The third thing we need clarity on regarding the Good News is, that the God who made the world is the God of infinite, exuberant, lavish, generous love. This is the centre of the good news.
Think about it this way. God made a world that is other than himself; this, already, is a striking idea that has puzzled great thinkers down the years. If God is perfectly good, why would he make something that, by definition, is less than perfectly good? That question has more of the quirky philosopher about it than the devout worshipper, but let it stand for the moment. The answer must be that God creates not out of need but out of love – out of the generous love that takes delight in his creatures, and especially his human, image-bearing creatures, to whom he has given such responsibility in his world.
It is not God’s ultimate intention that the world he has made be always and for ever other than himself. He intends that he will be ‘all in all’: that the earth will be full of his knowledge and glory as the waters cover the sea. But the route to that goal is through the outpouring of his love in Jesus and in the Spirit. The good news of what happened in Jesus is the central moment in the revelation of the good news that the one true God is the God of utter, self-giving love
Adapted from the eBook ‘Simply Good News’ by Tom Wright Ch7