The Real Deal

Do you live in the shadows? Spiritually, I mean? A shadow is a very minimal thing. Most of the time when you see a shadow you've got to imagine 98% of what's behind the shadow -- a building, a car, a person. All you see is a distorted little outline; the real thing is not visible. The Bible calls the old covenant a shadow of the real One.

The book of Hebrews says, "The law is only a shadow of the good things that are coming-not the realities themselves." In other words, the law of Moses, or the shadow, has been set aside. It's no longer needed because it's been replaced by the real thing, Jesus Christ. He was God's perfect payment for sin. And we've got to make that point all the time. The ultimate sacrifice was paid through His death on the cross, giving us free access to God.

But there are still so many people you and I know trying to pay their way to God. They're still living under the shadow. I even heard of a man who stood on one leg for three years just so he could become more holy. How sad!

The truth is that the only requirement before God - for holiness is to accept God's free gift of new, real life through Jesus Christ. He is the real thing. When we understand the sacrifice Jesus made, His love compels us to tell our world that we don't have to live in the shadow!

Get Up and Go

A few years ago we were having a festival in a major North American city. The chairman of our festival in another city was a really great leader and an active member of a local church. On the closing night he came to visit the festival and sat in the front row with his wife while I preached.

When I gave the invitation, the first to stand up and publicly commit their lives to Jesus were the chairman and his wife! I thought, "The chairman of the upcoming festival is getting converted?" But then I talked to him.

He said that years ago an evangelist came and preached the Gospel at his church. "I received Christ then," he said. "But he never asked us to publicly step forward. My wife and I have talked about for years that we really would like a chance some time to get up and go forward and let everybody know that we are followers of Jesus Christ!"

Second Timothy says, "So do not be ashamed to testify about our Lord." I love the story of that chairman. He was looking for an opportunity to publicly share his conversion-to come out of the shadows and into the light.

You and I can look for such opportunities, too. Get up! Go forward! Speak! Let your friends know how Christ has changed your life! Your story just may be use of God to change their lives.

Once and For All

Religious ceremonies... ah, yes! So many people rely on religious ceremonies. "Day after day the Old Testament priest stands and performs his religious duties." That's how Hebrews 10 describes the Old Testament execution of the law. It says, "Again and again he offers the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins."

In the Old Testament, when the people brought the lamb they were offering to the altar, they knew that it didn't take away sin. It was a symbol. It was an obedience. It was a shadow. But it didn't have any power in itself to cleanse them from sin.

It's the same thing today. There is no power in outward religious rituals. That's why I think it's so exciting to tell people where the power really is: in the blood of Jesus Christ. He's the only one who can take away sin! He did it once and for all!

But sadly, many believers still don't understand this truth. If we don't study these truths for ourselves we will still think we can somehow pay for our sinfulness. We miss the basis for our belief. Understanding the truths of Scripture is key to our witnessing to others about real divine forgiveness. When forgiveness real for us, we can genuinely and boldly share with others, too.

The High Priest's Sacrifice

When you talk to somebody who can't shake the sense of guilt or who feels that God could never forgive them, bring them to these two Bible verses. First, Hebrews chapter 10, says, "But when this priest had offered for all time one sacrifice for sins, he sat down at the right hand of God." That's our high priest, Jesus. The sacrifice of Jesus was "for all time." Underline that in their Bible! Push them to memorize it!

It goes on to say, "Their sins and lawless acts I will remember no more. And where these have been forgiven, there is no longer any sacrifice for sin." Tell them that Jesus paid with one sacrifice for all time. It will never be brought up again! It never needs to be brought up again. If you insist on bringing it up, you're claiming that the sacrifice of Jesus wasn't good enough.

The fact that Jesus' payment was "once for all" indicates that it was a perfect sacrifice. There is nothing to add to it. It did everything that it had to do. It took away the guilt. It bore the punishment. It set us free. And that's what liberates the conscience in people! When I think about the Good News Gospel, I just can't keep it inside. What about you? So talk about the cross and its perfection.

The Communion

Many Americans go to Holy Communion, and this give you a chance to reach your world for Jesus Christ. To me one of the times when I feel the closest to the Lord is during communion. When I come to partake of the bread and the cup, I feel so close to the Lord.

Ever since I was a little boy, I would watch the elders in the church. I wasn't baptized yet, so I didn't participate in the communion. But I would sit and watch the older people in my church. So quiet! There was no noise, except for some coughing in the winter-total silence.

Even when they sang they didn't sing with instruments. They wanted no distractions. Then some old man would get up and read a scripture passage. Somebody would ask for a hymn, and then somebody finally thought it was time to break the bread and pass it around.

As a little kid, I would watch all these people looking so solemn, so respectful, so serious - such reflection. It left an incredible impact on me. I love it! Hebrews 10 says, "We have been made holy through the sacrifice of the body of Jesus Christ once for all."

Why don't you take a few moments with the Lord today? Let the meaning of the broken body and the shed blood of Jesus Christ refresh you and renew your purpose to proclaim the Good News. And, when you talk to your friends - whether or not they go to communion - it's a good symbol to use to talk about the cross. 

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