Blessings to you, loved ones.  I’m sorry to have missed getting an update out last week, but I don’t think anyone missed it.  I’m looking forward to seeing you all tomorrow.  I’m really excited to share with you something the Lord let me see while I was studying for the message.  We’re going to keep going in John, Chapter 1, with verses 14-18.  John continues his introduction and begins drawing his themes together so that we will hear them in the words of Jesus and believe.  Many people make a distinction between the law of the old Testament and the grace of the New.  The writers of the New Testament also do this, so far be it from me to contradict them.  However, I want you to see something.  Grace was always there, even in the law.  It was the legalists who took it out.  Just as Jesus has always existed, grace has always existed.  God’s nature has never changed.  I hope you will come join us as we discover grace upon grace.