Better than the Super Bowl?

With the Super Bowl tonight, it brings to mind many of the great Super Bowls in History.
· Super Bowl 6: Cowboys rushed for 252 yards and held Dolphins to under 200 yards total offense. Cowboys 24, Dolphins 3
· Super Bowl 12: Cowboys 27, Broncos 10
· Super Bowl 27: Who can forget the Cowboys forcing 9 turnovers from the Bills? Aikman had 4 TDs! Cowboys 52, Bills 17
· Super Bowl 28: Emmitt rushing for over 100 yards and 2 TDs as he single handedly beat the Bills. Cowboys 30, Bills 13
· Super Bowl 30: Larry Brown picking off Neil O’Donnell for a TD score! Cowboys 27, Steelers 17

Oh yeah, did I tell you I was a Cowboy's Fan?

Today we are going to talk about another super moment. However, this moment is different from all those other Super Bowl ones. In fact, it is different from any other moment in history. It is the most defying moment in all of history. It has changed history and can personally change your life.

Let me share it w/you.

Read Luke 23:13-46

This, my friends is the greatest single moment in all of history! Forget about all the great sports moments or civil rights moments or even the war moments - don't get me wrong, they are all great and important moments in the history of this world. The only thing that can compare is the Easter Sunday…when Christ rose from the dead.

Why is the death of someone a great moment? Because 1 person saved us from death! He saved us from present and eternal death.

How?
You see, because of this barrier between us and God, we can never have a full and complete life. This barrier arose when we decided that we know how to live our life better than God, the creator of the world and us. When he died, the wall that separated us from a relationship with God is gone! Now, because of Christ we can have life...present and eternal life.

He took the burden of our sin and pain upon him so that we wouldn’t have to experience that pain. He made it possible for us to have life and life to the full.

It’s kind of like a Rocky Movie. It is Christ vs. the Sin Wall the prevents us from having a relationship with God. Christ took the beating for us. Then, after he took the beating, he came back with a fierce assault and destroyed that wall to claim the prize for us…a relationship with Christ.

Bad analogy, but you get the point. This, by far, is the greatest victory ever.

Challenge

So, how does this affect you?

Someone took the punches for you…someone took the pain for you…someone died for you. How do you respond?

The way I see it, you have 3 different ways to respond:
Go on with your life. Think to yourself, that was a good story, but my life doesn’t really need any help right now. I’m fine where you are.
· My question to that is, are you really fine? Are things really going good enough that you don’t need any help? Well, what happens when things don’t go so well? Where are you going to turn then? Know that God/Jesus are there for you. However, it is in your best interest not to wait.
Be changed and begin a relationship with Christ
· As I’ve said earlier, Christ desires to lead you through life so that you can live life to the full. We can have that, but developing a relationship with Christ and have him lead us.
Recommit your life to Christ
· You may have already given your life to Christ, but have fallen away from living the way God intended. Well now is your chance to re-up with Christ. Now you have a chance to start over and begin all over.

Either way you choose to go is fine. Do not feel pressured to do any of the ones I just mentioned. You have to do what you are comfortable with, but I will say that having life and life to the full is God’s desire for you (John 10:10). You can have that with Christ by your side. Will you walk along side of him?