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Honey From The Rock Psalm 81:16 |
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PARADOX OF THE CROSS #10 This entry was posted on 02-18-2009 and is filed under PARADOXES. Paradox of the Cross #10 - Jesus Christ was cursed on earth that we may be blessed above.
Today we come to the 10th and final (at least in this series) paradoxes of the Cross. I am sure that several more might be brought to mind. But these 10 (which I first read in The Church Speaks, Sept. 1964, when I was a freshman in Bible college), I trust, have caused you to think more about the Cross and all of the good things that have come our way because of the sacrificial life of Jesus. Blessings and cursings. Which do you like? want? desire? deserve? Our text will help us understand what Jesus went through in order for you to be blessed. "Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us (for it is written, 'Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree'), that the blessing of Abraham might come upon the Gentiles in Christ Jesus, that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith" (Gal. 3:13, 14 NKJV). The TCNT reads, "Christ ransomed us from the curse pronounced in the Law, by taking the curse on himself for us..." I wonder how many people understand the enormity of this truth. I wonder how many of us comprehend what we are singing when we sing "Joy to the World." "No more let sins and sorrows grow, nor thorns infest the ground; He comes to make His blessings flow far as the curse is found..." Prayer: Father, we are humbled by what Your Son has done for us at the Cross. Make us worthy of such sacrificial love! Hymn: Unworthy am I of the glory to come, unworthy with angels to sing; I thrill just to know that He loved me so much, a pauper, I walk with the King! 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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