We All Like Good News
I saw this today in the Bible.com app and I like it:
First, it is good news that Jesus Christ is the Lord. For many living in democratic countries, lordship can be a difficult idea to grasp. Lordship refers to the rule, reign, power, and authority that Jesus holds. In Jesus’ case, it refers to all power and authority in heaven and earth being given to him (Matthew 28:18). In other words, no other being in all the world is as powerful as Jesus. If any other human had to receive such power it would be disastrous, but the good news for us is that Jesus is unlike any human. He is perfect, gentle, and humble of heart (Matthew 11:29). To come under his lordship means to come under the care of the most powerful being in all the universe and to live in his way, which leads to life and life in abundance (John 10:10).
Second, he is Saviour. We were born into a bad-news story. All of us were born into a broken world, separate from God because of sin, which corrupted the human heart and left us spiritually dead. There is absolutely nothing we can do to save ourselves from ourselves. But Jesus came to do what we could not do, to lift us out of the pit of death and into a life with him.