Only Jesus!

July 1, 2019 Monday Message

Many churches, congregations and individual Christians get off track when they start following a human leader rather than simply following Jesus. The Corinthian congregation had divided itself, some following Paul, some following Apollos and some following Simon-Peter and the Jewish Christians in Jerusalem.

Paul wrote his first Epistle to the Corinthians to set things straight. His simplified plan for church and worship is this:

#1 Believe only what is written, and in Paul’s day, that meant the Torah, the Old Testament. (The New Testament had not yet been compiled.)

and #2 Worship ONLY at the church of Jesus. It’s great to have leaders like Paul and Peter, but we should not worship them; rather, imitate them as they worship Jesus the Christ.

This is another instance where the basics of Christianity, the redeeming ordinances, are fairly simple. Mankind writes book after book attempting to explain the whole Christianity thing, but it doesn't have to be that complicated. I believe God made his redemption plan simple so that ALL of us could “get it!”

So follow what is written and worship only at the church of Jesus. Simple, right? See you at church!

Norton Lawellin

Jesus in the City Fellowship meets Sunday July 7, 2019, 10:30AM, 3249 30^th Ave. S., Minneapolis, MN 55406. Evangelist Wendy calls everyone to commit or re-commit themselves to Jesus. (John 3:16)