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Jesus has all the ingredients for a great picnic, the right moment, a memorable location, some good friends and more than enough food (as it turns out). What does all this tell us about him?

Jesus is born into the brokenness of humanity, sharing our pain and bringing salvation.

Jesus hasn't pitched up out of the blue - his arrival is 1800 years in the coming, and God has been working throughout.

God is always there in the midst of the mess of human existence, contending with the human condition, dealing with the hardness of our hearts.

Unless we are building our lives - or community, or church, or whatever - around the Lord Jesus, our lives and our work will ultimately be empty, without meaning and purpose.

Our part in the unfolding mystery of God's eternal plan and purpose is to extend the good news of Jesus to those around us: we BELIEVE Jesus is Lord, we CONFESS Jesus is Lord, and we DECLARE Jesus is Lord.

All of us spend our lives looking for peace - with God, with others, with ourselves. You and I, ruined by sin, heroic failures that we are, cannot make peace with God, or for that matter, with one another. But God, through Christ, has already made peace with us. Will you accept it?

The three images of God's character as a rock, fortress and salvation, in comparison to human fragility, are illustrations of why we trust in him rather than trusting in ourselves.

Jesus has inaugurated his Kingdom, salvation has come and Jesus himself is coming back.

Who are we? What is wrong with us? What will put us right? What has Jesus come to do?