The Good News of Jesus Christ

Melissa Robertson

• Publisher: Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.
• Year: 2019
• eBook ISBN:
  9781645690030
• Print ISBN:
  9781645690023
• Topic: Theologie & Religion

The moment man brought sin into the world, separation from God and death came with it. Man wasn't the only one impacted by sin as creation also suffered. Creation took on its own weight of uselessness to God as thorns rose from the ground and death ensnared its beauty. However, creation and man have waited with great expectation for the return of Jesus Christ who brings the hope and promise for redeeming that which man lost. As creation waits, it cries out to God. We see many pieces of creation crying out to God's glory and grace through sunrises, sunsets, oceans, mountains, leaves of the trees, stars, and so much more. However, do we truly look beyond what the naked eye can see to behold another piece of creation crying out for the Lord's loving grace for our hearts? Come on a journey, never traveled before, to see the eagerness of snowflakes crying out the love God has poured upon us all and His promise for each of us to be Washed as White as Snow. Through the use of snow, God has designed the perfect patterns for sharing The Good News of Jesus Christ and to give us each a hope for eternity with Him. Beautifully photographed, real-life, illustrations and simple language shape this book into an easy and exciting read for all. God truly shows His creativity and love for people as He etches each snowflake that falls from the sky. The book takes readers through the entire Gospel journey weaving through the Bible touching Genesis, Revelation, and much in between. Readers can enjoy the story of God's love for mankind while sitting and beholding the beauty God gives us through some of the smallest pieces of creation.

The Good News Story

In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. (Gen. 1:1)

We see the first sentence of the Bible and we immediately know everything has been created by God. He starts by saying that everything is His creation. The first couple of chapters in Genesis go on to explain the first six days of creation and what was formed on each day. God doesn’t leave anything out. At the end of each day, He looked upon what He created and said, “It is good.” Not only was it good, but it was perfect and pure. No sin, no wrong, no evil had touched the surface of the earth yet. Man was formed in a perfect union with God and given the sole purpose to reproduce, rule over the earth, and bring glory and praise to God. Man’s relationship with God was perfect and unbroken.

In Genesis 2:16–17, we see God give a very clear command for man not to eat from a specified tree in the Garden of Eden. “And the lord God commanded the man saying, ‘Of every tree of the garden you may freely eat; but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die.’”

That is when everything fell apart for the perfect creation God had made. Satan came as a serpent to Eve, woman, and tempted her into eating a piece of fruit from the tree. Although she knew she was not to eat of it, she disobeyed God and ate a piece. After she ate some, she offered the forbidden fruit to Adam, man, who also ate of it.

Immediately, God and human felt a change. Man and woman realized they were naked and felt shame for disobeying God, so they hid.

It was at that second that the pure, perfect bond between God and man was broken. Separation between holy and unholy occurred. Man became knowledgeable of sin, death entered the world, and God cursed them for the duration of man’s time on this earth. That moment, that choice, changed everything. We, as humans, could no longer be in perfect harmony with God. “Therefore the lord God sent him out of the garden of Eden to till the ground from which he was taken” (Gen. 3:23).

Although the bond between God and man was broken, God still cared for man deeply. Before banishing Adam and Eve from the garden, He made sure they were clothed. Through the generations, God created the nation of Israel which went through obedient and disobedient times. Regardless of the times, God always brought a remnant of people out of bondage and forgave them.

As the years went by, prophets began speaking of a Savior who God would send to save the world from the evil. Up to that point, burnt offerings and sacrifices were made to God. Those sacrifices were never enough. People would have to go back year after year, time after time, to give sacrifices for their sins.

God always had a desire to draw the people back to Him. Although on earth we will never be completely whole with God because of sin, He at least wanted us to have the opportunity for a final sacrifice. The precious blood of God’s own Son, Jesus, being poured out was the final sacrifice for the forgiveness of our sins. No matter what we do, try, make, whatever, our sins cannot be removed by our works or efforts. We will never match up to Him, be as good as He is, or get anywhere near the holy perfection of Jesus Christ who bridges us back to God.

Matthew 1:21 shows an angel of God speaking to Joseph, Mary’s (Jesus’s mother) fiancé, shortly after the Virgin Mary disclosed her miraculous conception. The angel says here, “She will bring forth a Son, and you shall call His name Jesus for He will save His people from their sins.”

As God promised, He delivered. Mary and Joseph had just entered Bethlehem for the census ordered by Caesar Augustus when Mary went into labor. Due to all the travelers, no inn was available for them that night. She ended up giving birth to the Son of God, Jesus, in the lowliest of places, an animal stable. Above the stable shone a magnificently bright star for people to know Jesus had arrived and guide the way to Him. It was there in a manger that the Son of God was welcomed by visitors.

Matthew 2:1–2 and 9–11 states, “Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold wise men from the East came to Jerusalem saying, ‘Where is He who has been born King of the Jews? For we have seen His star in the East and have come to worship Him.’

“When they heard the king ...

Table of contents

• The Good News Story
• Wrap Up
• The Final Moment
• Are You Ready to Accept Jesus as Your Savior?
• Prayer of Accepting Jesus
• What Next?
• Sitting and Beholding His Beauty
• Jesus Paid It All