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TRADITION (Listen or Read)

You invalidate the word of God for the sake of your tradition.

(Mt. 15:6 NAS; Mt. 15:3,9)

If religious leaders of Christ’s time could invalidate the word of God for the sake of tradition, is it not possible today? Is the Church somehow immune? Only in 1995 did the Southern Baptist Convention finally submit an official apology regarding their stand on slavery.² Yes, slavery used to be accepted in Christendom. Many debates took place for and against slavery with each side quoting the Bible. However, when one considers that the letter kills and the Spirit gives life, and our beliefs must harmonize with the spirit and tenor of the Bible as a whole, the argument against slavery takes on new force. The same applies with the case against an “eternal” hell.

Traditions endure for generations, are highly revered, and are extremely difficult to change. There are no harder forms of error to confront and correct. When Paul and Steven declared to their fellow Israelites that God’s mercy extended to the Gentiles, they were stoned! Do we hold to any traditions for which Christ might rebuke us for? If we refuse to acknowledge any inconsistencies in our beliefs, how will we ever know?

This book examines the Augustinian tradition of everlasting punishment, so-called because it stems principally from the theology of Augustine, who is said to be the father of the western Church.³ This tradition assumes that the vast majority of the human race will never be saved. This is based on passages such as, “Narrow is the gate and difficult is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it.” (See #9 Appendix V). However is this what Christ meant by these words? This book presents abundant Scriptural evidence why this could not be what Christ and the Apostles taught.

Most Christians have not fully thought through the serious implications of this tradition. In essence, it teaches that an all-powerful and all loving God has created a world knowing full well the majority of His creation would spend eternity in suffering. How can this be?

Although this is what tradition assumes, most Christians, in their heart of hearts, do not embrace it. In Hell Under Fire, Daniel Block, professor of systematic theology at Westminster Theological Seminary, wrote, “The traditional doctrine of hell now bears the marks of odium theologium—Its defenders are seemingly few.”⁴ Though its defenders may be few, the doctrine itself continues to terrorize millions.

The tradition that an all-knowing, all-loving, and all-powerful God would create a world where the majority of His human creatures are destined to spend eternity in suffering is incomprehensible. What greater horror has the world ever known?

Implications

These people draw near with their mouths and honor Me with their lips, but have removed their hearts far from Me, and their fear toward Me is taught by the commandment of men.

(Is. 29:13)

What is this passage saying? It is warning us about a fear toward God taught by the commandment of men. Could Augustine’s teaching on hell be just such a commandment? Certainly, it removes our hearts far from God! Can we honestly say our affection toward God has not been influenced by this horrid doctrine? Has the thought that God might punish you or your loved ones forever in hell ever hindered your love toward Him?

This tradition seriously affects our understanding of God, including our whole outlook on life and how we relate to people. Do we not reflect, at least to a degree, the character of the God we worship? If we think seriously about the implications of this teaching, it will lead to certain undeniable conclusions as mentioned on page 15.

Confronting Our Tradition

A tradition begins when someone’s interpretation (in this case Augustine’s) is accepted by others and passed down through the generations. How many Hindus, Buddhists, Muslims, and Christians hold to beliefs solely because they have been passed down to them? Should we not critically evaluate for ourselves our traditions? “Test all things; hold fast what is good” (Th. 5:21). “Why do you not judge for yourselves what is right” (Lu. 12:57)? Christ strongly warns us about our traditions (Mt. 15:3, 6, 9). Perhaps you have struggled with hell as I have. Maybe you have longed that somehow, in this case, tradition is wrong. If so, read on. But before starting, let us consider one important point.

References: See Bibliography page

 

INTRODUCTION (Listen or Read)

Are you at peace regarding the eternal destiny of your children, parents, brothers, sisters, and grandparents? Are you experiencing abundant joy in your “personal” salvation while unsure if some of your dearest loved ones might suffer throughout eternity? How is that possible if you really love them a (Lists much as you love yourself? You see, we Christians have a problem, a very serious problem. The problem is our belief that hell is “eternal” and that most of humanity will suffer endlessly. Deep inside we know something is not right, but we suppress our questions and doubts because we “think” the Bible teaches it. What inner conflict rages within us! It is futile to find satisfying answers to the problems this issue raises. For example:

¨      How can an all-powerful, all-knowing, and all-loving God create billions of people, knowing most will be tormented in hell forever?

