{"id":1251,"date":"2011-08-26T10:51:14","date_gmt":"2011-08-26T10:51:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/?p=1251"},"modified":"2011-08-26T10:51:14","modified_gmt":"2011-08-26T10:51:14","slug":"the-cross-of-christ","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/?p=1251","title":{"rendered":"The cross of Christ"},"content":{"rendered":"

The cross of Christ<\/strong><\/p>\n

From Octavius Winslow\u2019s \u201cThe Believer Crucified\u201d
\n<\/em>
\nJesus could accomplish man\u2019s redemption
\nin no other way than by crucifixion. He must
\ndie, and die the death of\u00a0the cross<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\u201cMay I never boast except in\u00a0the cross of our Lord
\nJesus Christ<\/strong>, through which the world has been
\ncrucified to me, and I to the world.\u201d\u00a0Galatians 6:14<\/p>\n

What light and glory beam around the cross!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Of what prodigies of grace is it the instrument,
\nof what glorious truths is it the symbol, of what
\nmighty, magic power is it the source!<\/p>\n

Around it gathers all the light of the Old Testament
\neconomy. It explains every symbol, it substantiates
\nevery shadow, it solves every mystery, it fulfills every
\ntype, it confirms every prophecy of that dispensation
\nwhich had eternally remained unmeaning and inexplicable
\nbut for the death of the Son of God upon the cross.<\/p>\n

Not the past only, but all future splendor, gathers
\naround\u00a0the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ<\/strong>. It assures
\nus of the ultimate reign of the Savior, tells of the
\nreward which shall spring from His sufferings; and
\nwhile its one arm points to the divine counsels of
\neternity past, with the other it points to the future
\ntriumph and glory of Christ\u2019s kingdom in the eternity
\nto come. Such is the lowly yet sublime, the weak yet
\nmighty instrument by which the sinner is saved and
\nGod eternally glorified.<\/p>\n

The cross of Christ<\/strong> was in Paul\u2019s view
\nthe grand consummation of all preceding
\ndispensations of God to men.<\/p>\n

The cross of Christ<\/strong> was the meritorious
\nprocuring cause of all spiritual blessings
\nto our fallen race.<\/p>\n

The cross of Christ<\/strong> was the scene of Christ\u2019s
\nsplendid victories over all His enemies and ours.<\/p>\n

The cross of Christ<\/strong> was the most powerful
\nincentive to all evangelical holiness.<\/p>\n

The cross of Christ<\/strong> was the instrument which was
\nto subjugate the world to the supremacy of Jesus.<\/p>\n

The cross of Christ<\/strong> was the source
\nof all true peace, joy, and hope.<\/p>\n

The cross of Christ<\/strong> is the tree beneath
\nwhose shadow all sin expired, all grace lived.<\/p>\n

The cross of our Lord Jesus Christ! <\/strong>What a
\nholy thrill these words produce in the heart
\nof those who love the Savior! How significant
\ntheir meaning, how precious their influence!<\/p>\n

Marvelous and irresistible is the power of the cross!<\/p>\n

The cross of Christ<\/strong> has subdued many a rebellious will.<\/p>\n

The cross of Christ<\/strong> has broken many a marble heart.<\/p>\n

The cross of Christ<\/strong> has laid low many a vaunting foe.<\/p>\n

The cross of Christ<\/strong> has overcome and triumphed
\nwhen all other instruments have failed.<\/p>\n

The cross of Christ<\/strong> has transformed the lion like
\nheart of man, into the lamb like heart of Christ.<\/p>\n

And when lifted up in its own naked simplicity and
\ninimitable grandeur, the cross of Christ has won and
\nattracted millions to its faith, admiration, and love!<\/p>\n

What a marvelous power does this\u00a0cross of Jesus <\/strong>
\npossess! It changes the Christian\u2019s entire judgment
\nof the world. Looking at the world through the cross,
\nhis opinion is totally revolutionized. He sees it as it
\nreally is; a sinful, empty, vain thing.<\/p>\n

He learns its iniquity, in that it crucified the Lord of life and glory.<\/p>\n

His expectations from the world, his love to the
\nworld, are changed. He has found another object
\nof love, the Savior whom the world cast out and
\nslew. And his love to the world is destroyed by
\nthat power which alone could destroy it, the
\ncrucifying power of the cross.<\/p>\n

It is the cross which eclipses, in the view of the true
\nbeliever, the glory and attraction of every other object.<\/p>\n

What is the weapon by which faith combats with and
\novercomes the world? What but the cross of Jesus?<\/p>\n

Just as the natural eye, gazing for a while upon the sun,
\nis blinded for the moment, by its overpowering effulgence,
\nto all other objects; so to the believer, wont to concentrate
\nhis mind upon the glory of the crucified Savior, studying
\nclosely the wonders of grace and love and truth meeting
\nin the cross, the world with all its attraction fades into
\nthe full darkness of an eclipse.<\/p>\n

Are not Christ and His cross infinitely
\nbetter than the world and its love?<\/p>\n

\u201cMay I never boast except in\u00a0the cross of our Lord
\nJesus Christ<\/strong>, through which the world has been
\ncrucified to me, and I to the world.\u201d\u00a0Galatians 6:14<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The cross of Christ From Octavius Winslow\u2019s \u201cThe Believer Crucified\u201d Jesus could accomplish man\u2019s redemption in no other way than by crucifixion. He must die, and die the death of\u00a0the cross. \u201cMay I never boast except in\u00a0the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,72,64,68,17,62],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1251","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-author-octavius-winslow","category-christ-and-his-church","category-successful-saviour","category-christ-his-person-and-excellencies","category-atonement","category-pictures-and-types"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1251","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1251"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1251\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1252,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1251\/revisions\/1252"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1251"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1251"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1251"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}