Years ago when I was a wee lad in Boy Scouts we went to a scout camp called the Big Event. At this camp there were a ton of different events from: Archery, to black powder rifles, to you guessed it, the prisoner of war camp. The prisoner of war camp was by far my favorite event.
So let me lay out the scene for you. Here we are in the enemies POW camp. Its cold out, we are all locked up and there is no way we are getting out of here, "Im sorry boys". Let our adventure begin!
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"Where are we captain" Mack says groggily.
"We have been captured Mack. They are keeping us in this make shift prison until they can kill us off. They are moving us to death row rock one at a time and leaving us to ponder on our fate." The Captain responds.
"Where is J Captain?" Mack asks while looking around.
"They took the best man first" Captain says. "I wouldn't be surprised if they've already killed him."
"No cap I can see him!" Tim whispers from across the room. "He is still on the rock, but it looks like he has been beat bad."
"Can you tell if he is alive Tim?" The captain asks with reluctance.
"I think so Captain! Tim says quietly. "What is he doing?"
To the soldiers complete surprise a key lands in between them!
"J pulled through for us again" The captain exclaims, as he quickly uses the key to unlock Jesse's lock.
But as the captain goes to try and release Mack he realizes that the key doesn't fit!
"They used different locks for each of us" The Captain says exasperated. No sooner do the words escape him then another key lands at his side. "That a boy, J!"
The Captain releases himself as Tim catches the last key that releases himself and Mack.
Jesse, immediately starts to look around the room and finds a rope the is partially buried in the back corner of the room. "This will surely come in handy" he says.
And with that the men make there way out of the room.
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Pause!
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Like Captain and his Crew there are times when we are all chained down, wether the chains are physical or spiritual it doesn't matter. We have no power to set ourselves free! But there is someone! Someone destined to die, our friend and our brother in Arms. He alone has the power to set us free! His name is Jesus Christ.
But we quickly realize that all of our locks are different! My chains are different from your chains. But our friend, Jesus Christ has the key we need and he will provide it for us. Jesus Christ suffering was the only way we could recieve our keys. It was the only hope and he knew it. Thats why he let himself go through that, he could have escaped it at any time but he stayed so that he could provide us with our key and save us from prison! I am so thankful for my Savior and Friend. I know that he died for me, and he died for you.
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