Repent!

For Saturday, May 24, 2025:

Luke 11:32 NLT, Jesus speaking: “The people of Nineveh will stand up against this generation on judgment day and condemn it, for they repented of their sins at the preaching of Jonah. Now someone greater than Jonah is here—but you refuse to repent.”

Q: Can confessed sins be forgiven and forgotten? A look at the people of Nineveh gives us a clear answer.

Nineveh was well out of God’s favor. They were a sinful and disobedient nation, so much so that God called Jonah to deliver this message: Repent and return or face the consequences! That nation took Jonah’s message seriously, fasted and repented and returned to the Lord! And now Jesus is praising the people of Nineveh, counting them among the faithful who can join in condemning others on judgment day. Jesus moved them from the liability column to the asset column in the Book of Life. He can do the same for each of us, and already has for many!

Christians, those of us who previously repented and returned to the Lord, are Jesus’ army. We can join the people of Nineveh, condemning the unrepentant and proclaiming Jesus as the way, the truth and the life. We can encourage others to get their lives in order, as the Day of the Lord is imminent.

Thank you, Jesus, for including us in your Kingdom!

Pastor Norton Lawellin

Jesus In the City Fellowship

Evangelist!

For Thursday, September 15, 2022:

Mark 5:18 NLT: “As Jesus was getting into the boat, the man who had been demon possessed begged to go with him.”

Jesus was an itinerant preacher, meaning he intentionally traveled from place to place to spread the Good News to more people. He had healed this man, cast out the demons, and now it was time to move on. Describing his situation, Jesus often said, “The Son of Man has no home!”

When someone receives a favor from our Lord, it’s natural to want to remain in his presence, and that’s not bad. But sometimes God and his Son have a different agenda. In this case, Jesus told the man to return to his family and tell them everything the Lord has done for you and how merciful he has been. The man not only did that, but also visited the 10 towns of that region to further spread the Good News! Eyewitness testimony is always the best!

Jesus turned the demon-possessed man into an evangelist!

Pastor Norton Lawellin

Jesus in the City Fellowship, 3249 30th Ave. S., Minneapolis, MN 55406