Approaching the Cross
1 Corinthians 15:3 (NIV)
For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures,
The
I fear that the cross, without ever being disowned, is constantly in danger of being dismissed from the central place it must enjoy, by relatively peripheral insights that take on far too much weight. Whenever the periphery is in danger of displacing the center, we are not far removed from idolatry.” —Unknown
1 Corinthians 2:2 (NKJV)
For I determined not to know anything among you except Jesus Christ and Him crucified.
The
1 Corinthians 1:23–24 (NIV)
but we preach Christ crucified: a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles, 24 but to those whom God has called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God.
The
Galatians 2:20 (KJV)
*I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.
*
“The Cross is the blazing fire at which the flame of our love is kindled, but we have to get near enough for its sparks to fall on us.” —John Stott
Isaiah 45:21 (NIV)
Declare what is to be, present it— let them take counsel together. Who foretold this long ago, who declared it from the distant past? Was it not I, the Lord? And there is no God apart from me, a righteous God and a Savior; there is none but me.
We never move on from the cross, only into a more profound understanding of the cross.” —Unknown
Do I believe it?