An Unconventional Message

Certain situations demand an unconventional message.

You walk into the doctor’s office and find out you’ve got a deadly disease.

It’s called cancer. But there’s hope, he says. You can be treated.

But it’s not an easy treatment.

It will taste like poison. It will act like poison.  It will kill every cell in your body with the hopes of getting the bad ones too. It will take years before you see the positive effects. You will feel like throwing up on a daily basis. You will have every ounce of your energy sapped along the way. You will need a permanent IV placed in your body, and will get admitted to the hospital on a regular basis.

You will become infertile. You will need transfusions. You won’t want to go anywhere, see anyone, do anything. You will lose every one of your hairs.

And worst of all, when all is said and done, the disease may come back again, or you may get a secondary form of cancer because of the treatment. And the interesting thing about this awful unconventional message is that you will end up paying money to get it and find yourself lucky to have it.

Because there is a chance – however slim it may be – that this message will bring you life.

So the message of Christ is equally unconventional but far better.

It is a message for a deadly disease called sin. It is a message that promises hope and freedom eternally. But it is a message that comes with a price – a price that most refuse to pay, a price that some have decided they cannot afford to pay, a price that a few have given their lives for.

It will demand your all. It will cause some to dislike you, or even disown you. It will invite some to attack you and others to ridicule you.

You will sometimes be lonely and confused. You will often be tempted and afraid. You will want to question the message, wonder about it, and even abandon it.

And just when you think you can’t go on anymore, you will hear a whisper, a nudge, a reminder.

You are not alone. I have been there too. I know.

So you will go on. You will endure. You will finish.

And you will gain life. You will get hope. You will be free.

See once you’ve heard the message – you know! There is no other way, there is no other choice. And you will come to find out that certain situations demand an unconventional Savior.

Allow me to introduce Him to you.

His name is Jesus. And he died for you.

Do you know Him?

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