Psalms 117 - Great is God's Love!

Nov. 06, 2017 Monday Message:

“Great is God’s love toward us.” Psalms 117:2a NIV

In the original language, the word we translate ‘great’ or ‘very strong’ actually means ‘will win the war.’ And what a war we’re fighting!

From the beginning, when the serpent coerced Adam and Eve into doing that which was forbidden by God, mankind has been in a war that is far more serious than it often appears. We tend to look at sins as individual incidents, and think, “I might have been a little wrong, but basically I’m not a bad person.”

We need to remember that God doesn’t grade on the curve; God uses a pass/fail system, and the Bible says that we have all missed the mark.

But great is God’s love toward us. God’s desire is that none would parish, and God so loved the world that he sent Jesus – his only Son – so that all who would repent and return could have everlasting life. God IS in the rescue business!

My advice is to repent and return and then stick with Jesus. That’s God’s plan for mankind’s rescue, and “the Lord will always do what he has promised.” Psalms 117:2b

Norton Lawellin

Let’s worship together! Jesus in the City Fellowship gathers next Sunday, Nov. 12, 2017, 3249 30^th Ave. S., Minneapolis, MN 55406, 10:30 AM. We’ll open 1 Cor. 15 where Paul outlines the basics of Christianity. See you at church.