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So what is the good news?
The refined and civilized version goes something like this: Jesus died and rose from the dead so that you can live a life of endless comfort, security, and indulgence. But really this is a bit too developed. Usually, it’s more like this: if you’ll simply confess that you’re a sinner and believe in Jesus, you’ll be saved from the torment of eternal hellfire, then go to heaven when you die. Either case results in our domestication. One holds out for life to begin in eternity, and the other makes a mockery out of life.

The call of Jesus is far more barbaric than either of these. It is a call to live in this world as citizens of an entirely different kingdom. In its primitive state the good news could never be separated from the invitation of Jesus to “come, follow Me.” He never lied about the danger or cost associated with becoming His follower. He told them up front, “I am sending you out like sheep among wolves. Therefore be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves”
Matthew 10:16

“The Barbarian Way : Unleash the Untamed Faith Within” Erwin McManus p 32-33