The Good News

Why is Jesus such a big deal?

Because only He came to earth, truly God and truly man, and lived a perfect life; only He could take on the death penalty that we deserve; only He rose from the dead to conquer the devil, darkness, and death.

Jesus was everything we have failed to be. He succeeded where we have not. The Author who designed us to worship and enjoy Him -- and whom we have offended because of our natural rebelliousness -- stepped into His own story to salvage it. 

Above all, the true story of Jesus is a story of rescue: God becoming man to bring man back to God. Though each of us deserves separation from God forever because of sin, Jesus went to the cross in the place of sinners to pay their penalty.

Jesus loves to forgive; that’s why he came. And He loves to make things new, which is why He is coming once more ... to forever remove what is wrong. Simply turn to Him in trust and you can know Him not as your Judge, but as your Savior and Friend.

* excerpted/modified from "Your Whole Bible is About Jesus" by Matt Smethurst