THE CROSS: SYMBOL OF PEACE WITH WITH GOD
2Cor 5:21 “God made him who had no sin to be sin for us,so that in him we might become the righteousness of God
A Chinese nurse asked,” Why in your home is a large picture of a criminal with nails through hands and feet”
“Why you expose your children to this violence ?”
It is difficult to see for a worldly man, the agonizing compassion of a loving God. For the worldly minds, it is foolishness.
But we sing with reverence and gratitude: This Song,
‘See from his head his hands and feet ; sorrow and love flow mingled down.
And thorns composed so rich a Crown…love so amazing so divine ,demand my life,my soul my all.’
Through the Cross, Christ not only gave us His love and His Life eternal but also His nature, peace and righteousness to believers.
The Four “R’s” offer us:-
1. Reconciliation(come to terms with God)
2.Redemption( wiped away all sins.)
3. Regeneration(Spiritual Life.)
4 .Righteousness of Jesus.
2Cor 5: 15. “And that He died for all,that they which live should not hence forth live unto themselves but unto Him who died for them and rose again.”
The central core of the Word of God sets Christianity as the only redemptive Faith among the religions of the world.
As a result of the Cross we are reconciled to God .One of the greatest evidences of Christian life is our love for our fellowmen. It is impossible to love God and hate our fellowmen. * Though Cross is an instrument of torture and shame , still its the only hope for a sinner throughout the History of mankind.lt is glorified because upon it the love of compassionate God was revealed to a rebellious world.
Prayer:
Thank you Lord for carrying our sins and shame upon your Holy body to make those believe righteous. Amen.
Sol.Noreen