Before we will be able to understand the “good news” found in the Bible, we must know the “bad news.”  It is this:  the root of our personal failures runs deep into our hearts, down to our most basic desires.  We not only say and do wrong things, but we fail to love our Creator God above all, and we fail to love people.  Only when we understand how bad the “bad news” is, can we appreciate how truly amazing is the “good news” found in the Bible.

#6 Two Tracks of the Rail

For 2000 years, the followers of Jesus have been on a mission, even as Jesus himself was on a mission.  Often wrongly understood as “saving souls,” this mission of Jesus actually is about bringing people into a new kingdom, a new reality.  Life in this new kingdom requires not only a change of heart and mind, but a change in life-purpose and worldview.  As Jesus himself observes, there are not many people who will want this change.  But for those who are changed by God inwardly, life in this new kingdom, brings new meaning and purpose in life.  Everyone who becomes part of this new kingdom finds that almost all their prior beliefs, ideas, attitudes, and perspectives become turned “upside down.”