One thing you don’t hear a whole lot of from Hollywood is a clear presentation of the gospel of Jesus Christ. Plenty of pro-LGBT propaganda, sexual deviant lifestyles, progressive politics, and pro-abortion rhetoric, but very rarely someone talking about Jesus in a positive way. Fortunately, there are a few, a small remnant, of faithful believers, who are starting to be emboldened to share their faith proudly, without fear of repercussions, and are making a lot of noise doing it.
Earlier this year, actress Jen Lilley put out a super powerful series of posts where she faithfully presented the gospel and spoke of His power to save souls and renew lives. These videos came out around Easter time, with a special focus on the death and resurrection of the Lord, who offered Himself up on the cross to take away the sins of the world and absorb the wrath of God we have all earned.
“Easter means everything to me,” Lilley went on to say in a video statement published by the television network Great American Family. “The detail and the great lengths that God the Father went through to adopt me as his child astounds me.”
Here’s more from The Christian Tribune:
Lilley further emphasized the origins of Easter. “Easter is actually a celebration of Passover, which is a remembrance of being saved from death and delivered out of slavery out of Egypt,” Lilley said. “And each year for Passover, a family would bring a lamb to be killed.”
The actress pointed out the lamb of sacrifices, noting how it paralleled the story of Jesus. “On the same day this ritual happened, Jesus, who is from Bethlehem, returned to Jerusalem through the Mount of Olives, entering through the eastern gate.”
Furthermore, another aspect that ties the lambs and Jesus’ story is that the High Priest would announce, “It is finished” upon the sacrifice being completed. According to the New Testament, Jesus uttered the same exact words as he died on the cross. John 19:30 (NIV) states, “When He had received the drink, Jesus said, ‘It is finished.’ With that, He bowed His head and gave up His spirit.”
Liley went on to finish her message by bringing all the various threads together in the sacrifice of Jesus on the cross.
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“On Easter, Jesus was both our perfect and final Passover Lamb and our High Priest,” she stated. “He saved us from death and He offered us new life and His blood became the door to access the Holy of Holies to God’s presence.”
Another big celebrity who has come to worship the One True God through the Lord Jesus Christ is popular podcast host and comedian Russell Brand who recently converted to the Christian faith and was baptized. Brand posted a video of his own where he gave an update one month after the conversion to let people know how his journey is going.
Brand remarked, “No, repentance, to repent, means that you have to continually change and acknowledge that I am in a battle against myself. That I need to surrender myself to an ever-present eternal and accessible Jesus. That mercy is something that’s been given to me, been granted to me, that I live with through love, not something that I can sort of win or achieve by doing good deeds.”
Beautiful truth emerging from a world of shadows and darkness. That’s God for you.