The Good News

[Grizz]

My Easter message this year is from First Corinthians Chapter Fifteen:

Christian Brothers, I want to tell the Good News to you again. It is the same as I preached to you before. You received it and your faith has been made strong by it. This is what I preached to you. You are saved from the punishment of sin by the Good News if you keep hold of it, unless your faith was worth nothing. First of all I taught you what I received. It was this: Christ died for our sins as the holy writings said he would. Christ was buried. He was raised from the dead three days later as the holy writings said he would................................. the important thing is this: we preached the Good News to you and you believed it.

That's it. That's the Good News. That's the Gospel. Believing it is the power of God unto Salvation. God is not willing that any should perish, but that all should be saved by believing the Good News. By BELIEVING GOD. That's it! Noticed that that message is directed to Christian Brothers. Christians are mixed up into the world's population, and preaching the Good News to Christians is certain to reach unbelievers also.

Romans Chapter Three says

Men become right with God by putting their trust in Jesus Christ. God will accept men if they come this way........... God gave Jesus Christ to the world. Men's sins can be forgiven through the blood of Christ when they put their trust in Him............God makes everyone right with Himself who puts his trust in Jesus.............. This is what we have come to know. A man is made right with God by putting his trust in Christ.

So faith that comes by hearing this Good News has an active component to it. If we say we believe the Good News but don't actually trust Christ, then we don't have saving faith and our sins aren't forgiven. But as Paul told the Romans over and over, we are made right with God when we put our trust in Jesus Christ, who died for our sins and rose from the dead for our salvation.

The gift of God is eternal life when we believe God by putting our trust in Jesus Christ.

I hope somehow whoever needs to hear this, HEARS THIS, and follows the pattern set out in the Bible, and joins the redeemed of the Lord.

Second Corinthians Chapter Five says

We are speaking for Christ and we ask you from our hearts to turn from your sins and come to God. Christ never sinned but God put our sin on Him. Then we are made right with God because of what Christ has done for us.

Happy Celebration,

Grizz

Bible quotes from the New Life Testament translated by Gleason H. Ledyard, published by Christian Literature International

[C. Cash]

Thank you that Grizz...Amen.

[Hobie]

Thanks for posting that...

[Griff]

Thank you, Sir.

[rjohns94]

thank you, and AMEN

[JerryB]

Thank you Grizz, it's sure good to salvation spread while we still can.

[Mokwaw]

Thanks Grizz. I couldn't be at my own Church this A.M. due to working. Nice to "Hear" the Word.


HE IS RISEN

[KirkD]

Thank you for that good reminder, Grizz. I was thinking about Easter the other day and figure it is the most important historical event in all of human history. Prior to that day, all of humanity was lost forever. After that day we have the free gift of forgiveness for our moral violations and the gift of eternal life, if we will put our faith (stake everything) on Jesus Christ.

[ceb]

Thanks Grizz, I just came in from Sunrise Services, humbling to think about what Jesus did and suffered through for us.

[Borregos]

Thanks Grizz, off to church shortly.