Tonight we continued our study of the Bible called the Greatest Sci-Fi Novel (see post #1 in this series to understand this). Tonight we talked about the climax of the book. The climax is the point of highest dramatic tension or the major turning point in the action. The climax of the Bible is the death of Jesus on the cross. One place this is talked about is Mattthew 27:32-50. This is the turning point, the point when everything changes. He died, taking our sin upon himself, and our punishment so that we could have a relationship with God again. He solved the conflict, but at the time no one knew that. Instead, during that moment everyone thought this was a big failure. Why? Because at that point, many believed the Messiah would come but they thought He would be a military leader who would lead Israel out of slavery to Rome and reestablish them as a great kingdom. They were expecting a fighter, and when Jesus was arrested, beaten, and then killed, he had failed in a very complete way for those expecting a fighter, because he didn't even try putting up a fight. When we get to next week, you will get this more, but this moment of "failure" that was a horrible death, wasn't what it seemed, because what God's enemy intended as evil, he took and exchanged it for something good.
My greatest failure was my addiction to internt pornography. God din't like that I failed, he didn't approve of what I was doing, but since that point I have repented and turned this area of my life over to Him. Since then God has taken my failure and used it for good things, he has helped my story and failure change the life of at least one other so they could find freedom and become whole again. God took what was a failure and exchanged it for something good. He can do that with your failures too.
I give tonight: A+
Favorite Moment: Glow sticks for failures
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