…who Himself bore our sins in His own body on the tree… 1 Peter 2:4
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.
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