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Today, hope seems to be a commodity in short supply. It is easy to be discouraged as we read the news and see the violence and hatred that has overcome our world. Sometimes we need not look further than our own neighborhoods or even within our families to see lives afflicted by injury and pain that we are without power to stop.
And yet, "there is no new thing under the sun." We are not the first generation to look despairingly around us and wonder what has become of sanity. We are not the first generation to look desperately for solutions to problems so complex that they stump our most esteemed intellectuals. And yet the solution is so simple that many intellectuals are willing to dismiss it as fantasy. It is so old that it is worn and tattered. It is so counter-intuitive that it has been described as foolishness. An unlikely solution in our age of technological wonder. Jesus Christ is Lord. That’s it. No great plan. No social engineering. No New Deal. The hope for mankind is a homely rabbi who’s stories, love and miracles captivated the hope of a nation two thousand years ago. "Hosanna! Hosanna!" The people of His time cried, expressing their hope that Jesus had come to free them from Roman oppression and the misery around them. And free them He did. Not as the Hebrews had expected. He did not liberate them from the Romans. Instead, he freed their very souls. His goals were loftier than simple economic or nationalistic freedom. Jesus saved the world … one person at a time, for all time. "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life." (John 3:16 NIV) The hope for our world has very little to do with society as a whole. Rather, it is a question put to each person. Individually. The question is, Will you submit your life to Jesus Christ and entrust your future to Him? This is both the easiest and hardest thing that you will do in your life. Use the menu to the left or follow the arrows to find out more. next page >>> |
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