¨      Is the power of our “free will” to damn ourselves for eternity really absolute, exceeding the power of God’s “free will” to save us, His very own property? “All souls are mine” (Ez. 18:4). If so, who suffers most in eternal damnation, man or God who loves man with an everlasting love (Jer. 31:3)?

¨      “How can Christ be considered greater than Adam if Adam has the power to condemn more people than Christ has the power to save?”

Please do not accept pat answers to these critical questions. Jesus commands us to judge for ourselves what is right (Lu 12:57). What is right about a punishment that never ends?

How has this teaching affected the spread of the “Good News”—the Gospel? Think about it. An “eternal” hell…

¨      maligns God’s character before the world.

¨      contradicts His unending and unfailing love for all people.

¨      makes our worship stem more from fear than of true affection.

¨      denies His unlimited power to accomplish all His will.

¨      makes man’s will greater than God’s will.

¨      infinitely minimizes Christ’s triumph over death and the evil one.

¨      denies that Christ fully accomplished His mission on earth.

¨      violates God’s divine witness revealed in every conscience.

¨      negates the most glorious promises in the Bible.

¨      ignores the testimony of the early Church.

¨      robs most of us of true and lasting peace and joy.

¨      affects what we become; like parent—like child.

¨      hinders world evangelism. (Remember Abdou?)

“Test all things” (1Th. 5:21). Have you tested this teaching?

For most of my life the fear of hell stalked me, ever waiting for an opportune moment to raise its ugly head. Just the idea was like a sword slicing through me. It has been the greatest stumbling block to my faith. In fact, I almost gave up on Christianity because of it.

Hell is a horrifying thought. Millions have been terrorized by it. Some have even killed their children to spare them such a fate; remember Andrea Yates from Houston who drowned her five children? If we would truly grasp the horror of it, we would go insane. Our every waking moment would have to be spent snatching whoever we can out of the fire or nothing but constant guilt would torment us. Can you imagine the horror of suffering “forever? ”What is a billion years? It is but a second in eternity. Who could possibly imagine such horror? What if you or one of your loved ones should go there? Does this thought affect how you feel about God?

This theme has gripped my heart as it afflicts millions of people and dishonors God before the world. After years of wrestling with this topic, studying the Bible, and reading the works of others, I have found that hell, whatever it consists of, is a judgment given from the disciplinal hand of a loving Father. Though the symbolism surrounding it seems severe, it ultimately serves a good and remedial purpose. One of our greatest presidents agreed. In Abraham Lincoln the Christian, William Johnson, stated:

Abraham Lincoln did not nor could not believe in the endless punishment of anyone of the human race. He understood punishment for sin to be a Bible doctrine; that the punishment was parental in its object, aim, and design, and intended for the good of the offender; hence it must cease when justice is satisfied. All that was lost by the transgression of Adam was made good by the atonement.¹

That is the message of this book. It is indeed good news for those tormented over the destiny of lost loved ones! Millions in our land can relate. Though the subject is hell, the book is really about God. What is He like? A popular Christian cliché some time ago was: “God is good—all the time!” Well, you will find solid support for it here. God is good even in His judgments! They are not infinite and horrendously cruel, but just, righteous, and remedial.

If you think that I am manipulating the Scriptures in this book, then please leave it. But if not, be ready to fall in love with an amazing and wonderful God!

References: See Bibliography Page

FOREWORD (Listen or Read)

LOVE NEVER FAILS! (1Co. 13:8) Words of victory, power, hope
and encouragement. Oh, do we dare believe? Can it really be possible? For most of my life, I have embraced teachings built on well-defined arguments for why LOVE SOMETIMES FAILS. Not that it wanted to fail or lacked the power to succeed; it just didn’t work out sometimes. As a matter of fact, it didn’t work out most of the time. The simple but profound truth in this study has radically altered the way I now see the One who is Love.

Friends have warned me that truth can be found in the strangest places. The truth in this book found me on the road back from a medical outreach in the Aztec villages of Mexico. For the past few years, I had watched Gerry labor in what he calls his “helps” ministry for the Kingdom—a dental ministry where he would labor for days well into the night, demonstrating practically the Father’s love. As we went on different outreaches, I came to notice a pattern—one that to this day continues:

Gerry would be the first one up and running, working late into the night, with a gentle, caring spirit throughout. On the day scheduled for return, when everyone else would be packed and waiting, he was finishing up one last patient. After watching him for several clinics, I had to know what made him tick. What was his secret? As the trips down would sometimes take 8 to 10 hours, we had plenty of time to talk. The study you hold in your hands reflects his view of God, and the life I saw lived is the fruit of that. It is a simple truth that can be summed up in three mighty words—LOVE NEVER FAILS!

