Believe in Jesus!

For Tuesday, January 18, 2022

Acts 16:31 NLT: “Believe in the Lord Jesus and you will be saved, along with everyone in your household.”

As thick as the Bible is, Christianity is really pretty simple. Paul and Silas needed to give the Reader’s Digest version to a jailer about to kill himself. “Place your faith, hope and trust in Jesus the Christ, and you will be saved!”

I ask people, “What is your goal in following a religion?”

The obvious answer is to get to heaven, to experience the good side of the next reality. Know that God doesn’t want to lose anybody, and Jesus has gone ahead to prepare a place for you. Heaven is already on your side! Just say ‘yes!’ Share the Good News with your household!

Redemption is by grace alone, received by faith alone!

Pastor Norton Lawellin

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

Grace Alone!

For Thursday, November 11, 2021

Acts 15:11 NLT, Paul speaking: “We believe that we are all saved the same way, by the undeserved grace of the Lord Jesus.”

This scripture points to another tenet of Christianity: “sola gratia” or “by grace alone.” Grace is undeserved favor - it’s the work Jesus did that arranged for our redemption, not anything we did or can do. If heaven looks like a good thing, doing more “stuff” won’t get you there. But claiming Jesus as your Savior, as Lord of your life, makes it possible to see heaven from the inside.

Ephesians 2:8-9 states that we are saved by grace through faith. “Grace alone” means that God loves, forgives and saves us not because of who we are or what we do, but because of the work of Christ. If you’re with Jesus, you’ve been blessed with the gift of “Assurance of Salvation,” never having to wonder if you’re “in” or “out.” When you get to heaven’s gate, just point to Jesus and say, “I’m with that guy!”

It’s not what you can do – it’s what Jesus already did!

Pastor Norton Lawellin

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