Just so you know, upfront, when I share the bad news of the day, I don’t want anybody to think that I think that’s all there is. Far from it. And I can say far from it because I trust Jesus. That being said…
Check out this bad news of the day:
- Political figures charged with sex related crimes
- Man charged with aggravated assault for pushing another man in front of a subway train
- Celebrities caught with the spouse or significant other of other celebrities
- Groups of young thugs forcing their way into convenience, stores to steal
- Murder in numbers so large that no one can even keep up anymore
- Gossip and dysfunctional relationship TV shows with large audiences
- Street preachers and abortion clinic protesters violently attacked
- Etc. etc. etc.
OK, now let’s compare that bullet list to what Paul wrote to the new Roman Christians a couple of thousand years ago. He talked about how the world would get to the point that it would be…
filled with all unrighteousness, sexual immorality, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, evil-mindedness; they are whisperers, backbiters, haters of God, violent, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents, undiscerning, untrustworthy, unloving, unforgiving, unmerciful
Wow, it sounds like Paul had a direct visual connection to present day America. His description sounds just like what’s going on all across this great nation.
But just because that’s the way of the world doesn’t mean all hope is lost.
Well, it doesn’t mean that as long as you believe in and trust Jesus. Because He is the only way out of the horrible mess this world has become. And, of course, that isn’t just my opinion. He actually said that’s the case. Yeah, Jesus said that He is THE Way, THE Truth, and THE Life. Then He said…
“No man comes to the Father except through me.”
Uh-oh. That sounds like some pretty narrow-minded thinking. Hmm… there is that line in the Bible that says something about a wide path and a narrow gate. Hmm… could it be…?
So, He is the only way to turn all the bad news of the day into eternal, good news.
But that’s way more than good enough for me. How ’bout you?
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