Wiregrass Church
If it’s not good news, you may have the wrong version. It’s not a good story. It’s good news.
Is it true?
Is it true?
Is it good?
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Good News
Great Joy
For All People
The Gospel
Good Story
εὐαγγέλιον
Good News
Luke 16:16
“The Law and the Prophets were proclaimed until John.
Luke 16:16
“The Law and the Prophets were proclaimed until John.
Since that time, the good news of the kingdom of God is being preached, and everyone is forcing their way into it.”
Compelling
Worth telling
Luke 1:1
Many…
Luke 1:1
Many have undertaken to draw up an account of the things that have been fulfilled among us.
Not
Not many
Why so many?
Something significant happened.
Why so many
Something good happened.
Luke 1:2
…just as they were handed down to us by those who from the first were eyewitnesses and servants of the word.
Luke 1:3
With this in mind, since I myself have carefully investigated everything from the beginning, I too…
Luke 1:3
With this in mind, since I myself have carefully investigated everything from the beginning, I too decided to write an orderly account for you, most excellent Theophilus,
Luke 1:4
so that you may know the certainty…
Luke 1:4
so that you may know the certainty of the things you have been taught.
How good?
Luke 5:20
“Sir, your sins are forgiven.”
Luke 5:24
“But I want you to know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins.”
How good?
Luke 5:27
“Follow me.”
Luke 5:32
“I have not come to call the righteous…
Luke 5:32
“I have not come to call the righteous but sinners…
Luke 5:32
“I have not come to call the righteous butsinners to repentance.”
How good?
Be good
Do good
Luke 6:27
“Do good to those who hate you.
Luke 6:27-28
“Do good to those who hate you.
“…pray for those who mistreat you.”
Luke 6:33
“If you do good to those who are good to you…
Luke 6:33
“If you do good to those who are good to you what credit is that to you?”
Luke 6:35
“But love your enemies, do good to them, and lend to them without expecting to get anything back.
Luke 6:35
…and you will be children of the Most High,
Luke 6:35
…and you will be children of the Most High, because he is kind to the ungrateful and wicked.”
Believe
Follow
Luke 6:36
“Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful.”
There are no self-righteous Jesus followers.
Luke 2:11
Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you.
Is Christianity good?
Luke 1:1
Many have undertaken to draw up an account of the things that have been fulfilled among us…
People will want the message of Jesus to be true before they’re convinced it’s true.
Good News
Great Joy
For All People
FOR DISCUSSION:
1.Have you ever felt compelled to document the life of someone you knew personally? Odds are you didn’t or won’t. What does the fact that Luke and others documented the life of Jesus imply?
2.Does anything about Jesus or his teaching strike you as less than good news?If so, what? Why?
3.In what ways has the church made the good news not so good? In what ways have you made the good news not so good?
