Good News JANUARY 2024

We also find Jesus crying when
His friend Lazarus died. No one
cares for friends more than Jesus! In
John 11:34, Jesus asks. “Where have
you laid him?” The Bible continues
“‘Come and see, Lord’ they replied.
Jesus wept. Then the Jews said, ‘See
how He loved Him!’”
Finally, Jesus wept to His Father
as He went to the cross. The
most extreme punishment was
death by crucifixion. Beyond the
physical agony of the cross, our sin
was placed upon Jesus. It was the
most intense, arduous, horrific
event in history. Hebrews 5:5-7 says
that Christ “…offered up prayers and
petitions with fervent cries and
tears to the One who could save
Him from death…”
This world is full of hatred,
selfishness, and anger. People often
mistreat others. Sometimes it may
seem that no one cares. But Jesus
cares for everyone. He cares for
you. He cares so much that He died
on the cross for you.
The most famous verse in the
Bible is John 3:16. It is only 25
words in length, but it tells how
much God cares! “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.” Would you like to know Jesus
as your personal Saviour?
The Bible says that everyone
has a problem: sin. “For all have
sinned and fall short of the glory of
God” (Romans 3:23).
There is a penalty for that sin:
death. “For the wages of sin is
death, but the gift of God is eternal
life in Christ Jesus our
Lord” (Romans 6:23).
This penalty has been paid: by
Jesus. “But God demonstrates His
own love for us in this: while we
were still sinners, Christ died for
us” (Romans 5:8).
The Bible says that a person
must turn to the Saviour and repent.
“If you declare with your mouth,
‘Jesus is Lord’, and believe in your
heart that God raised Him from the
dead, you will be saved” (Romans
10:9).