John 15:11  These things I have spoken to you, that My joy may be in you, and that your joy may be full.

He loves milk. In fact, he's a milkaholic. Every week he attends MA meetings. MA? Milkaholics Anonymous! He quickly tastes the difference between whole milk, 2 percent, and skim milk. And he knows when milk turns sour - he's got that figured out in days, hours, minutes - even seconds. If you're a milkaholic like him, your greatest fear is that your milk will turn sour.

Milk isn't the only thing that turns sour. People sour. We sour on jobs. We sour on the future. We sour on our children. We sour on spouses. We sour on school. We sour on life. Why do we sour so quickly?

Sin turns us sour. Selfishness turns us sour. Satan turns us sour. Who wants to stay sour? Not Jesus! Our Savior speaks joy into our lives - joy that is complete. That's the real Gospel.

Fake gospels don't give joy. Fake gospels load on guilt and shame. Then they blame. Fake gospels ask, "Is that the best you can do?" Fake gospels say, "It's time for you to do a lot more!"

The real Gospel announces that - in the death of Jesus, in the resurrection of Jesus - sin is forgiven, death is defeated, and life is restored forevermore. The real Gospel announces that salvation is a gift - a total and complete gift. The real Gospel turns darkness into light, sorrow into gladness, and sadness into everlasting joy!
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