That’s what the word ‘gospel’ means – good news. But do you know what the good news is? We tend to make it complicated, to theologize it, to make it a series of steps or stages that one goes through. However, in its simplest and easiest – it means:
Jesus Love me, this I know.
For the Bible tells me so.
Little ones to Him belong,
They are weak but He is strong.
Yes, Jesus loves me,
Yes, Jesus loves me.
Yes, Jesus loves me,
For the Bible tells me so.
That’s all there is and yet that’s only the first step. Knowing Jesus loves me is so simple, so basic that sometimes it defies understanding. Its something that children know instinctively and accept unconditionally. We adults, on the other hand, have a tendency to embellish it.
If we could provide this explanation of what the good news is to others, then we will accomplish the goal of Chrisitianity. Because, in it’s most basic, fundamental it is simply this – the Lord came to save the lost. The lost only need to acknowledge this fact and come to the understanding that He loves, unconditionally, and accepts, unconditionally, all who come to Him. Because… Jesus loves.
