“Jesus said to him, ‘I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.’”
— John 14:6
Our spiritual condition is a bad news, good news scenario. The bad news is that we are sinners separated from God—a universal condition that we are born in and throughout a lifetime of rebellious choices become entrenched in. Our final destination on that path is hell. Where is the good news? It is this—God did not leave us in that state without remedy. We can be born again! That second birth enables us to be in a right relationship with God and repentance brings us to right choices on a path that ends in heaven.
Without Christ, you are lost. We are wandering farther and farther from God and closer and closer to the Abyss. That’s the bad news. The good news is Christ is the Way. Jesus came to be the bridge across the great divide between us and Holy God.
Without Christ, you are deceived. That’s the bad news. Our minds are twisted by error. The good news is Christ is the Truth. His life that He demonstrated and the lessons that He declared revealed the truth about God and His ways.
Without Christ, you are dead in sin. You are not merely sick, but dead, and dead people cannot fix themselves. That’s the bad news. The good news is Christ is the Life. He possesses resurrection power and by His Spirit will summon you through the Word of God to life.
If you have come to Christ, then rejoice and give Him praise. It was not because of anything good you have done, but the good in Him. That’s grace!
If you have not come to Him, will you hear His voice, and respond to His call today?
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