Greatest Comeback Victory Ever !!!!!!
The rivalry was ancient. This time the home team looked much stronger. The early rounds were tit for tat with no breakthroughs. Eventually the home crowd began to cheer for the away team. But being the typical crowd their support waxed and waned. In the last inning, the crowd was going nuts for the away team. The team had driven deep into the home teams end zone. Yet the home team made a magnificent defensive stand. The crowd was impressed and resumed cheering for their team again. The defense was drawn into an elaborate and risky offensive draw which they swallowed hook, line and sinker. The April Fool's plan was so unbelievable that some of the teammates, despite being told it ahead of time, were fooled and caved into the defensive pressure. They were exhausted and really wanted to believe the team captain but could not see how such a foolish plan would actually work. The home team sacked the away team's quarterback. His back was on the ropes. The K.O. was coming. The fly ball was caught and the double play was following. It was like a free kick clinic with the goalie paralyzed and blinded. The apparent collapse was so stunning and complete that even the weather seemed awestruck. It became midnight at midday. There was even an earthquake. Things got so weird it seemed like the Night of the Living Dead.
Turns out while the captain was off the field that the home team was celebrating on, he was pillaging their locker room! And when that home team marched off the field to discover the reverse of events in their quarters, he was marching back out to the field to pick up the trophies, thousands upon thousands of adoring fans who were the losers, the low achievers, the out crowds, the weak, the lame, the poor, the hungry. THEIR Champion won it for them. He delivered them. He carried them on his scarred back. They grabbed his nail pierced hands. They ate the food he prepared at the victory banquet. They try to convince the home team's fans to switch allegiance. Their Champion is generous. Their Champion loves them. Their Champion forgives them. Their Champion can overcome all odds. Their Champion gives them hope, with Him all things are possible. He has an open invitation to every single one of His fans to come live in His crib, which he built with them in mind. He even makes His fans family and shares all He has with them.
What a Good Friday it is.
1 John 3
1 See how very much our heavenly Father loves us, for he allows us to be called his children, and we really are! But the people who belong to this world don't know God, so they don't understand that we are his children. 2 Yes, dear friends, we are already God's children, and we can't even imagine what we will be like when Christ returns. But we do know that when he comes we will be like him, for we will see him as he really is. 3 And all who believe this will keep themselves pure, just as Christ is pure. (NLT)
Turns out while the captain was off the field that the home team was celebrating on, he was pillaging their locker room! And when that home team marched off the field to discover the reverse of events in their quarters, he was marching back out to the field to pick up the trophies, thousands upon thousands of adoring fans who were the losers, the low achievers, the out crowds, the weak, the lame, the poor, the hungry. THEIR Champion won it for them. He delivered them. He carried them on his scarred back. They grabbed his nail pierced hands. They ate the food he prepared at the victory banquet. They try to convince the home team's fans to switch allegiance. Their Champion is generous. Their Champion loves them. Their Champion forgives them. Their Champion can overcome all odds. Their Champion gives them hope, with Him all things are possible. He has an open invitation to every single one of His fans to come live in His crib, which he built with them in mind. He even makes His fans family and shares all He has with them.
What a Good Friday it is.
1 John 3
1 See how very much our heavenly Father loves us, for he allows us to be called his children, and we really are! But the people who belong to this world don't know God, so they don't understand that we are his children. 2 Yes, dear friends, we are already God's children, and we can't even imagine what we will be like when Christ returns. But we do know that when he comes we will be like him, for we will see him as he really is. 3 And all who believe this will keep themselves pure, just as Christ is pure. (NLT)
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