Another look into euaggelion
I am continuing in my post series about euaggelion or gospel or good news. Paul speaks of it in a peculiar way in 1 Timothy 1:11
. He speaks of “the gospel of the glory of the blessed God.” Here in this text, Paul uses an interesting term to describe the gospel. He speaks of the beauty of the “blessed” God. The word there is an interesting choice of the apostle. It is the Greek word makarios. It is the term that Jesus used in the beatitudes when he would say “blessed are the/those/you…” (Matthew 5:3-11). It means happy. It is good news that God is a happy God. With in the trinity, God is happy. There is perfect enjoyment and happiness between the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. There is no deficiency of relationship between the three. God has perfect joy. And this is good news because Jesus says in John 17:26, “I made known to them your name, and I will continue to make it known, that the love with which you have loved me may be in them, and I in them.” The love with which God loved the Son will be in us. The joy that is within the Godhead will be ours! All of the joy and gladness and happiness is ours! This is the ultimate satisfaction that nothing in this world can even come close to hoping to possibly offer us, not even sex!! Therefore when we die, Jesus says to us, “Enter into the joy of your master.” God is a happy God. His happiness is our happiness both now (John 15:11, John 17:13) and in eternity. God’s joy is our good news.
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