The word "gospel" literally means "good news." I don't know about you, but I am a guy who ALWAYS prefers the good news over the bad. Keeping the ole' proverbial chin up can be enough of a struggle in today's society, without the good news of who Jesus is, I could not imagine life! There is so much search for meaning, what is considered to be happiness, and the overall purpose of life as we know it.
Perhaps my favorite Christian song ever written is "Wholly Yours" by the David Crowder Band. For some reason, throughout the day today, these lyrics have been heavy on my heart. This has been a favorite song for a couple of years now. It has been the ring tone on my phone, and a huge favorite to hear Crowder play live and also to hear in churches as well.
The lyrics that are ringing loud in my heart right now are:
I am full of earth, You are heaven’s worth, I am stained with dirt, prone to depravity. You are everything that is bright and clean, The antonym of me, You are divinity ... You are everything that is bright and clean, And You’re covering me with Your majesty. And the truest sign of grace was this: From wounded hands redemption fell down, Liberating man....
These are perhaps, not only the most comforting, but the truest (is that a word?) lyrics ever written! I take nothing away from the wonderful hymn-writers throughout history, but the words of David Crowder say it all. We were created from dust and physically will return to dust. God is absolute light....I think of 1 Peter 2:9 that reminds those who embrace the gospel, are not only made clean, but have been transformed from "darkness into His wonderful (or marvelous) light." What greater news could there be for mankind?
What God has done for us, and can do for many, is the greatest news a human could ever experience, but yet it is an offense to most. We want to make ourselves clean. We do not want to accept that we are in darkness, if not found "in Christ." We cannot do it on our own! We have to embrace the Scriptural truth, as David Crowder says, that we are but dirt, we are so prone to sin and depravity; yet a bright, clean and majestic God desires to change all of that.
I hope and pray that this is currently, or will become, great news to you as well. Some days I can only find hope in this truth, I could not imagine my life without it. And, the ultimate truth of it all, Jesus Christ, because of His great love for us...... by His "wounded hands, redemption fell down, liberating man..."
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