Radical Transformation!

April 1, 2019 Monday Message

Last Sunday we investigated Zacchaeus, the chief tax collector in Jericho. Curious about this Nazarene, our vertically-challenged individual climbed a sycamore-fig tree to get a better view of Jesus, who wound up inviting himself over for dinner.

Zacchaeus had been looking for a way out of the evil tax-collection industry, and Jesus invited him to turn his life around. “I will give half my wealth to the poor, Lord, and if I have cheated people on their taxes, I will give them back four times as much!” Luke 19:8

After putting his faith, hope and trust in Jesus, salvation was immediate. There was not trial period, no probationary period. When Zacchaeus repented and returned, Jesus handed him a ticket to heaven – eternity in the presence of God himself!

Jesus seems to be all about the radical transformation of lives. He oftentimes takes the worst of the worst and leads them back home. In His words, “Healthy people don’t need a doctor—sick people do. I have come to call not those who think they are righteous, but those who know they are sinners.” Mark 2:17

There’s nothing better than to have your life radically transformed by Jesus.

Norton Lawellin

Jesus in the City Fellowship meets next Sunday, April 7, 2019 at 10:30AM, 3249 30^th Ave. S., Minneapolis, MN 55406. This week Pastor Pilla returns and continues our study in Luke 19:11-27 “The 10 Minas.”