June
29, 2015 Monday Message:
To
the Lord: “Because of your unfailing love, I can enter your house.” Psalm 5:7a NLT
Last
week I recorded 4 sermons for a pastor from Thailand who was mostly speaking in
his native language. But since he’s now in the USA and leading a church in
Minnesota, an occasional English-language phrase would slip through.
It
caught me by surprise when, in the midst of a passionate dissertation in
Siamese, he uttered in perfect English, “If God didn’t forgive sinners, heaven
would be empty!”
I
thought to myself, “That’s a gem – a perfect sound-bite – prophetic, in a way.
I’m going to keep that one and use it!”
The
Bible often describes God’s love for us as “everlasting lovingkindness.” These
words were first used in the King James Bible, and you probably won’t find them
used anywhere else, because no one else shows as much love, mercy and
forgiveness as our God. Your spellchecker may flag these words, but they stand
for the extreme love of God that exceeds what our language can adequately describe.
God
loved us when he created us, and he continues to love us even as sinners on
this earth. He sent his own Son to redeem us. God really wants us to come home,
to be with him in eternity. God DOES forgive sinners, and therefore heaven is
NOT empty!
“For
God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes
in him shall not perish but have eternal life. John 3:16 NIV
Norton
Lawellin
Let’s
worship together! Jesus in the City Fellowship (JICF) gathers at 10 a.m. every
Sunday in the North end (gym) of the Oliver Ministry Building, 2647 Bloomington
Ave., Minneapolis. This Sunday, July 5, Paul confronts the Centurions with his
Roman citizenship. See you at church!
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