“The Victory of the Cross”
You were
dead because of your sins and because your sinful nature was not yet cut
away. Then God made you alive with
Christ, for He forgave all our sins. He
canceled the record of the charges against us and took it away by nailing it to
the cross. In this way, He disarmed the
spiritual rulers and authorities. He shamed
them publicly by His VICTORY over them on the CROSS. Colossians 2:13-15
Crucifixion
on the cross, was the MOST PAINFUL, DEGRADING form of capital punishment in the
ancient world, this was the method that the Romans used to execute, our LORD
JESUS, it was the means used for the ATONING SACRIFICE for the sins of ALL
mankind. It was/is the symbol for DYING to
SELF and for SELF-SACRIFICE in FOLLOWING the LORD.
The CROSS,
the BEAUTIFUL, WONDERFUL, yet TERRIBLE CROSS, is the WAY to gain SALVATION. It was the CRUELEST form of capital
punishment, the SHAME, and PHYSICAL PAIN, was bad enough, but for OUR LORD, the
SEPARATION from GOD had to be the MOST PAINFUL of all. I truly believe that we cannot even fathom
the TRUE PAIN and HEARTACHE that Jesus suffered on that TERRIBLE CROSS, yet He
DID IT, in OBEDIENCE to God, and because of the LOVE and COMPASSION that He has
for mankind. The Holy Father and His
Only Beloved Son, has provided a WAY for mankind to spend their ETERNITY in HEAVEN,
with ALL its BLESSINGS, and to be able to ESCAPE an ETERNITY in HELL, with ALL
its HORRORS, and NO WAY to ESCAPE, once you’re there. A price had to be paid, and ONLY JESUS was
WORTHY to carry-out such a plan. He was
WILLING to SUFFER, BLEED, and DIE for YOU and ME, but the VICTORY of the CROSS
is the SALVATION of MANKIND.
The ETERNAL
SALVATION of MANKIND is the BEAUTIFUL, WONDERFUL part of the CROSS. We were DEAD in our sins and because of OUR
sinful nature, we were LOST and on our way to that ETERNITY in HELL, BUT God
made us ALIVE in CHRIST, by FORGIVING ALL our SINS when JESUS took those sins
and NAILED them to the CROSS, and CANCELED ALL the charges against us, and PAID
the RANSOM for US. He has MADE the
TERRIBLE CROSS, the WONDERFUL, BEAUTIFUL CROSS.
He has VICTORY over the CROSS!! Do
you have VICTORY?
If you have
NOT come to that WONDERFUL, BEAUTIFUL, TERRIBLE CROSS, then you do not have the
VICTORY to become a TRUE CHILD of the LIVING GOD. In order to do that, you MUST be WILLING to
TURN AWAY FROM your sinful life-style, and TURN TO GOD, with a TRUE REPENTANT
HEART. And CONFESS your sins to Him, and
ask Him for His FORGIVENESS. BELIEVE, with ALL your HEART, that JESUS died for
YOU, and that He is ALIVE in Heaven, making intercession for you, before God. You MUST ACCEPT God’s Gift of SALVATION, and
GLORY in the VICTORY of the WONDERFUL, BEAUTIFUL, TERRIBLE CROSS. Do this NOW, while you still can. He’s WAITING and COMING SOON!!!
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