Creation's Gift!

For Saturday, October 25, 2025:

Hebrews 11:3 NLT: “By faith we understand that the entire universe was formed at God’s command, that what we now see did not come from anything that can be seen.”

Having a “high view” of the Bible, we believe the words therein are God-inspired and truthful. The Bible states that Jesus was present during the creation of everything – all planets, all galaxies, all universes, and everything in them – and that nothing was created except through Him. God and his Son didn’t gather little pieces of dust and clump them together, hoping to make a planet. No, they spoke, and that of which they spoke became so! Our universe contains all new materials. It’s not the recycled remains of previous efforts. God started from scratch. He did a good job! We’re allowed to live on one of the planets!

Jesus was present at creation and again in the well-documented New Testament. So when he returns for the end times, what we call the Second Coming will actually be the Third Coming. We call it the Second Coming because it will be the second time Jesus is seen by any large number of humans. At creation, Jesus was known only to the Father and the Holy Spirit, and perhaps Adam and Eve. The earth had not yet been populated.

I pray that we can all enjoy our planet and remember to thank God for his magnificent creation. He keeps us perpetually spinning like a giant top and spinning in a year-long elliptical orbit around the sun. It’s all part of God’s vast eternal plan, and we’re all blessed to be included!

Pastor Norton Lawellin

Jesus In the City Fellowship

Eternal!

For Sunday, August 18, 2024:

Revelation 1:8 NLT: “’I am the Alpha and the Omega—the beginning and the end,’ says the Lord God. ‘I am the one who is, who always was, and who is still to come—the Almighty One.’”

When there was no planet earth, no sun and no stars in the sky, God envisioned the universe in which we live. In spite of mankind’s failures, our God believed that creation of the world was deserving of his effort.

Just how big is our God? He created the stars and each of their planets. Their placement and direction keep everything in perfect harmony. He created space in which to display his creations. He placed mankind on one special planet, and equipped it with everything needed for their survival. None of what you see was conceived by any person or any government. Remember that God is eternal. He is responsible for all creation, the beginning, and will reign on the Day of the Lord, the end.

Sunday is a good day to join your fellow believers to worship, praise and thank our Father in Heaven. He has given us so much; it’s challenging to take it all in! Worship is the right thing to do!

See you at church!

Pastor Norton Lawellin

Jesus In the City Fellowship

Creator!

For Friday, September 9, 2022:

Psalm 124:8 NLT: “Our help is from the Lord, who made heaven and earth.”

The new James Webb telescope is sending us images of faraway places heretofore unseen. While scientists are amazed at this look into our galaxy, know that there are at least 100 billion other galaxies, and that number is expected to increase as our telescopes improve! God has certainly been busy!

Planet Earth is unique. Astronomers have discovered no other planet the right distance from its sun with water and an oxygen atmosphere that could support human life. Our presence here is a gift that should never be taken lightly. God has a plan and you’re a part of it, or you wouldn’t be here! God doesn’t make mistakes!

If I’m explaining God and Jesus to an unbeliever, I call him the Creator! It makes sense to revere someone who could design all this. The plants, animals, water and air are no accident. And if we need help – if we need divine intervention – it makes sense to trust the one who made it all in the first place!

Pastor Norton Lawellin

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

Intelligent Design!

March 9, 2020 Monday Message:

“In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.” Genesis 1:1

Intelligent Design vs Incredible Coincidence? What do you think?

In spite of a lot of deep space exploration, we have discovered no other planet suitable for human life. There is nothing else out there, no other home for us. If the earth were any closer to the sun, we would burn up. If we were farther away, everything would freeze. Where we are is perfect. No planet is like ours!

In addition to our planet earth, we have also been given a moon! The moon keeps our oceans alive. The daily tides are not too big, not too small – in a word, perfect. If the moon were larger, tides would be like perpetual tsunami. And without tides, the ocean would stagnate and die. The way tides are is perfect, and it’s because of the moon.

Do all planets have water? Most don’t, but ours does. With most substances, the solid form is more dense than the liquid form, but water is the exception. The solid form is lighter – ice floats, right? This is why lakes freeze from the top down, ice on top, liquid underneath, so fresh-water aquatic creatures can survive.

Vegetation uses our carbon dioxide as part of photosynthesis, and in turn gives us oxygen, which mankind needs to survive. There always seems to be enough oxygen to go around – I’d say God has our back on this one. The ratio seems to be ideal.

For life as we know it to come into existence, far too many things have to be exactly right for me to believe it’s a coincidence. I’m sticking with Intelligent Design!

Norton Lawellin

Jesus in the City Fellowship meets next Sunday, March 15, 2020, 3249 30^th Ave. S., Minneapolis, MN 55406, 10:30 AM. Pastor Michael Pilla opens up Luke 6.