Quote of the Day:
“The Cross of Christ is the revealed truth of God’s judgment on sin. Never associate the idea of martyrdom with the Cross of Christ. It was the supreme triumph, and it shook the very foundations of hell. There is nothing in time or eternity more absolutely certain and irrefutable than what Jesus Christ accomplished on the Cross—He made it possible for the entire human race to be brought back into a right-standing relationship with God. He made redemption the foundation of human life; that is, He made a way for every person to have fellowship with God.
“The Cross of Christ is the revealed truth of God’s judgment on sin. Never associate the idea of martyrdom with the Cross of Christ. It was the supreme triumph, and it shook the very foundations of hell. There is nothing in time or eternity more absolutely certain and irrefutable than what Jesus Christ accomplished on the Cross—He made it possible for the entire human race to be brought back into a right-standing relationship with God. He made redemption the foundation of human life; that is, He made a way for every person to have fellowship with God.
The Cross was not something that happened
to Jesus—He came to die; the Cross was His purpose in coming. He is ‘the
lamb slain from the foundation of the world’ (Revelation 13:8). The incarnation
of Christ would have no meaning without the Cross. Beware of separating ‘God
was manifested in the flesh...’ from ‘...He made Him...to be sin for us...’ (1
Timothy 3:16; 2 Corinthians 5:21). The purpose of the incarnation was
redemption. God came in the flesh to take sin away, not to accomplish something
for Himself. The Cross is the central event in time and eternity, and the
answer to all the problems of both.
The Cross is not the cross of a
man, but the Cross of God, and it can never be fully comprehended through human
experience. The Cross is God exhibiting His nature. It is the gate through
which any and every individual can enter into oneness with God. But it is not a
gate we pass right through; it is one where we abide in the life that is found
there.
The heart of salvation is the Cross
of Christ. The reason salvation is so easy to obtain is that it cost God so
much. The Cross was the place where God and sinful man merged with a tremendous
collision and where the way to life was opened. But all the cost and pain of the
collision was absorbed by the heart of God.” Oswald Chambers, April 6 devotion,
My Utmost for His Highest
“God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.” 2 Corinthians 5:21
“God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.” 2 Corinthians 5:21
“He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, so that
we might die to sins and live for righteousness; by his wounds you have been
healed. For you were like sheep going astray, but now you have returned to the
Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.” 1 Peter 2:24-25
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