Thursday, November 02, 2006

I am very excited about the new series "Prison Break". When you think of prison, you think of confined, guilty, alone, and rejected by society. It is a funny thing, you don't even need to commit a crime to find yourself locked up and living the life of a prisoner and never setting foot in a penitentiary. Between the enemy and ourselves standing guard at the cell, there doesn't seem like much chance of getting free, from the guilt, shame, and sin in our lives. The fact is, that when we are Christ followers the real sin is not believing that Christ's blood is not capable of truly setting us free. There are a lot miss conceptions about sin, even in Christian circles. Some hold on to their pain and sin as a crutch to lean or fall back on as to gain sympathy, some see pain of the past as their best friend, in the midst of an argument they can pull it out and use it as ammunition against the ones they love the most. Sin always is always about me, my and I. If you read Genesis those words me, my and I do not appear until after the fall of mankind (Genesis 3:10). The only need Jesus had was to be close to the Father, everything else was about others. God is enough for my every need and every sin, and all my pain. Believing anything less keeps me locked up in prison with only my sin to keep me company. Satan may be the guard at your prison door, but God is the warden, go to the source to get free! "Only God" holds the keys to our prison door, we can be set free today!!! Romans 8:1-2, Invite someone this weekend to experience true freedom! Pastor Jon Andersen

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