The Good News

In the last 24 hours I "happened" to have heard the Gospel (that is, good news) a couple of times, reminding me as to how amazingly wonderful the news is. Contrary to other religious beliefs in which we aspire to get to God by improving ourselves, Christians rejoice in God coming down to all humanity in the person of Jesus Christ. "For I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will, but the will of him who sent me" (John 6:38). God's will is to save us and take away the sin that hinders us from having eternal life. We need to be constantly reminded of this good news to prevent us berating ourselves for not aspiring high enough. It is not about us achieving heights of success but God coming down to help us because we can't succeed on our own. We have the maybe most often quoted bible verse of John 3:16 "For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life". The original Greek for "begotten" is 'monogenes' meaning one of a kind, unique. We are created sons and daughters of our Father God but begotten son Jesus was not created but is of the same divine being and essence of eternal God/Love.