The Good News

a verse or two

I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting the one who called you in the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel” Gal 1: 6

Spiritual Walk and Musings:The Good News:

The gospel of Jesus Christ is good news because it gives us the true life-changing message of hope from God. The world today is flooded with different "gospels," each claiming to offer an easier, better, more meaningful, more effective plan than God's original version. Not only do these "gospels" abound in the world; sadly, they even invade the church. 

The fatal flaw in every different gospel lies in ignoring or trying to bypass grace. These gospels develop their "hope" from the wisdom of humans (technology, education, science). They assign divine value to ideas and principles limited to this present physical world (humanism, materialism, determinism, scientism), and they glorify self-effort (design-your-own-spirituality, moral progress, self-perfection through some program, or even reincarnation). 

We must analyze ourselves and our faith in light of biblical truth. Helpful questions include: Is my life squarely founded on Christ's gospel? Have I been taking grace for granted? Have I allowed other "requirements" to take their place alongside faith in Christ in my understanding of salvation? Am I living by "another gospel"? [from LABC—section on Galatians 1] 

To Pray and Ponder: To follow Truth 

Bonhoeffer wrote that “to deviate from the truth for the sake of some prospect of hope of our own can never be wise, however slight that deviation may be. It is not our judgement of the situation which can show us what is wise, but only the truth of the Word of God. Here alone lies the promise of God’s faithfulness and help. It will always be truth that the wisest course for the disciple is always to abide solely by the Word of God in all simplicity.” 

Pray we do not become so ’clever’ we think we know more about God than God does. 
Pray we stick to the truth 
Pray we have enough simple trust in God who loves us enough, 
enough to ensure His word is understandable and available and true. 

duh 

God would not be God if it were not so

God Bless, Jon