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So many times, I see the Word of God explained through everyday situations. I'll watch people, see or hear about
situations or view movies and get an epiphany. Most of the time that epiphany is not very "deep". Then again,
I've discovered God and knowledge of Him (and His ways) is very simple.
God meets me on my level. I'm thinking my level is more kindergarten than Master's degree in theology. It makes
Him very easy to understand.
Let me give you an example. A few days ago, I was reading my devotional for the day. The day's topic was about
having no condemnation. The main point was that, unlike the people of the Old Testament, we don't have to DO
things, punish ourselves or offer up sacrifices to make up for our sins.
The author was talking about the difference between atonement (OT) and what the Blood of Jesus (remittance,
NT) provides. Atonement is a covering. It covered over and covered up, but didn't destroy the sins of the
Israelites in the Old Testament. And that animal blood sacrifice was temporary - it only covered for a year.
On the other hand, the Blood that Jesus shed on the cross (remittance) not only covered, it did away with the sin.
Totally wipes it out. Permanently, forever.
Example: if you have a financial debt, at note, atonement would cover the note and pay it in full. Remittance not
only covers the debt and pays it in full; it then wipes out the ink of the note (like invisible ink) so that there is NO
EVIDENCE that there ever was a note. It does not exist anymore.
That devotional point reminded me of a kid's movie. If you have kids or grandkids (or just enjoy Pixar like Leland
& I do), you probably saw the Pixar cartoon comedy, Monster's Inc. A short take on the movie - monsters worked
in a scare factory. They would pop out of the closet of a child in the human world, scare that child and that child's
scream would be captured and provide electricity to the city.
Later on the workers discover that a child's uninhibited laughter provided much more power than fear did (hmm,
there is a story in that, too, i.e., laughter is like a medicine?). Anyway, in the beginning the monsters believe that
if anything from the child's world touched them, they would die. Therefore there were "agencies" (like a police
Swat team) who would come in and destroy any contamination (i.e., a child's sock).
They would isolate the sock, place a dome over the sock and screw the dome down. Then the interior of the
dome would incinerate the evidence of the sock and once the dome was removed, there weren't even ashes left.
It was as if the sock never existed.
That is how it is with the Blood of Jesus. It is like that dome, utterly destroying any evidence of sin. It is that
simple. Once you repent and ask God to forgive you, any proof that you ever missed the mark (sin) is destroyed.
It no longer exists, at least not in God's eyes.
The only ones who can bring it back up are you and the devil. His job is to get you to feel condemned, but that's a
Musing for another day.
Today just realize that you are free from condemnation. You are free to walk around without guilt. Like that
dome, anything from your past can be placed under that "dome" (the Blood) and be utterly, totally destroyed - as
if it never existed.
Anything.
Walk free today! Whoo hoo! God is good!
*Monster's Inc. © Disney Enterprises, Inc./Pixar Animation Studios. All Rights Reserved.
Musing Copyright © 2010 Nan C Loyd
All rights reserved. Used by permission.
situations or view movies and get an epiphany. Most of the time that epiphany is not very "deep". Then again,
I've discovered God and knowledge of Him (and His ways) is very simple.
God meets me on my level. I'm thinking my level is more kindergarten than Master's degree in theology. It makes
Him very easy to understand.
Let me give you an example. A few days ago, I was reading my devotional for the day. The day's topic was about
having no condemnation. The main point was that, unlike the people of the Old Testament, we don't have to DO
things, punish ourselves or offer up sacrifices to make up for our sins.
The author was talking about the difference between atonement (OT) and what the Blood of Jesus (remittance,
NT) provides. Atonement is a covering. It covered over and covered up, but didn't destroy the sins of the
Israelites in the Old Testament. And that animal blood sacrifice was temporary - it only covered for a year.
On the other hand, the Blood that Jesus shed on the cross (remittance) not only covered, it did away with the sin.
Totally wipes it out. Permanently, forever.
Example: if you have a financial debt, at note, atonement would cover the note and pay it in full. Remittance not
only covers the debt and pays it in full; it then wipes out the ink of the note (like invisible ink) so that there is NO
EVIDENCE that there ever was a note. It does not exist anymore.
That devotional point reminded me of a kid's movie. If you have kids or grandkids (or just enjoy Pixar like Leland
& I do), you probably saw the Pixar cartoon comedy, Monster's Inc. A short take on the movie - monsters worked
in a scare factory. They would pop out of the closet of a child in the human world, scare that child and that child's
scream would be captured and provide electricity to the city.
Later on the workers discover that a child's uninhibited laughter provided much more power than fear did (hmm,
there is a story in that, too, i.e., laughter is like a medicine?). Anyway, in the beginning the monsters believe that
if anything from the child's world touched them, they would die. Therefore there were "agencies" (like a police
Swat team) who would come in and destroy any contamination (i.e., a child's sock).
They would isolate the sock, place a dome over the sock and screw the dome down. Then the interior of the
dome would incinerate the evidence of the sock and once the dome was removed, there weren't even ashes left.
It was as if the sock never existed.
That is how it is with the Blood of Jesus. It is like that dome, utterly destroying any evidence of sin. It is that
simple. Once you repent and ask God to forgive you, any proof that you ever missed the mark (sin) is destroyed.
It no longer exists, at least not in God's eyes.
The only ones who can bring it back up are you and the devil. His job is to get you to feel condemned, but that's a
Musing for another day.
Today just realize that you are free from condemnation. You are free to walk around without guilt. Like that
dome, anything from your past can be placed under that "dome" (the Blood) and be utterly, totally destroyed - as
if it never existed.
Anything.
Walk free today! Whoo hoo! God is good!
*Monster's Inc. © Disney Enterprises, Inc./Pixar Animation Studios. All Rights Reserved.
Musing Copyright © 2010 Nan C Loyd
All rights reserved. Used by permission.