The Winter Olympics are already "yesterday's news". There was daily excitement during the games as gold medals were predicted for various athletes and then reality confirmed the expectations or revealed surprises. The gold medal hockey game between Canada and the U.S. almost felt like a Super Bowl as the two countries girded up their pride in the last days before the game and the sports news was full of predictions and coverage. But now this big game is over (and for U.S. fans the pain of losing a close context is starting to diminish) and as we turn to internet news sites and newspapers a host of new dramas are ready to seize the attention of our hearts and minds. That is the way of news on earth. Tomorrow's drama becomes ancient history in a matter of days. But it occurs to me that God's news is just as dramatic and just as exciting on a daily basis. The word "gospel" comes from two old English words meaning "good news or good message". While the plan of God for salvation is unchanging and absolutely dependable, the drama of souls coming to believe and trust in God through that plan is dramatic and new every day. Can you imagine a more amazing news story than that of a person becoming a citizen of Heaven, guaranteed eternal life and set free from every failing of their lives when the light breaks through their understanding and they see that Christ's words and works, especially on the Cross and leaving the tomb, apply directly to them! When it comes to the news of the world it almost seems to have become another form of entertainment, with daily changing heroes and villains. When it comes to God's News the excitement comes from transformed lives based on some events that may have been briefly covered in the Jerusalem Times about 2,000 years ago.
Romans 1:16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes, for the Jew first and also for the Greek.
blessings,
Rob Smith
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