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Consequently, there is a third affirmation about man which the Bible stresses. If we are created for fellowship with God, and if we have rejected that fellowship, it is also true that God has provided a way for the fellowship to be restored. This is what makes the Christian faith "good" news. Without this, it would only be "bad" news. The "good" news is that the separation between God and ourselves which we cannot overcome has been overcome for us by God, and that he freely offers us a brand-new relationship with him.
This is a roundabout way of describing such Biblical words as "salvation," "redemption," "reconciliation," and "grace." While these are not precisely identical in meaning, they all describe the same fundamental experience, and represent the heart and core of Biblical faith. We must try to understand what is at stake here, for in one way or another all of us ask the question to which these words offer an answer. We ask it in different ways:
How can I be changed?
How can I stop being so self-centered?
What must I do to be saved?
Who will deliver me from this body of death?
How can I find some meaning for my life?
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