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Max Lucado _ He Chose the Nails
So Jesus himself swung the hammer. The same hand that stilled the seas stills your guilt. The same hand that cleansed the Temple cleanses your heart. The hand is the hand of God. The nail is the nail of God. And as the hands of Jesus opened for the nail, the doors of heaven opened for you.
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Max Lucado _ He Chose the Nails
The hand squeezing the handle was not a Roman infantryman. The force behind the hammer was not an angry mob. The verdict behind the death was not decided by jealous Jews. Jesus himself chose the nails.
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Max Lucado _ He Chose the Nails
If so, don't pretend nothing is wrong. Don't pretend you don't fall. Don't try to get back in the game. Go first to God. The first step after a stumble must be in the direction of the cross. "If we confess our sins to God, he can always be trusted to forgive us and take our sins away" {1 John 1:9 CEV}.
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Max Lucado _ He Chose the Nails
To others, Jesus was a miracle worker. To others, Jesus was a master teacher. To others, Jesus was the hope of Israel. But to John, he was all of these and more. To John, Jesus was a friend. You don't abandon a friend-not even when that friend is dead. John stayed close to Jesus.
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Max Lucado _ He Chose the Nails
Practically put, we love our neighbor and refrain from gossip. We refuse to cheat on taxes and spouses and do our best to love people who are tough to love. Do we do this in order to be saved? No. These are "the good things that result from being saved.
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Max Lucado _ He Chose the Nails
After Christ's sacrifice there would be no more need to shed blood. He "once for all took blood into that inner room, the Holy of Holies, and sprinkled it on the mercy seat; but it was not the blood of goats and calves. No, he took his own blood, and with it he, by himself, made sure of our eternal salvation" {Heb. 9:12 TLB}.
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Max Lucado _ He Chose the Nails
And sometimes, no, oftentimes, we allow those mistakes to keep us from God. Our guilty conscience becomes a curtain that separates us from God. As a result we hide from our Master.
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Max Lucado _ He Chose the Nails
And for us? What did the torn curtain signify for us? We are welcome to enter into God's presence-any day, any time. God has removed the barrier that separates us from him. The barrier of sin? Down. He has removed the curtain.
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Max Lucado _ He Chose the Nails
What did the torn curtain mean? For the Jews it meant no more barrier between them and the Holy of Holies. No more priests to go between them and God. No more animal sacrifices to atone for their sins.
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Max Lucado _ He Chose the Nails
Every desirable and beneficial gift comes out of heaven. The gifts are rivers of light cascading down from the Father of Light" {James 1:17 MSG}.
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Max Lucado _ He Chose the Nails
Since he bore the sin of the murderer and adulterer, he felt the shame of the murderer and adulterer. Though he never lied, he bore the disgrace of a liar. Though he never cheated, he felt the embarrassment of a cheater. Since he bore the sin of the world, he felt the collective shame of the world.
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Max Lucado _ He Chose the Nails
We are at our best when we are giving. In fact, we are most like God when we are giving."
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