There Is Good News Today!

What a thrilling phrase, but tell us, "Is there really good news?" "Yes. It is the good news about MANKIND."

The Christian Church is here to affirm that whereas, much of the world considers the human creature to be of little value, there is a God who considers us to be of infinite worth!

Many folks have apparently convinced themselves that people can never be good, that we will always resort to brutality, and bloodshed and lust. And yet we remember the prayer of St. Augustine, "Thou hast made us for Thyself, and our hearts are restless until they find rest in Thee."

The message of the Bible is this: that mankind, evil as he or she is, can be redeemed! Human nature is sinful, but it can be transformed! Human experience reveals that we are creatures of passion, selfishness, and sin. But by the grace of God, we can be changed! The Bible says it well, "Though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be made as white as snow." (Isaiah 1:18)

This is the very good news about mankind. Though we be creatures subject to sin, we are of all creation, the chosen children of God! Think about that good news for today, and rejoice!