No More Works!

October 2, 2023 Monday Message:

Romans 9:31-32a NIV: “The people of Israel, who tried so hard to get right with God by keeping the law, never succeeded. Why not? Because they were trying to get right with God by keeping the law, by their works, instead of by trusting in him.”

God judges us using a pass/fail grading system: Get everything right, pass; get one thing wrong, fail. Unfortunately most people have done hundreds, if not thousands of things wrong. That’s why we need forgiveness, That’s why we need Jesus to take the sins of the world to the place of the dead. Without Jesus, we’d never get to see the inside of heaven. But if we put our faith, hope and trust in Jesus, he will go ahead to prepare a special place for us in the hereafter. We are saved by grace through faith. Grace is the Father sending Jesus our way, and calling us to listen to him. Faith is our personal trust in Jesus, believing that he’s the Son of the living God and that he will do for us what he promised.

Trust in God; follow his Son!

Pastor Norton Lawellin

Jesus in the City Fellowship