"The Victory of the Cross

 

“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!!!