Good News Of Forgiveness

-When you choose to forgive those who have hurt
you, you take away their power.

We all can enjoy "forgiveness" because Jesus
suffered the punishment we deserved. Our sins
condemned us. They separated us from God and
killed us spiritually. When Jesus gave His life on the
cross, He took our place. Now the Father gives to us
the gift of His Son's own purity and goodness.
God made Him who had no sin to be sin for us, so
that in Him we might become the righteousness of
God (2 Corinthians 5:21).

How can we be sure of God's promise to us? Christ's
return from death proves the truth of His Good
News! That is why the death, burial and resurrection
of Jesus are at the heart of the Good News.
By this Gospel you are saved, if you hold firmly to the
word I preached to you.... For what I received I
passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ
died for our sins according to the Scriptures, that He
was buried, that He was raised on the third day
according to the Scriptures (1 Corinthians 15:2-4).
Jesus said to her, "I am the Resurrection and the Life.
He who believes in Me will live, even though he dies;
and whoever lives and believes in Me will never die.
Do you believe this?" (John 11:25-26).

As we hear the Good News of Jesus, the same
question comes to us today. Do you believe this? If
so, how should you respond to such Good News?
What is God's will for you as a believer?