May 19
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Christ and Him Crucified
For I determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus Christ, and
him crucified (I Corinthians 2:2)
The apostle Paul declared to a heathen world, and a church being led
astray by foolish pride and worldly wisdom, that he preached Christ and
Him crucified. The gospel is a person. He was a person in eternity, as
the Son of God, the second person of the Godhead. He was appointed as a
mediator and surety of an everlasting covenant and as such stood as a
person. In every Old Testament prophecy He is set forth as a person.
When He appeared on this earth in Bethlehem’s manger he was a person. He
lived as a servant under the law of God and was tempted in all points
like as we are, yet without sin as a person. His suffering was real. He
hung on a cross and died a real death. He was raised the third day as a
person who ate and drank. He had scars to prove himself to be the
resurrected Christ. The disciples watched as He ascended into glory as
our Great High Priest where He sits at the right hand of God.
Faith lays hold of the person who loved them and gave himself for him.
Faith rests in Him as it is persuaded of the greatness of His person.
Salvation is not a system or a plan or an offer: It is the person of the
Lord Jesus Christ. “Look unto me and be ye saved, all the ends of the
earth; for I am God and there is none else.” (Isaiah 45: 22)