The C in CROSS is for Christ. Christ, the Son of God, died on the cross. The Bible says, “But God proves His own love for us in that while we were still sinners Christ died for us” (Romans 5:8)! There are three things we need to remember about Christ: The Bible teaches that Jesus Christ is God, He was without sin, and He died on the cross. The R in CROSS is for Reason. The reason Christ died is for sin. The Bible says, “For Christ also suffered for sins once for all, the righteous [that was Jesus] for the unrighteous [that was us], that He might bring you to God” (1 Peter 3:18). T he Bible, our conscience, and the Law of God (Ten Commandments) reveal that we have fallen short of God’s standard of perfection. From the beginning until today, all people are guilty before God because of their sin. The O in CROSS is for Outcome. The outcome of sin is death. The Bible says, “For the wages of sin is death” (Romans 6:23). Wages are what we earn. The earnings of sin spoil everything we do. The outcome or wages of our sin results in death. Physical death separates us from life here and spiritual death separates us from God in the hereafter. This is bad news, but the next letter contains good news. The S in CROSS is for Substitute. Jesus was our substitute on the cross. The Bible says, “He made the One who did not know sin to be sin for us, so that we might become the righteousness of God in Him” (2 Corinthians 5:21). Jesus took our sin upon Himself and suffered what we deserved. Jesus’ sacrifice displays God’s loving mercy and righteous justice as no other action could. He offers forgiveness of our sin as a free gift.
Posted on: Tue, 23 Dec 2014 11:18:57 +0000
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