Reflections from Colossians

There is tremendous power in the gospel to transform. It has the power to undo us and then reform us into something knew. The gospel message is what this world needs more than any other. It is the only one that can set us free and freedom is something that we desperately need.

To be free

to see the morning light

the day reborn aright

all my hopes and dreams

rewoven at the seams.

Essentially the gospel boils down to three truths 1. That there is a God who is in charge, that he is loving and caring and desires what is best for us and his creation. The world is not here by accident or chance but created by an intelligent being who has a purpose and a plan 2. That there is a problem with people. We are lost. There is both good and evil in all of us. Essentially we are in the darkness. We are our own gods deciding for ourselves what is right and wrong and it is not going well. 3. Jesus is the light of the world. It is in him that the solutions are found. He is the only one who can deal with the problem of evil and somehow this happened through the cross. He can lead us out of darkness and into the light. It is in him that we can start again, to be renewed.
This message is very powerful and has the capacity to change people forever. It did so with me.
do you believe it?
do you speak it?
are you proud of it?
are you living it?