There is Good News - a podcast by Coker UMC

We all hear news from all types of sources, sometimes through a phone call, a text message, an email, a social media post, etc. And there is news that we hear that is great to hear, other times we may hear news that is not so great to hear. God, through Jesus, brought good news to the world, a world who was under the curse of bad news because humanity was under the power of sin. But, Jesus came to be among, like us, to offer to the world good news. In Mark 1, Jesus declared that the kingdom of God had come near, and that was good news. The word “gospel” comes from the Greek euanggelion which means “good news”. As a matter of fact, the word “angel” comes from the Greek aggelos, which means “messenger.” So, if we want to be true to the gospel of the kingdom of God, we need to recognize that we are called to be “messengers of good news”. Our lives — words, actions, behaviors, and attitudes — all need to be an embodiment of the message of good news to those around us. The world already knows about the bad news all around us, what the world needs to hear is the good news of the kingdom; the good news that indeed, there is room for everyone around God’s table, there is room for everyone in God’s kingdom. But, according to Jesus, we’re called to especially share the good news with the least, the last, and the lost — with the marginalized, the outcast, the invisible, the voiceless, the forgotten.
We are called to take this good news to the “least of these”, because when we do, we are doing it for Jesus. With God, there is always good news.

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