Jesus Preaches!

For Wednesday, January 4, 2023:

Matthew 4:17 NLT: “From that time on Jesus began to preach, ‘Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near.’”

This is the same message John-the-Baptist had been preaching prior to Jesus’ arrival. It seems that mankind wasn’t making it back to heaven by doing good works and following commandments, so our Lord sent Jesus to ‘fetch’ us. ‘Repent and return to the Lord’ was his timely message.

The Jesus-method was new to the Jews. Jesus preached that our salvation is a free gift, grace, given because of our faith in that process, faith in God-the-Father and faith in Jesus personally paying for our redemption. Jesus said, “No one comes to the Father except through me!” God’s desire is that none would be lost, and Jesus is making it so! He brought solid hope to a world that was wandering in darkness!

Then as now, today is the accepted day to return to the Lord!

Pastor Norton Lawellin

Jesus in the City Fellowship