Good News

          I can't afford to pay the fees for a non advertising email handler and since Google was going to shut me off for sending spam, I went to Yahoo.  When I open the program, I am confronted with a barrage of the sorriest news stories I have ever seen.  Actually, none of them seem credible and none of them are of any interest to me.  It reminds me of the time I would spend at supermarket check out lines and seeing the latest issue of "The National Enquirer."  This is the one that said, "Inquiring minds want to know."  It told the startling fact of the celebrities and their diets, who was "with child," and the fact that they had found a B-29 on the moon.  We are forever confronted with information that makes no real sense, is invaluable and nothing more than a nuisance.  What is "good news" and where can you really get it.  You know what my answer is going to be, you get good news from the Bible, God's Holy Word, our Guide book for getting through this life and then arriving at the next.  First Corinthians 15:3-4 says, " For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures;  And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:" 
      The Apostle Paul spelled out rather clearly what "good news" really is.  The definition of the word "gospel" is "good news."  All of chapter 15 is good news but the core of it is contained in these two verses.  All three are necessary.  Certainly, Christ died for our sins.  He is the only sacrifice that was acceptable to pay the price for our sins.  Secondly, He didn't just pass out on the cross and become awake in the tomb later.  He died.  The Roman soldier thrust a spear into Him.  When He was taken down from the cross, He was physically and medically dead.  That, however, didn't stop Him and the plan for our salvation.  He conquered death and He conquered the grave.  He was resurrected and many were around for the next 40 days to testify to that fact.  So, the Good News cannot be found in the Supermarket check out lane or on Yahoo or Google, but in God's Word.  We can laugh at the feeble attempts to make you purchase a tabloid or use a certain search engine but real news, really good news, only come from God's Word.  Praise God today for the Risen Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ.