Eternal Life!

For Tuesday, August 4, 2020.

John 17:3 NLT, Jesus speaking: “This is the way to have eternal life—to know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, the one you sent to earth.”

In today’s scripture, Jesus has been teaching, but then turns his face to the sky and begins praying—but praying ALOUD so that the prayer becomes an extension of the lesson. Jesus never lost sight of his primary mission – rescuing us from mankind’s sin problem - so he never skipped an opportunity to teach about eternity.

Jesus says, “This is the way to have eternal life.” Don’t ever think that heaven is some mystery, where we have to decipher some cryptic code. Jesus lays it out plainly: “Know God and know his Son.” Believe they are who they say they are, and believe they can do what they say they can do. Belief requires some faith.

We are saved by grace through faith. The opportunity to see heaven from the inside is a free gift and a choice. You can say ‘yes,’ or you can say ‘no,’ but I hope you say ‘yes!’ Make the right choice, accept the free gift, go along with Jesus and join all the believers!

Blessings on you all today!

Pastor Norton Lawellin

Jesus in the City Fellowship

3249 30th Ave. S., Minneapolis, MN 55406