In Galatians 6 v14,the apostle Paul declares,'May I never boast except in the Cross of our Lord Jesus Christ'.He did not always think like that, there was a time when he hated the cross and the Christ who died on it.He writes about it in Philippians 3 v 4-6,in his nations eyes and I suppose in his own eyes,he was a man of standing,he had it made.Keeping the law was everything,being a Israelite was everything,and he literally hated any other way, and he showed that hatred by persecuting Christians ,the followers of the crucified Messiah. Until one day as he was on the road to Damascus going to persecute Christians, an amazing thing happened , suddenly a light from heaven flashed around Him, he fell to the ground,and he heard a voice say to him to Him ,'Saul,Saul, why do you persecute me? .He then asked a question ,'Who are you Lord?and he received this answer ,' I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting'.Now all things were changed,from Saul the persecutor,to Paul the proclaimer of Jesus,from one who sought to save Himself,to the only one who could save Him,the Christ who died on the cross, that which he despised he now gloried in it, till his dying day.
Without the cross there is no hope,
Without the cross there can be no heaven,
Without the cross we are lost,
With the cross there is hope,
With the cross there can be a heaven,
With the cross we can be saved
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