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Honey From The Rock Psalm 81:16 |
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PARADOX OF THE CROSS #9 This entry was posted on 02-17-2009 and is filed under PARADOXES. Paradox of the Cross #9 - Christ was put to death that we might be made alive. I trust that these studies are helping all of us to have a far greater appreciation of Jesus Christ because of what He has done for us at the Cross. Ladies, if you have a Cross necklace, I want you to think about the implications of that Cross. Men, if you wear a ring with a Cross (or a necktie, whatever), I want you to think about what that Cross means.
"For the death that He died, He died to sin once for all; but the life that He lives, He lives to God. Likewise, you also, reckon yourselves to be dead indeed to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus our Lord" (Rom. 6:10, 11 NKJV). One of the reasons Jesus allowed men to nail Him to the cross was so that you might be made alive to God. Consider what Paul wrote in Col. 3:13 NKJV, "And you, being dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, He has made alive together with Him, having forgiven you all trespasses." Think about it. Jesus of Nazareth, an innocent man, a sinless man, the very Son of God, went to the cross and died so that YOU, a dead sinner, might be brought to life! I think this is why Jesus instituted the Lord's Supper. "Do this in remembrance of Me." It gives us a chance once more to say, "Thank You, Lord, for saving my soul." Hymn: My sorrow and sickness laid stripes on His back, my sins caused the blood that was shed; my faults and my failures have woven a crown of thorns, that He wore on His head. Unworthy, unworthy, a beggar; in bondage and alone; but He made me worthy and now by His grace, His mercy has made me His own. (Ira F. Stanphill) |
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