I know some good news. Good news of the Savior, the Son of God, who came to earth as a man and lived perfectly, dying for our sins. Our sins, the sins of those who believe in Him, wiped out! Wrath averted! Debt paid!

This is indeed good news. But it surely skips over a huge part of the Gospel.

If what we have is Jesus, perfect sacrifice, dying on a cross for sin, then we don’t have enough.

Payment for sin gets you and I back to zero. Paying for bad wipes out bad. Where’s the good?

What about the radical, lifechanging, wondrous news of a resurrected Savior? Offhand, I think that means overwhelming good:
   •   Jesus Christ living in me (Galatians 2:20)
   •   The Holy Spirit poured out and dwelling in me (Romans 8:9)
   •   My Savior interceding for me right now (Hebrews 4:15)
   •   Me, born again (John 3), a new creation (2 Corinthians 5:17)
   •   Resurrection promised of the same power that raised Jesus (Ephesians 1:19, 20)

Regeneration and union and a new heart and life itself… we have such a depth of riches. May our lives not look to our own power, with a dead Savior, but to the Savior who lives, and who is at work in us.

To Him be the glory, now and forever.