The Cross underscores all the bad things that happen to us in this world as a result of our sin. So, when people do us wrong, for instance, the Cross is where we take what this does to us. It's not just that we are reminded of how great our forgiveness is, it's that we understand that the fatal, worldly way of resentment is the only path we're on unless we repent and believe. The bad things that happen to us are not out of the ordinary. It's the good things that don't make sense. The Cross, for Christians, is the door to all the good things of God. It's a door out of this world. I'm glad for my forgiveness in Christ today because...
- It gives me hope for tomorrow.
- It helps me put away yesterday.
- It pulls me out of my emotional mire.
- It corrects my thinking as well as my feeling.
- It shows the lies behind what sin promises.
- It proves the truth behind what God promises.
- It connects me to believers of yesteryear who reside with Christ this moment.
- It ruins the world for me and me for the world.
Galatians 6:14 - "But may it never be that I would boast, except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world."
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