Know the Good News

Scripture/Bible:  And he said to them, "Go into all the world and preach the gospel to the whole creation. 16 He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who does not believe will be condemned. 17 And these signs will accompany those who believe: in my name they will cast out demons; they will speak in new tongues; 18 they will pick up serpents, and if they drink any deadly thing, it will not hurt them; they will lay their hands on the sick, and they will recover." 19 So then the Lord Jesus, after he had spoken to them, was taken up into heaven, and sat down at the right hand of God. 20 And they went forth and preached everywhere, while the Lord worked with them and confirmed the message by the signs that attended it. Amen. Mark 16:15-20

Reflection:  If we ask any Christians what is the Gospel, many of them think of the four books in the Bible which talk about the life of Jesus.

Pause for a while and ask yourself; what according to you is the Gospel which Jesus invites his disciples to preach to the entire creation and then read further.  (PAUSE & Reflect)

The Word Gospel means the good news. The good news in one word is none other than Jesus, Jesus as revealed to us not just in the four books, but in the entire Bible and passed on to us through the tradition of the Apostles and further interpreted and passed on to us by the Church, as the incarnate Son of God, who came to us in order to save us.

The good news is no sad news but the glorious news that should bring joy to the entire creation because Christ Jesus as Savior was revealed to a humanity that was walking the path of Darkness, death and destruction; a humanity without hope no matter what it did. Jesus brings us into the glorious light of God and hence is the hope of entire humanity.

Hence the good news though meant for the whole of creation, in actual reality will only be assimilated by a people who will acknowledge their sinfulness and darkness of life and feel the need for a Saviour.  


The only one who can save us is Jesus by his sacrificial death on the cross, by becoming the Lamb that takes away the sin of the world; the sin that separates us from a God in whom alone there is life.  

The saving action is a process that begins through belief and continues in our life through constant belief in him who is able to save us from all darkness of sin.

How then can we become an instrument of the good news? It is by experiencing this saving action in our life through daily encounter with Jesus, and by sharing this experience with others that we can be instrument of the good news. We cannot be an instrument through mere studying the four or many books of the gospel as many think.

Prayer:  Like cold water to a thirsty soul, I seek thy good news to refresh my heart to walk in your ways.

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