Humble Beginnings!

For Sunday, December 18, 2022:

John 1:10 NLT: “He (Jesus) came into the very world he created, but the world didn’t recognize him.”

The other day I needed a screwdriver, and searched in our tool drawer. It was nowhere to be found. I emptied the entire drawer, but couldn’t find it. Finally I remembered where I last used it, and there it was! My bad! I hadn't put it away! The point is that I had been looking in the wrong place!

A Messiah had been promised, and people were looking among the Pharisees at the Temple. The expectation was that the Messiah would free Israel from Roman occupation. They had been looking for the wrong thing in the wrong place.

Jesus came to free mankind not from the Romans but from their sin problem. Jesus brought with him the greatest gift of all – eternal life in the presence of Father. Jesus was going to make reservations for believers in the heavenly hereafter!

And who would have thought the Savior would be born to a builder and his new wife, in – of all places – a stable! They had been searching in the wrong place!

Pastor Norton Lawellin

Jesus in the City Fellowship

Neverending Kingdom!

For Thursday, August 25, 2022:

Isaiah 9:7a NLT: “Of the greatness of his government and peace there will be no end.”

700 years before Jesus, the prophet Isaiah was telling everyone about the coming Messiah. He will be known as Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace, and his Kingdom will never end. We call him Jesus!

Jesus left us to spread the Good News, to make disciples of all nations. He’ll soon return to rule over what has been his since creation. On judgment day, our Lord will separate the sheep from the goats. Only sheep will be left, and they will live in peace.

And his Kingdom will never end!

Pastor Norton Lawellin

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

Forgiveness Arrived!

For Saturday, December 25, 2021 Merry Christmas!

Matthew 1:21 NLT: “Mary will have a son, and you are to name him Jesus,[the Lord saves,] for he will save his people from their sins.”

Today we celebrate a dividing line in history, an event that changed everything – forever! Jesus arrived into a community of devoted Jews who held a deep-rooted belief that only God could forgive sins. So if they’re saying that Jesus will save people from their sins, they’re effectively calling him “God!”

This baby, Son of God, was the focus of a chorus of angels singing in the sky, celebrating the event and sharing the Good News with the Shepherds.

We believers are the beneficiaries of Jesus’ love and forgiveness. He alone can make us right with God. Because of Jesus, we can get to see heaven from the inside! The hope we have been given stretches into eternity!

Merry Christmas!

Pastor Norton Lawellin

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