I confess that when I first heard him expound on this, it hit me like a ton of bricks. So simple and yet so radically different from that which I had heard all my life. A truth that will, as all truth does, set you free. When this truth caught up with me, I was marveling at God’s never-ending love for Israel as shared by the Apostle Paul in Romans, in spite of their persistence in unbelief. With two little words, Gerry turned my world upside down, or should I say right side up, “Why Israel?” And with that began a deeper study into this One who is Love, who is working out His victory and will not stop until He becomes “all in all.”

Come hear again the Good News shared by the angel with some shepherds one night outside of Bethlehem—Good News of great joy to all people! Rekindle the fire as you hear again of the One who is making all things new. Rejoice again as you ponder our Father who will not rest until all His children are safely home. Marvel at His wisdom in working out His master plan for the ages to see His will accomplished—that none should perish. Worship afresh the living God, who is the Savior of all men. Watch the Word unfold before you, as the mystery (hidden for ages) brings a peace that passes all understanding. Stand in amazement as you experience the One who is Love, doing what He does best—transforming His creation into His likeness. Our God truly is an awesome God and this study is another affirmation to His never-ending, never-failing LOVE.

My prayer for you as you journey through this was expressed so well by the Apostle Paul—“that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you a spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of Him, having the eyes of your hearts enlightened, that you may know what is the hope to which He has called you.…that according to the riches of His glory He may grant you to be strengthened with might through His Spirit in the inner man, and that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; that you, being rooted and grounded in love, may have power to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, and to know the love of Christ which surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God. Now to Him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to His power that is at work within us, to Him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever. Amen!”
(Ep. 1:17-18; 3:16-19 RSV; 3:20-21 NIV).

David Nuckols – 2006
Bread of Life Frontier Missions,
Brownsville, Texas

A REFERENCE MANUAL (Listen or Read)

This book, in a sense, is a reference manual containing a wealth of information that you can come back to repeatedly. It is written for both theologians and the rest of us. Chapter I is the longest and most technical. It identifies the key points on which belief in eternal punishment is based and explains why they are in error. Initially, for a lighter read, it may be helpful to start at chapter II and come back to chapter I later.

In order to provide the weight of Scriptural evidence this study demands for theologians, I had to abbreviate many passages. This is not uncommon among Christian authors. Rick Warren writes:

“Verse divisions and number were not included in the Bible until 1560 A.D., I have not always quoted the entire verse, but rather focused on the phrase that was appropriate. My model for this is Jesus and how he and the apostles quoted the Old Testament. They often just quoted a phrase to make a point.”¹

I quote a number of writers who strengthen key points in my thesis but who may not profess it. See Bibliography.²

Italics and bolding are added for emphasis.

Quotations are from the NKJV unless otherwise noted.

(This part is not in the book: I just want to bring your attention to Appendix one. This appendix contains one hundred and eighty – six passages of Scripture that strongly support my hope, at least it does in my mind. That section alone is an invaluable reference to many people, and I pray it will be to you too.)

 

 

Abbreviation chart key not available on the Kindle Edition.

 

 

DEDICATION (Listen or Read)

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

I thank God for His unfailing, unending love for all humanity.

 I thank God for my wife Denise. Thank you for the sacrifices you have made. I appreciate your love, courage, understanding, encouragement, patience, insights, hard work, and prayers.   

 I am deeply thankful to my daughter Renée. Thank you for your hard work in editing and formatting and for your patience with me. It was such a joy and pleasure to do this project together with you.

 I thank my friends, John, Gary, Steve, Dave and Rick; John and Gary for your understanding and encouragement, Steve for introducing me to this Hope, Dave for spurring me on, and Rick as the Herald!

 Thanks to Derek and Pat McLean for your work of love in cover design and editing.

 Thank you Charles, for your partnership in printing and distribution and for your summary on judgment.

 Thank you Scott, for The Trilogy and for your commitment to labor with us in making this Hope known.

 Thank you Gary, for your testimony! You and Michelle inspire me. You have brought Good News to the world!

 

I DEDICATE THIS BOOK TO:

¨      Our awesome and amazing God!

¨      Christ’s Body – that we would love God with all our hearts.

