WHAT'S THE GOOD NEWS?

GREAT IS THY FAITHFULNESS

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What’s the Good News?

Read:  Matthew 28:1-10; 16-20

As cold water to a weary soul, so is good news

from a far country.  Proverbs 25:25

What’s the good news today?  I ask that question sometimes of people I know.  If the person is a Christian, he might smilingly reply, “The same as it was yesterday.  God loves us.”  And both he and I rejoice that it will be the same tomorrow.

Those who don’t know Christ, though, don’t have such good news to share.  We can understand why pessimistic novelist T.C. Boyle says, “If God doesn’t exist…and you have no purpose on Earth, then it’s a mighty mean place, ruled by accident….I’d like to have a lot better news for everybody, but I don’t.”

Despite personal disappointments and the evils we see in this world, life is not just a series of accidents.  Our God is in ultimate control,  making even man’s wrath contribute to the fulfillment of His wise and loving purposes.

Faith in the One who died on Calvary’s cross and rose from the tomb is the antidote to dark despair.  Faith in our Lord Jesus Christ gives a realistic reason for hope.

When Jesus rose from the grave, He told two women to tell His disciples He was alive.  Later He commanded His followers to take that news to all nations (Matthew 28:9-10; 19).

That’s the good news we can proclaim to others.  It’s the answer to the riddle of our existence.                             VCG

Oh, may our lives ring loud and clear

With God’s good news for all,

So people who are lost in sin

Will clearly hear His call. -Sper

The good news is not that Jesus lived and died,

but that He died and lives.