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By Seth Halpern The Middle East is in chaos as the battle between Israel and Palestine is heating up. Thousands of South American children are showing up at the U.S. border being dropped off by traffickers at our “doorstep”. Another Malaysian Airlines plane crashed (this time shot down) killing 300 people. A typhoon in the Philippines has wreaked havoc on that tiny country once again. Day after day, newspapers and 24 hour news networks churn out tragedy after tragedy. Some are caused by human evil. Others by so called “acts of God”. Yet, the suffering continues and keeping up with the news can seem
hopeless. Isn’t there any Good News?? Fortunately, the answer is YES! There are occasional stories of heroism often preventing yet another tragedy. Some are stories of hope and inspiration about those who achieve the seemingly impossible in the midst of challenging circumstances. Best of all though is the Truth of the real “Good News”. Yes, that is the English translation of the Greek word Euangelion (or Evangel- where we get Evangelism, etc). It is truly good news because it is the “news” that someone (Jesus or Y’shua in Hebrew) had come to pay the price for the sins of people in the world. Instead of us having to appease God through works, hoping to be “good enough” to enter
Heaven and please God, anyone who would follow Y’shua would be cleansed before God! Wow, that certainly should have been Good News to the people in Israel to whom Y’shua-Jesus came. The same good news still applies to us today and we can have the hope of eternity with God AND the power to be free from sin today! Unfortunately, just like 2000 years earlier, most today do not take God up on His offer. Instead, we try to live their life without God and when difficulty comes (whether in the form of finances, health, relationships, addictions or anything else), we find ourselves without the peace, hope, and help that God provides. Those who choose an ongoing relationship with
our Creator, can read the newspaper and watch CNN with anticipation of God’s final plan. Instead of fear, we can see that these things were all written about long ago and we have the record of it in God’s Word- the Bible. If you would like more info on how to respond to this Good News, see the back page “Finding Freedom in God’s Perfect Peace”, then see page 3 for several partnering churches to help you with your decision or email us at editor@ambassadornewspaper and we’ll help you get started on your new journey with God!
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