Good News

Friday April 25^th, Matthew 28: The angel spoke to the women: "There is nothing to fear here. I know you're looking for Jesus, the One they nailed to the cross. He is not here. He was raised, just as he said. Come and look at the place where he was placed. "Now, get on your way quickly and tell his disciples, "He is risen from the dead. He is going on ahead of you to Galilee. You will see him there.' That's the message." And the Angel said to them, fear not!!! Where have heard that before?  Every time the messengers of God come into the world, they start with the message “fear not.”   One reason is that the church of that day, just as the church of our day, seems to preach more fear than faith.  The power status quo lives in fear that the power status quo will no longer be the power status quo, so any intrusion of God would indeed be seen as a fearful moment.  To the least, lost and lonely the message is always one of hope, not fear.  Hope is reborn and the message is that the power status quo may not be the power status quo forever which, though it may not seem like it to some, in the long run is good news for all.