this list.

We also give thanks for those whose year’s mind occurs at this time, and amongst them Gordon Bust and Alec Fisher. Rest eternal grant unto them, O Lord, and let light perpetual shine upon them.

Mission and Outreach

BCA (support for the Church in the Bush) are running a donation drive for water during Lent. Also, March is the time to return our BCA boxes. There are spare boxes on the back table – try filling one up with your spare change to support this ministry.

Meals for Woody Point Special School are starting again. Please label your meal with title, ingredients and date cooked, then freeze it, and bring it to church on Sunday. Meal containers are on the back table. Alternatively, give a monetary donation or supermarket gift card. For more information on both of these ministries, contact Elizabeth on 0404 080 861.

Barnabas Brekkie is on Saturday, 9 May to raise money for persecuted Christians in Ghana. Your parish needs you! Do you have a CostCo membership? Can you cook eggs and bacon, brew tea and coffee, wash dishes,or  move furniture? Contact Florine, Dale or Gail if so.

Ministry During the Week

Mother’s Union meets at a new time: Third Wednesdays at 9am.

Thursday Fellowship: every first and third Thursday from 9:30am to 11:30am. All welcome for a cuppa and a chat. Bring your craft to work on or just enjoy the company.

Caring and Sharing: every fourth Wednesday from 11am.

Talent Table: every last Sunday after the second service.

Bible Study: Tuesdays at 9am and Thursdays at 7pm. All materials supplied. Please Note: No Tues or Wed Services or Bible Studies this week.

Easter Services are now live on the website, the calendar at the front of the church, and inside this pew sheet. Please prayerfully consider engaging with the full suite of services that take us through our Lord’s arrest, passion, death and resurrection.

The Week Ahead

Tues, 31 Mar

7:00 pm - Chrism Mass at St John’s Cathedral

Wed, 01 Apr

10:00 am - Working Bee

Thu, 02 Apr

9:30 am - Friendship and Craft Group

6:00 pm - Agape Meal for Maundy Thursday, followed by The Watch

Fri, 03 Apr

8:30am - Good Friday

Sat, 04 Apr

8:00 am - Sung Matins

8:45 am - Working Bee

6:00 pm - The Great Vigil of Easter

Sun, 05 Apr

8:00 am - Easter Day

Easter is coming, and there are many ways you can enter into this time of the Church year with your parish.

 Tuesday, 31 March at 7pm, Chrism Mass will be held at St John’s Cathedral, where holy oils are blessed for the coming year.  If you have access to olive branches, do consider coming to help set up the side chapel on Wednesday, 1 April in preparation for the vigil on the following evening. Thursday, 2 April is Maundy Thursday, beginning with an Agape Meal at 6pm. Agape is the New Testament word for love, and we will affirm Christ’s command and example for us to love one another. Please sign on if you intend on joining us for the Meal. From the command to love one another, we move to Christ’s words “as I have loved you”, celebrating Holy Communion in the church, concluding with the stripping of the altar and The Watch at the Altar of Repose. Friday, 3 April is Good Friday, worship at 8:30am. Saturday, 4 April begins at 8:30am with a traditional service of Sung Matins, followed by a working bee to prepare the church for Easter, which begins that evening at 6:30pm with The Great Vigil of Easter. Do consider coming to this service; it is “the big one”. Sunday, 5 April is our combined service at 8am to celebrate Easter Day.

The Liturgy of the Palms

Hosanna to the Son of David. Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.

Behold your king comes to you, O Zion, meek and lowly, sitting upon an ass. Ride on in the cause of truth and for the sake of justice. Your throne is the throne of God, it endures for ever; and the sceptre of your kingdom is a righteous sceptre. You have loved righteousness and hated evil: therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness above your fellows.

Hosanna to the Son of David. Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.

The Lord be with you. And also with you.

Dear friends in Christ, during Lent we have been preparing by works of love and self-sacrifice for the celebration of our Lord’s death and resurrection. Today we come together to begin this solemn celebration in union with the Church throughout the world. Christ enters his own city to complete his work as our Saviour, to suffer, to die, and to rise again. Let us go with him in faith and love, so that, united with him in his sufferings, we may share his risen life.

The blessing of the palms:

 God our Saviour, whose Son Jesus Christ entered Jerusalem as Messiah to suffer and to die, let these  palms be for us signs of his victory; and grant that we who bear them in his name may ever hail him as our King, and follow him in the way that leads to eternal life; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, now and for ever. Amen.

The Gospel: Matthew 21:1-11

Let us go forth, praising Jesus our Messiah.

We process around and into the church, singing

TiS 333All Glory, Praise and Honour

The Fifth Sunday in Lent

Sunday, March 22, 2026

We thank you, heavenly Father,

that you have delivered us from the power of darkness

and brought us into the kingdom of your Son:

we pray that

as by his death he has recalled us to life,

so by his presence abiding in us he may raise us to joys eternal;

through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,

who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,

one God, now and forever. Amen.

Stay In Touch

Father Ted Starr - Priest-in-Charge - 0451 929 180 - edward.starr@anglicanchurchsq.org.au

Mrs Liz Peters - Rector’s Warden - 0400 844 946

Mrs Gail Symons - People’s Warden - 0409 618 511

Mr Tony Hughes - People’s Warden - 0468 764 009

Zoom Church - 328 492 8300 - 548 747

Readings

for The Fifth Sunday in Lent

Ezekiel 37:1 - 14

Psalm 130

Romans 8:6 - 11

John 11:1 - 45

Giving

Offering - 704 901 - 0000 0780

Building Fund - 704 901 - 0001 4767

Want to give in other ways? Cards are on sale at the back of the church.

For Your Prayers

We ask of your goodness, Lord, to comfort and sustain all who in this transitory life are in trouble, sorrow, need, sickness, or any other adversity, and especially Shirley Kimber, Alex, Ann, Lois, Barbara, Helena, Ian, Maggie, Dave, Uncle Peter, Chris, Bill Tattam, Jeff Byrne, Karne, Greg, Aaron, Joanne, Grace and Faith, Beryl Old, Fr David, Nina, and Gary McKenzie. Please contact Fr Ted to be on this list.

We also give thanks for those whose year’s mind occurs at this time. Rest eternal grant unto them, O Lord, and let light perpetual shine upon them.

Mission and Outreach

BCA (support for the Church in the Bush) are running a donation drive for water during Lent. Also, March is the time to return our BCA boxes. There are spare boxes on the back table – try filling one up with your spare change to support this ministry.

Meals for Woody Point Special School are starting again. Please label your meal with title, ingredients and date cooked, then freeze it, and bring it to church on Sunday. Meal containers are on the back table. Alternatively, give a monetary donation or supermarket gift card. For more information on both of these ministries, contact Elizabeth on 0404 080 861.

Barnabas Brekkie is on Saturday, 9 May to raise money for persecuted Christians in Ghana. Your parish needs you! Do you have a CostCo membership? Can you cook eggs and bacon, brew tea and coffee, wash dishes,or  move furniture? Contact Florine, Dale or Gail if so.

Ministry During the Week

Mother’s Union meets at a new time: Third Wednesdays at 9am.

Thursday Fellowship: every first and third Thursday from 9:30am to 11:30am. All welcome for a cuppa and a chat. Bring your craft to work on or just enjoy the company.

Caring and Sharing: every fourth Wednesday from 11am.

Talent Table: every last Sunday after the second service.

Bible Study: Tuesdays at 9am and Thursdays at 7pm. All materials supplied.

Easter Services are now live on the website, the calendar at the front of the church, and inside this pew sheet. Please prayerfully consider engaging with the full suite of services that take us through our Lord’s arrest, passion, death and resurrection.

The Week Ahead

Tues, 24 Mar

8:00 am - Holy Communion

9:30 am - Bible Study

Wed, 25 Mar

10:00 am - Holy Communion: The Annunciation to the Blessed Virgin Mary (9 months until Christmas!)

10:45 am - Caring and Sharing

Thu, 26 Mar

8:30 am - Sung Matins

7:00 pm - Bible Study

Sat, 28 Mar

8:00 am - Working Bee to prepare the church for Holy Week and Easter including Morning Tea

Sun, 29 Mar

7:00 am & 9:00 am - Sunday of the Passion with the Liturgy of the Palms

Easter is coming soon, and there are many ways you can enter into this time of the Church year with your parish.

Saturday, 28 March is the working bee to prepare the church for Passion Sunday with Liturgy of the Palms and Holy Week. Join in from 8am for an autumn clean and some well-deserved morning tea.  Please consider bringing some palm branches with which to decorate the church. Tuesday, 31 March at 7pm, Chrism Mass will be held at St John’s Cathedral, where holy oils are blessed for the coming year.

If you have access to olive branches, do consider coming to help set up the side chapel after the 10am service on Wednesday, 1 April in preparation for the vigil on the following evening. Thursday, 2 April is Maundy Thursday, beginning with an Agape Meal at 6pm. Agape is the New Testament word for love, and we will affirm Christ’s command and example for us to love one another. Please sign on if you intend on joining us for the Meal. From the command to love one another, we move to Christ’s words “as I have loved you”, and a service of divine worship will commence at 7:30pm in the church, concluding with the stripping of the altar and the vigil at the altar of repose. Friday, 3 April is Good Friday, worship at 8:30am. Saturday, 4 April begins at 8:30am with a traditional service of Sung Matins, followed by a working bee to prepare the church for Easter, which begins that evening at 6:30pm with The Great Vigil of Easter. Do consider coming to this service; it is “the big one”. Sunday, 5 April is our combined service at 8am to celebrate Easter Day.

Article 11

Of the Justification of Man.

We are accounted righteous before God, only for the merit of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ by Faith, and not for our own works or deservings: Wherefore, that we are justified by Faith only is a most wholesome Doctrine, and very full of comfort, as more largely is expressed in the Homily of Justification.

 Our Bible Study groups this week were challenged to come up with a definition for several dense theological terms, and a great definition for “justification” was offered: “just as if”. That is, to be “justified” is for God the Father to look at us “just as if” he were looking at God the Son. Since God the Son is “the beloved, with whom [God the Father] is well pleased” (Matt 3:17), for our Father to look at us with that same affection is a very good place to be! Today’s Article teaches us how we are to be justified: by faith only. Only the incarnate Son, Jesus Christ, is perfectly just, and so we must approach God in faith in him in order to be justified. “Many roads lead to Rome”, but only one road leads to God. Jesus is the only way to the Father; indeed, no-one comes to the Father, except through him (John 14:6). Not through trying our best, “not for our own works or deservings”: only through faith in Christ do we come near God and hear the words “my beloved” spoken directly to us. Then comes the logical conclusion: this “is a most wholesome Doctrine, and very full of comfort”. No-one need worry if they are good enough for God. No-one is “good enough” for God. “We are accounted righteous before God, only for the merit of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ by Faith”. Our relationship with God rests entirely on Jesus’ perfection, and his death and resurrection. Since that will never change, neither will our relationship with God change, as long as we have placed our faith in Christ. What a relief!