verse of the day
Monday, 8 April 2019
The Cross ( 1 Corinthians 1 v 18 )
I am told that the Roman soldiers carried I'm not sure were they carried it,a sign of the cross, nothing to do with Christianity,it was a threat to any one who would dare oppose them ,that they would be crucified. It was considered the worst kind of death,a Roman citizen would not have been crucified.Yet it just like our great God who would transform the cruel instrument of death and transform it into a symbol of hope. I wear a little cross as a sign of hope, Leon Morris wrote the following, ''The cross is the focus of the Christian faith.He who understands the Cross aright, wrote Emil Brunner, ''understands the Bible- he understands Jesus Christ,'' Without the cross there would be no Christian faith, for the Christian salvation was won by Christ's atoning work'' Let me just add to that and say without the cross there would be no hope for the world, that includes you and me. On a hill far away stood an old rugged cross, The emblem of suffering and shame; And I love that old cross where the dearest and best, For a world of lost sinners was slain. O,the old rugged cross,so despised by the world, Has a wondrous attraction for me, For the dear Lamb of God left His glory above, To bear it to dark Calvary. In the old rugged cross ,stained with blood so divine, a wondrous beauty I see; For ' twas on that old cross Jesus suffered and died to pardon and sanctify me. To the old rugged cross I will ever be true, Its shame and reproach gladly bear; Then He'll call me some day to my home far away, When His glory for ever I'll share. So I 'll cherish the old rugged cross, Till my trophies, at last I lay down; I will cling to the old rugged cross, and exchange it some day for a crown. ( Words, George Benhard )
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