Have you heard any good news lately? Doom and gloom is all I seem to hear about from the news media. The Bible says in 1 John 5:19-20 “And we know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth in wickedness. And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know Him that is true, and we are in Him that is true, even in His Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.”
Doom and gloom is normal news for this world because this world is dying in sin. (1 John 2:17) But as God’s children, we have something that the world needs—Good News! The word Gospel means “good news”. Jesus said in Mark 16:15 “Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.”
Some think that the Gospel is just for lost people. Yes, the Gospel IS for lost people, but believing the Gospel of Jesus Christ is just the beginning. In 2 Corinthians 5:17-20 we read,“Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to Himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation; To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto Himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation. Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ’s stead, be ye reconciled to God.”
We are made new IN Christ to become ambassadors FOR Christ. We’ve been commanded by our Lord to proclaim the Gospel to the world, (that means everybody). (Matthew 28:19-20)
The doom and gloom will end, Hallelujah! (Revelation 21:5) But the good news of Jesus Christ does not end, it continues into eternity! The greatness of the Gospel grows. Once a person has repented of their sin and placed their faith in Christ, the Gospel becomes even more! The more we seek God, the more we understand the Gospel and what really happened on that cross. The more we understand, the more we love Jesus. The more we love Jesus, the more driven we are to serve Him. (John 14:15) We serve Jesus not out of legalism, not out of some fear or dread, but simply out of joyful appreciation:”Look what Jesus did for me!”
In Times Like These 