THE POWER OF THE CROSS The preaching of the cross may be foolishness to the world, but to those who are saved it is the power of GOD. No wonder Charles Wesley declared in his anthem of praise, “Amazing love, how can it be, that Thou, my GOD, shouldst die for me!” It is that powerful cross and the love displayed there that moves hearts from death to life. There is an old saying, “The ground is always level at the foot of the cross.” It was in the first century and it still is today. The foot of the cross is where paupers and princes, well-knowns and unknowns, generals and centurions, find level ground to kneel and embrace the CHRIST who died for them – and for us. The men and women who witnessed the trial, crucifixion, death and resurrection of CHRIST saw more than words can ever express. But what they saw in their lifetime, we have seen in the Scriptures. The book of Romans explains it this way: “So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of GOD.” If we have heard and believed, it mustn’t end there. We must burn with the passion to know HIM – the very passion of the apostle Paul, who wrote that HIS life’s goal was “that I may know HIM and the power of HIS resurrection, and the fellowship of HIS sufferings, being conformed to HIS death.” May that desire burn in our hearts as well, that we might truly know the ONE who gave HIMSELF for us.
Posted on: Mon, 31 Mar 2014 15:20:04 +0000
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