The
Gospel – good news
What
we want and what God knows we need are quite different.
We
live in time, very much controlled by
our sensory feelings. Most times, we
want pleasure , possessions and safety.
God
lives in eternity. He understands the causes of evil and chooses to be kind and
gracious in the greater reality of relationships that are eternal.
God
being eternal, wants to reconnect His creatures with Himself in a harmonious
and fruitful relationship – as children with a Father, in the Father's house
where holy joy produces songs of praise.
Why
then a message about a once dead Jesus Christ? Because God restores
relationships with justice and love.
Justice -
'Jesus Christ died, the just one for the unjust ones to bring us to God '
(1 Peter 3) We are the unjust ones by habit and inclination.
Love -
Jesus Christ died as the ultimate expression of His great love for
us ( Romans 5:8) ' God showed His great
love in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us'
Thus
the devastating history of crucified Jesus,
has become good news of hope,
forgiveness, love, peace, joy and eternal life. This is assured by the fact
that Jesus rose from death and lives forever more.
johnmckee@internode.on.net
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