Please tell Josh Merry Christmas! The greatest gift Is the Gift of a Another Chance! Jesus was asked how many chances am I supposed to give someone? Seven?Peter thought he was super spiritual for saying "Seven!"

No one had ever seen Grace back then. It was one and done. Jesus brought the gift of Turning Challenges into Opportunities!!

Check out what Jesus said:

Jesus saith unto him, "I say not unto thee, Until seven times: but, Until seventy times seven." MATT 18:22

"Until" in the Latin Vulgate is:

"usque" and it means:
"All The Way"

This kind of forgiveness was unheard of back then in the Roman Empire. It was also unheard of in the Religious Communities of the day.

I believe Peter used the word usique as "up to then it's over!!!"

I think Jesus on the other hand meant exactly what usique means in Latin.....

"All The Way or As Long As It Takes!" Then He used Peter's reference in a somewhat sarcastic way to show that God's Grace and Mercy is ad Infinitum by saying 70 X 7....

All The Way as Long As It Takes

"The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness."
Lamentations 3:22-23

We are so fortunate that Emmanuel came to
set the Captives Free!!

The people in Tree House are the vehicle Emmanuel is working through bringing the Good News of another chance!

What a Gift all of you are at Tree House! Your Tree House reminds me of another Tree House that Jesus "hung out" at as He took all of our mistakes and nailed it to His Tree House as far as east is from the west. It doesn't say north south but east west because east west is infinite with no beginning and no end! Think about it N-S has a beginning and an ending unlike east west:

"as far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us." Psalm 103:12

Geologists believe the Tree House Jesus hung out at was literally in the center if planet earth. Think about that for a minute...

Well my friends, Emmanuel is working through Tree House in Costa Mesa as it at the center of Brand New Lives for these young men and women and setting Captives Free!

Merry Christmas!!! God Bless you and please tell Josh (his name means God is our Salvation)

Love,
Mom, Dad, Joy, Jackie, Jed, Juliana, Jamie Josephine, Jillian, Papa Willie, Grandma Sheri, Grandpa Phil, Grandma Pat and Wonderful Great Grandma Scott!