the message

So what is the message of the Christian faith?  So many churches offer so many answers to this question.  Some will tell you that:

-God loves you if you straighten up
-God loves you if you believe just right
-God loves you if you stop sinning
-God loves you if this
-God loves you if that
-God loves you if

None of that is good news.  But the true gospel is good news.  And there is another way to describe the message of the Christian faith.  Here it is:

God loves you.
There is no if.
God loves you.
no if.
none.
God loves you

It is not one of many views on the Christian message.  It is the Christian message.  The moment someone adds and "if" to it, the message has been perverted and it is no longer good.

Grace isn't an alternative message of Christianity.  It is the message.

It's a beautiful day in God's world, be sure to see the good.