Merry Christmas!

December 21, 2015 Monday Message:

Jesus: “I have come in order that you might have life — life in all its fullness.” John 10:10b GNT

The Bible says that God’s desire is that no one would perish. God, being God, knows everything, and has known it for all time. So He knew that mankind would come up short and need rescuing.

Therefore the second person of our triune God, Jesus the Christ, came to earth as a little baby, to lead us, to teach us, to heal us – but most of all, to rescue mankind from our two biggest problems: sin and death. Jesus took the sin of the world upon himself, carried it to the grave, and three days later was up, walking around where people could see him. Sin and death were defeated once and for all in that unique event.

Jesus came so that we could have life – a better life here on earth; and, after that, eternal life in heaven with the Father. “Whoever has the Son has eternal life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have this life.” 1 John 5:12

Eternal life – that’s a pretty good Christmas present!

Welcome, Jesus — Merry Christmas, everyone!

Norton Lawellin

Join us for worship! 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, Dec. 27, we’ll welcome baby Jesus to our world. See you at church!