¨      All those afflicted, distressed, and terrorized by the idea of everlasting punishment.

¨      My family.

THE PROBLEM (Listen or Read)

Picture yourself as a missionary to the Muslim nation of Senegal, West Africa. The date? September 26, 2002. About a year prior, you befriended your neighbor, Abdou Ndieye, a Muslim merchant. Only a few weeks ago, he graciously accepted your invitation to study the Bible with you. You are thrilled. Abdou is the first Muslim with whom you have begun sharing the Good News.
Today you prepare to explore another portion of God’s Word with him, but something terrible has happened. You cannot believe what you are hearing and seeing on the news. The Joola, a Senegalese ferry, has capsized killing almost 2,000 people. You remember that Abdou’s wife, Astou, and his 14-year-old daughter, Fatou, are on that ship. You are in shock and cannot believe what you are seeing—a ship’s underside sticking up out of the sea with helicopters hovering overhead. You hurry next door. As you knock on the door, you hear deep groans and wailing. You slowly enter. Abdou is prostrate on the floor. He pleads before Yalla (Wolof for Allah), “Why? Why? How could you let this happen?” He goes into spasms of weeping, beating his hands against the floor.
Feeling utterly helpless, you pray, “God help me comfort my friend.”
Abdou lifts his eyes, hardly able to recognize you for the tears. “My wife and daughter have died a terrible death! Tell me I will see them again; tell me they are safe in God’s arms! Has your Jesus taken them to His heaven?” You are lost for words. The silence is deafening.
“Answer me, Christian, will I see them again? Are they in a better place? Tell me!”
You remain speechless. What can you say? Where is the “Good News” when you need it most?¹

1 See “Hope Beyond Hell “Bibliography page

BOOK REVIEWS (Listen or Read)

“Hope Beyond Hell” The Righteous Purpose of God’s Judgment
by Gerry Beauchemin with D. Scott Reichard author of “The Trilogy”

What others are saying…

“The magnificent love and wisdom of God has not been written about with such clarity since the days of the patriarchs. I applaud Gerry Beauchemin for producing this important book. I have waited twenty-five years for it.”

Michael Wm. Gross, D.D., Th.D., Ph.D., Maryland

 

“Everyone should read and study Hope Beyond Hell, a book of hope. Read it, understand it, and share its message with others.”

Harold Lovelace, M.Th, D.D. Author Read and Search God’s Plan, AL

 

“With great spiritual discernment and a heart attuned to the transforming love of God, Gerry Beauchemin has written a book that will, if you permit it, inspire love, peace, joy, and hope – all the fruit of the Spirit – in your own heart.”

Thomas Talbott, Professor Emeritus, Willamette University, Oregon

Author of The Inescapable Love of God

 

“I first learned, espoused, and taught the truths presented in this book over 40 years ago. Hope Beyond Hell encapsulates them better than any I have read.”

Bill Boylan, Ph.D., Author, Speaker, South Dakota

 

“This is an excellent book. Many who attend the churches of our day would do well to read Hope Beyond Hell and to study and think for themselves.”

Bob Evely, M.Div., Asbury Theological Seminary,

Author of At the End of the Ages, Kentucky

 

“Hope Beyond Hell answers the questions we have been afraid to ask about God’s unfailing love and inexhaustible patience.”

Pastor Ivan A. Rogers, Former Bible College President,

Author of Judas Iscariot: Revisited and Restored, Iowa

 

“As an instructor in Church History, Hope Beyond Hell is one of the most balanced studies available on the remedial judgments of God and the great truth of the restoration of all things in Christ. The author has done it in a logical, common sense way the average layman can understand. This is a book about the love of God.”

Rev. Terry Miller, M. Phil, Former Pres., Bethesda Mennonite Institute of the Bible, Former member of the House of Representatives, SD

“Hope Beyond Hell is a bold and impassioned plea for Christians of every stripe to consider the grand proposition that God’s goodness, grace and love reaches farther than most of us have ever dared to imagine. Gerry’s comprehensive research of the biblical record and extra-biblical sources is powerfully, even overwhelmingly compelling. All who read this book with a spiritual mind and listen with spiritual ears will receive a deepened revelation of Christ in God.”

Dr. Bruce A. Gerlach, Professor, College of the Ozarks, Missouri

 

“Hope Beyond Hell is a ‘must-read’ for those who have lost their way because they couldn’t reconcile a Bible declaring ‘God is Love,’ while simultaneously teaching that the fate of the sinner is eternal damnation. Layer by layer, concept by concept, this book will loose the bonds of insanity that has plagued the Church for centuries.”

