Amazed!

For Saturday, May 13, 2023:

Colossians 1:4-5 NLT: “We have heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and your love for all of God’s people, which come from your confident hope of what God has reserved for you in heaven. You have had this expectation ever since you first heard the truth of the Good News.”

Paul was encouraging the church in Colosse. This is all part of Jesus’ Good News. There is a place reserved in heaven for believers, and Paul calls this news “confident hope.” Jesus raised our level of confidence in the life after this life significantly. Believers now have “Assurance of Salvation!”

I knew a man who had just accepted Jesus, became a new Christian. Many Christian principles – forgiveness, redemption, heaven, assurance of salvation – were explained to him, and he was amazed, saying, “This is awesome! Just wait until everybody finds out!” And right there he not only confirmed his Christian beliefs, but became part of God’s plan to spread the Good News!

He evangelized over the next 50 years and never ceased to be amazed!

Pastor Norton Lawellin

Jesus in the City Fellowship