Nov.
26, 2018 Monday Message:
“By
grace you have been saved through faith. This is not your own doing; it is the
gift of God.” Eph.
2:8
The
Christian Church teaches “Solus Christus,” or “Only Christ” as the means for
our eternal salvation. It’s never Jesus plus something else.
Do
you need to give a certain amount of money? No, Jesus is all that is required;
you can’t buy your way into heaven. It would be nice if you could tithe and
occasionally give something extra for a special cause, but it’s not required.
Do
you need to be a Baptist? A regular Sunday School attender? Able to speak in
tongues? Receive Catholic Sacraments? No to all of it! It’s Christ alone.
The
big question 2,000 years ago was circumcision. The first Christians were all
Jewish, so the men were all circumcised, and some thought the new Gentile
Christians should be too. But after much prayer and a meeting between Paul and
the Jerusalem Christians, it was decided that circumcision was not required. It’s
always Jesus plus nothing else.
God
loves us unconditionally no matter how checkered our past. And if we have Jesus
in our heart, we’re ‘good’ to enter eternity. Jesus plus nothing.
Norton
Lawellin
Jesus
in the City Fellowship meets next Sunday, Dec. 2, 2018, 3249 30th
Ave. S., Minneapolis, MN 55406, 10:30 AM. Pastor Michael Pilla will lead
us through the first Sunday of Advent.
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