Grady Brown, M.Th, D.Litt.

Director and founder of Dayspring Bible Ministries, Texas

 

“Hope Beyond Hell is one of the most concise books covering the subject of the righteous purpose of God’s judgment. The reader will see that God will not rest until He will become All in all (1Cor 15:28).”

Dr. Marian Paul Kampik, Silesian University, Poland

 

“Hope Beyond Hell is an excellent and well researched book. I have no doubt that the Holy Spirit is using Gerry at this very important time in Church history.”

Rev. Rod Walton CJ: Anglican Independent Communion,

Founder of Bereavement Rescue, United Kingdom.

 

“Hope Beyond Hell explains the facts of God’s limitless grace and boundless love. It truly offers hope beyond hell. Carry a case to all funerals! This is the book I’ve been waiting for!”

Pastor Robert Rutherford, Speaker, Teacher, Songwriter, Georgia

 

“For decades I have questioned the need for and the justice of eternal punishment in light of God being ‘love.’ This is a well-researched book, providing fresh insights into the teachings of the Church Fathers, and difficult texts like Mat. 25 and Luke 16. Even if one does not agree with his conclusion, one does feel reassured about the extent of God’s love in Christ.”

H. Peter Kuiper, M.Div., Fuller Seminary, Ed.D, Nova University, CA

BOOK COVERS (Listen or Read)

“Hope Beyond Hell” The Righteous Purpose of God’s Judgment
by Gerry Beauchemin with D. Scott Reichard author of “The Trilogy”

“Fear not, I … have the keys of hell and of death.” ― Jesus Christ

This book is published by Malista Press, Olmito, Texas
Copyright 2007, 2010 Revised by Gerry Beauchemin, All Rights Reserved
This audio recording is read by George W. Sarris.
(George also narrates “The Holy Bible,” New International Version by Zondervan Publishing House; 2011 Revised.)
Recording copyright 2012 by Gerry Beauchemin, All Rights Reserved

The back cover of this book reads:

“Hope Beyond Hell” makes a compelling Biblical case affirming all God’s judgments have a good and remedial purpose.

―“Have you been tormented by the thought of dying? Do you know the anguish of thinking that you or a loved one might suffer in hell forever? You are not alone. As I read Hope Beyond Hell, I cried for joy. It assures us of a Love that never gives up on us no matter how miserably we fail.” Charles Slagle – author of “From the Father’s Heart.” Evangelist

―“I love Hope Beyond Hell; it changed my life. After 60 years of being afraid of God, I was finally introduced to the true God of infinite love, who is bound neither by time nor death; the Savior of the whole world.”  Dr. Terry Schwartz Prof., Wheaton College

―“Gerry Beauchemin backs up his hope, not with fancy theories, but by numerous Scriptures and quotes from Bible scholars of many generations. Everyone needs to read and study this book.”  Richard W. Rundell, Ph.D.

―“Hope Beyond Hell is one of the best books ever written showing from Scripture that God’s judgments are remedial, corrective, and temporary.”  Dr. Stephen Jones, M.Div., D.D., Author, speaker

―“As a hospice chaplain for 14 years, I counseled hundreds of dying patients. In my experience, Christians believing in eternal punishment, especially in literal fire, were much more fearful of death than others. How can this be since Christ came to free us from the fear of death (Heb. 2:15)? Hope Beyond Hell gives a Biblical basis for total peace in the face of death.”  Rev. Boyd Purcell, M.A., M.Div., Ph.D. Author, speaker; Board Certified Chaplain and National Board Certified Counselor

Please see ARTICLES / TEACHING / Eternity in the Bible by Gerry Beauchemin

“For I determined not to know anything among you except Jesus Christ and Him crucified.”
“He Himself is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the whole world.”
“Announcing the good news of peace through Jesus Christ, who is Lord of all.”
(1Co 2:2; 1 Jn 2:2; Acts 10:34)

Put it all together:
I announce to you the good news of peace: Jesus Christ, the Lord of all, was crucified for the whole world! What GOOD NEWS!

