GLORY IN THE CROSS!
Glory In The Cross!
Thursday, April 27, 2006
We stand today nearly two thousand years after the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. It is evident that there is the need to call the world back to the reality and basic truth that Jesus died for the sins of the world upon a cross. Not only is it imperative to ponder this event, but also, it is a manner of life and death that individuals consider afresh-- on a daily basis-- the provision the execution of Jesus provided. I urge you to glory in the cross!
It is written:
“and the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.” (Isaiah 53:6b)
and,
“Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin” (verse 10)
and again,
He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities. (Isaiah 53:11)
Remember this,
“God the Father so loved the world that He gave His only begotten son, that whosoever would believe in Him would not perish but have eternal life” (John 3:16)
and Jesus
“…endured the cross despising the shame…” (Hebrews 12:2)
What a precious gift! Free for the asking. It is no wonder why God the Father is incensed by the rejection of His costly offer. This is the way. Here is the answer to mans’ doom. It hung upon a cross. Shameful, humiliating, grotesque in gore and cursed—this is God’s answer for the wages of sin.
The cross is foolish to most. It is not understood. Nevertheless, herein is the power of God unto salvations’ eternal life. Here stands victory over the adversary, the world, and the self. Glory in the cross!
We live in a Christless crossless culture. The religious Christian world is largely crossless too. What does this mean? Far too many of the professing Christian world lack the power of the cross. Lives lived are self-proficient. People pursue their own imagination. The cross is degenerated into an image worn about the neck rather that being the reality to end selfish sin. Christ is made to be an ornament rather than one’s life itself. In other words, Christ should be one’s life, not just in one’s life! The answer? Come now, glory in the cross!
And whosoever does not bear his cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple. (Luke 14:27)
Trevor Davis
www.soundingthealarm.com
Please see Rick Wiles ministry @ www.trunews.com
Thursday, April 27, 2006
We stand today nearly two thousand years after the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. It is evident that there is the need to call the world back to the reality and basic truth that Jesus died for the sins of the world upon a cross. Not only is it imperative to ponder this event, but also, it is a manner of life and death that individuals consider afresh-- on a daily basis-- the provision the execution of Jesus provided. I urge you to glory in the cross!
It is written:
“and the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.” (Isaiah 53:6b)
and,
“Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin” (verse 10)
and again,
He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities. (Isaiah 53:11)
Remember this,
“God the Father so loved the world that He gave His only begotten son, that whosoever would believe in Him would not perish but have eternal life” (John 3:16)
and Jesus
“…endured the cross despising the shame…” (Hebrews 12:2)
What a precious gift! Free for the asking. It is no wonder why God the Father is incensed by the rejection of His costly offer. This is the way. Here is the answer to mans’ doom. It hung upon a cross. Shameful, humiliating, grotesque in gore and cursed—this is God’s answer for the wages of sin.
The cross is foolish to most. It is not understood. Nevertheless, herein is the power of God unto salvations’ eternal life. Here stands victory over the adversary, the world, and the self. Glory in the cross!
We live in a Christless crossless culture. The religious Christian world is largely crossless too. What does this mean? Far too many of the professing Christian world lack the power of the cross. Lives lived are self-proficient. People pursue their own imagination. The cross is degenerated into an image worn about the neck rather that being the reality to end selfish sin. Christ is made to be an ornament rather than one’s life itself. In other words, Christ should be one’s life, not just in one’s life! The answer? Come now, glory in the cross!
And whosoever does not bear his cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple. (Luke 14:27)
Trevor Davis
www.soundingthealarm.com
Please see Rick Wiles ministry @ www.trunews.com
posted by Trevor R. Davis at 12:24 PM
1 Comments:
Wow! What a religious story and if people really understand such kind of things efficiently then their lives will be so easy thanks a lot for sharing this information with us its helpful for us..
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