What's the Good News in the Gospel?

Aug 112008

Ever pondered what Jesus' good news really is about?
What does the Gospel mean?
At this point in time when many lives are lost and broken,
does it really bring good news to those who hear it?

If it does, why are so many afraid to hear it?
Why are so many condemned instead of being saved,
and why do so many remain in poverty,
in sickness and in affliction
when the Gospels should have brought about
good news to all the earth?

I believe what's lacking
is the way in which the Gospels should be perceived
as a photograph should be viewed in its proper light
to bring about its true beauty instead of hiding it

What's the good news in the Gospel?

Is it sin and eternal damnation?
Is it the hypocrisy of the pharisees and scribes?
Is it the suffering of Jesus
at the cross, which men in their weakness
should emulate in order to be saved themselves?

Before we delve on the above,
before philosophies and theologies are discussed
before arguments and counter arguments are made,
let us pause for a while and see.

What does Jesus really want when He preached
to the multitude? What did He truly desire
when He saw the hunger and misery of the crowd?
In truth, Jesus wants to free us from our suffering
He wants us to know how much we are loved
He wants to take away our anxieties
so we may live in trust and gratitude each day

Jesus wants to empower us
and to tell us the Truth
He desires that we live a full life here on earth
and walk with hope for the greater joys to come

Jesus was never the pessimist we thought He were.
Rather, He was the greatest optimist
there has ever been.

For in spite of the darkness surrounding him,
in spite of the sorrows and of the pain,
in spite of calvary
in spite of death,
Jesus was able to rise again and again and again,
Jesus never faltered
Jesus never lost His Light.

He knew.
He believed.
He rose above us
that He may bring all men unto the Light
where He is.

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