What does Jesus “crucified” have to do with the “good news of peace?” It has everything to do with it. It is the very substance of that peace. “Him crucified” implies all that the death of Christ achieved for every person. And what’s that? Paul tell us clearly in Colossians 1:19-20:

“For it pleased the Father…by Him (Christ) to reconcile all things to Himself…having made peace through the blood of His cross.” Please reflect on this. It’s the Father’s pleasure to reconcile all to Himself through the blood of His cross [or “Him crucified”]. Note that the phrase “all things” in many translations is not in the Greek – See Hope Beyond Hell page 132 as it applies to this passage as well. The added word “things” only clouds the deep significance of this passage.

“For it pleased the Father…by Him (Christ) to reconcile all to Himself…having made peace through the blood of His cross.” This is a passage that every child of God should commit to memory! What a revelation of our Father’s heart especially when thought of in light of Luke 15:20 – “But while he was still a long way off his father saw him and was filled with compassion for him; he ran to his son, threw his arms around him and kissed him.” This parable includes all of us – His lost prodigals! The Father’s pleasure is to reconcile all people to Himself through the blood of His cross (Him crucified)! Our Lord said it this way: “I, when I am lifted up from the earth [lifted up on the cross and suspended between heaven and earth – “Him crucified”] will draw [literally “drag” – see Hope Beyond Hell p. 111] all men to myself.”  John 12:32.  Every eye will some day see Him lifted up on the cross – “Him Crucified” (Phil. 2:9-11). And on that day every heart will melt and break with sorrow for what our sin did to Him, and every knee will bow in sincere and genuine adoration of Him (see also Heb. 2:8-9 with 1 Cor. 15: 28 and 1 Tim 2:3-6).   

This passage (“For I determined not to know anything among you except Jesus Christ and Him crucified” – 1Co.2:2) has become very meaningful to me. It inspires me to be focused and determined in proclaiming this Good News to the world. Paul said he did not count his life dear to himself that he would testify to the gospel (the good news) of the grace of God (Acts 20:24). That’s how I feel! Do you also feel this way? Like Paul, we are called to enter this race. Are we determined not to know anything except Jesus Christ and Him crucified for the whole world? Let’s not let ourselves be diverted and distracted by the attractions and temptations of life! Let’s stay focused on the goal – bringing the good tidings of great joy (joy, the fruit of true peace) for all people (Luke 2:10). Let’s proclaim it far and wide!

“But none of these things move me; nor do I count my life dear to myself, so that I may finish my race with joy, and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the gospel of the grace of God (Acts 20:24).”

But does God’s grace really extend to all of humanity, even those who are not believers? Absolutely! “He Himself is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the whole world.” 1Jn 2:2 “God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself…and has committed to us the word of  reconciliation.” 2 Cor. 5:19. “Behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy which will be to all people.” Luke 2:10  “This is a faithful saying and worthy of all acceptance. For to this end we both labor and suffer reproach, because we trust in the living God, who is the Savior of all men, especially [not exclusively – see Hope Beyond Hell page 112] of those who believe. These things command and teach.” Yes! God will save all! Let us command and teach it!  See Appendix I (page 185) of Hope Beyond Hell for many more passages that support or confirm this truth. Click here: https://deep-valley.wp1.host/proclamations-of-hope/

Does your heart burn to share this great news with hurting, fearful, and tormented people all around you? Do you share the compassion of Christ (as seen in Matthew 9:36)? How beautiful are your feet?

“How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the gospel of peace, who bring glad tidings of good things!” Rom.10:15  “The message God sent…telling the good news of peace through Jesus Christ, who is Lord of all.” Acts 10:36 N.I.V. Did you hear that? I repeat: “The message God sent…telling the good news of peace through Jesus Christ Who is Lord of all.” It’s not a matter of “making” Him Lord; He IS Lord! I do not minimize our crucial need to submit to His Lordship, but He IS Lord of all and has redeemed all of humanity. This will be made clear in God’s due time – “For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior; who will have all men to be saved… Jesus; who gave himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time (1Tim 2:3-6).”  God purposed that in the dispensation of the fullness of time to gather together in one all in Christ (See Eph 1:9-11).

Join us in proclaiming and living out the truly GOOD NEWS! Let’s boldly tell the good news of peace through Jesus Christ Who is Lord of all! (Acts 10:36). “Go into all the world and preach the good news to all creation (Mark 16:15 NIV).”

“Lord, please impassion and empower every Christian who has encountered You in your unlimited love for all people to not count their lives dear to themselves. Cause them to be like Paul who gave himself to testify to the GOOD NEWS of your grace for all! In Jesus precious Name I ask. ”

Gerry Beauchemin

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