How many times have you heard that, right?! But how many times have you said that you don't want to hear the good news at all? Good news is... well good! We always want to hear good news. So why is it that as Christians we have a message that nobody wants to hear? We have good news, but nobody wants us to deliver it.
John the Baptist had a similar experience preaching repentance in the wilderness. Nobody wanted to hear his message of great news. Jesus was coming back, and John's job was to tell everyone. But nobody wanted to change. They wanted a physical saviour, a great warrior. They didn't want a spiritual saviour, someone to free them from their own sins.
We're living in a time, when we switch on the television and all we see is bad news. Poverty. Famine. Earthquakes. Terrorism. War. Only this week, we were shocked to see the heartbreaking events unfold in Paris, Beirut, Baghdad, Japan, Mexico and so many other places. Even on our own doorstep in Northern Ireland, there's still division, killing, and hatred.
But we have good news. We have light in the darkness. We have hope in the despair. His name is Jesus. The Son of God, who came down from Heaven to die on the cross and save us from our sins. If we turn to Him, then our sins will be forgiven and we will have the hope of eternal life.
Jesus loves you.
If Jesus has changed your life already, then this is good news.
Share it. Get it off your chest.
'You are not only responsible for what you say,
but also for what you do not say'
- Martin Luther
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