We were.
That was the bad news.
Jesus died so that we might live.
That's the good news.
The good news is called the gospel.
The gospel of Jesus Christ is to believe he is who he says he is; that he did what he said he did, and that he rose from the dead.
The gospel is that even though we all deserve to go to hell, Jesus loved us so much that he would rather die than live without us forever.
So he did.