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Take The Mask Off!
Over the past 18 months masks have become a part of our lives whether we agree with them or not, we have had to wear them at some point as we have navigated a worldwide pandemic and its public health mandates.
Today is Halloween and many people will choose to wear a mask today to attend a party or to collect candy from their neighbors.
El Santo
Unlike most sports, pro wrestling is unconcerned with numbers.
Nobody seems to have a win-loss record.
In lucha libre, the truly important matches, the bouts that make up one’s official record, are not even world championships.
They are, rather, Mask vs. Mask matches.
Luchadores wager their masks on the outcome of a fight.
The mask is a serious wager.
When a wrestler is defeated and unmasked, his face is seen by the public for the first time.
His name and his birthplace are published in the papers.
His mask, which symbolized his honor, is retired and cannot be used again.
“El Santo” kept his mask in inside and outside of the ring for 40 years.
In fact he was never seen out and about “out of character”.
As Christians we need to commit to taking off our masks!
For years I wore a mask of sorts, I was a clown.
Not the kind you see today, the ones that give you the heebie jeebies.
I was the clown that would run around a circus tent doing prat falls and slap stick.
It is amazing how much I personally changed in the two hours that it took to put on my makeup, wig, nose and costume.
The person that came out to perform was completely different than the person I was in real life.
Some of you might remember the 1994 Jim Carey movie, “The Mask”.
I remember, because we saw it on the date that Wendy fell in love with me… The premise was that the mask didn't change you, it only amplified who you were.
Oscar Wilde says it this way, “Man is least himself when he talks in his own person.
Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.”
Masks embolden you because it feels like people don’t see you, but the truth is found in Hebrews 4:13
Naked and Afraid
The truth is most of us fear being exposed.
We don’t like to be challenged or called out… They have made a whole franchise of horror movies based on the fact that we would like to keep our deeds secret.
Facing the truth about ourselves can be uncomfortable.
It’s hard to admit that the real reason we were so nice to someone was because we wanted to get something from them.
Or, that we may be smiling and congratulating a coworker for their promotion, but on the inside we think we deserve it more than they do.
If you pull back the mask and get honest with yourself, that’s when you can deal with the hidden issues that hold you back—the motives, the pride, the jealousy, the insecurity.
But truthfully God knows us and still loves us.
Paul believed in playing with his cards in the open...
We Hide from others but God Knows us
Are you wearing masks today?
The apostle Paul says our lives should be open books.
We’re not wearing masks, thinking one thing and saying another.
We’re not perfect, but we’re dealing with the issues.
We’re not pretending.
We’re real.
What you see is what you get.
When you live openly and honestly, God will make you and mold you into a vessel of honor and use you for His highest purposes.
Wearing a Mask is Exhausting
It is exhausting to pretend...
There is No Victory Without Struggle
Becoming like Jesus requires struggle!
New Identity
COMMUNION
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