Word of the Week: Gospel

Gospel means good news. If you had to condense the Bible down to one sentence it would be that God gave his son Jesus to die on the cross and rise again so that we could live forever with him. This is the Gospel - the good news about Jesus.

There has been a lot of bad news in the world recently:

• world wide pandemic
• people are dying
• loss of jobs
• financial hardships
• relationship breakdowns
• hatred
• violence
• sickness
• depression and anxiety...

But the good news of the Gospel is greater than all of the bad news that has ever been. The good news is:

• God loves you
• Jesus died for you
• God forgave you
• God is good
• God is patient
• God has good plans for you
• He is preparing a place for you
• God's Holy Spirit lives in you
• God gave you an instruction book, the Bible
• There is hope...

Thank God, that despite the bad news, he is still good and has good plans for you for eternity, even if right now sucks a bit.