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Good News!
By Pastor John Motz

We live in a bad-news world, yet the Bible reminds us of some very good news: "there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus"! (Romans 8:1). Since Easter we've been exploring some of the ramifications of this truth, but we are so accustomed to feeling judged, shamed, unworthy or condemned we often can't take it in.

None of us are perfect and we are keenly aware of that. Our past, our failures & our brokenness all cause us to feel flawed or unacceptable, yet when God sees our stuff, rather than respond to us with a condemnation, He sees the need for saving, healing and restoring. Read with me again the familiar Bible verse of John 3:16, and into verse 17: "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him."

This is the Good News, that because of what Jesus did for us, we are now invited to live in this new freedom.