Today at University Lutheran we’re continuing our series on the 6 basics of Christianity (the 6 chief parts of the Small Catechism), and we also confirmed the faith of Josiah Miller. We talked about what God wants us to give Him, particularly how God wants us to give Him our sins so that He might forgive them.

[16] Wash yourselves; make yourselves clean;
remove the evil of your deeds from before my eyes;
cease to do evil,
[17] learn to do good;
seek justice,
correct oppression;
bring justice to the fatherless,
plead the widow’s cause.

[18] “Come now, let us reason together, says the LORD:
though your sins are like scarlet,
they shall be as white as snow;
though they are red like crimson,
they shall become like wool.
[19] If you are willing and obedient,
you shall eat the good of the land;
[20] but if you refuse and rebel,
you shall be eaten by the sword;
for the mouth of the LORD has spoken.” (ESV)