When Patricia Gearing's daughter died of Batten's disease in 1998, her grave was marked by a simple cross. Before long Mrs Gearing was instructed by the local authority to remove it. Their rules said,' Crosses are discouraged, as excessive use of the supreme Christian symbol is undesirable,' The family was given permission to erect a headstone featuring Mickey Mouse instead. Thankfully this is a rare happening, but it shows how the cross can be very offensive to some people, Islam rejects a crucified Jesus, likewise the Jews, and yet without Christ's death on the cross we do not have a Saviour. That death dealt with sin, the great philosophers like Confucius, and many others, said many helpful things, but none of them face up to the fact that mankind is a sinner, and that we need a Saviour. We are only accepted by a holy God when our sins are forgiven, through trusting Christ as our Saviour. The cross on which Jesus died , for many may be an undesirable symbol, but the word of God says, ' For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.' ( 1 Corinthians 1 v 18 )
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