00 PREFACE
PREFACE
Good News! Who does not like to hear, or read good news? There is in all of us a disposition to do so, and God takes advantage of this, and calls his last, his best message to man, Good-News — which is the literal meaning of the word Gospel. It is the good news of a Savior — of a Savior for sinners — for sinners just as they are, with all their sins. This Savior is God’s Son, able to save anyone; and willing to save all who are willing to be saved by him. This Savior, saves freely, saves perfectly, and saves with pleasure — all who come to be saved by him. It is his delight to save. It is his greatest work to save, and the work in which he takes the greatest pleasure.
Now, as my little book is full of Christ, I have taken the liberty to call it Good News. And as it contains something suited to all people, and all cases, I call it "Good News for all." I have endeavored to recommend my Lord and Savior, and only regret, that I have not ability to write of his love, power, and grace, in more lofty strains, and in a more befitting manner. I can assure my reader, that if he will go to Jesus for himself, and become experimentally acquainted with him, he will say, after all I have written in my book, "The half was not told to me!" The half! No, nor the thousandth part! Jesus is the great wonder of the universe. He is unequaled. After all God has done in Heaven and in earth, we feel justified in saying, "God in the person of his Son,
Has all his mightiest works outdone."
Reader, I pray that the Holy Spirit may use my book to reveal Jesus to your soul. If you have never seen his glory — you will be filled with surprise and wonder; and you will never rest until you have proved the merit of his blood, and can call him your Savior. If you know him already — may the Holy Spirit reveal him more fully and more clearly to you; and if he does, you will love him, adore him, and rejoice in him, more than you have ever done. Gracious Lord, take this little work, as the offering of a grateful child, and use it to honor Jesus, to benefit your believing people, and to save souls from death! Lord, save souls, save souls, by this feeble instrument, to the glory of your own free and sovereign grace. Amen.