The Cross is simply God ultimately
reaching out to us and carrying us safely to the other side, helping us do what
we could not do otherwise. Man has been trying to circumvent that process as
long as sin has been around. Good works will never accomplish what the Cross
did for us, never did and never will. May I go a step forward beyond that? Intellectual acumen will not, either. Sadly,
I did discover very early in my career that an intelligent theologian could
talk convincing about the Cross all day long, yet never truly embrace its
message. The longer I live the more I am amazed that so many substitutes are
offered. The power of positive thinking, for example, may be a good practice to
keep a healthy mind, but it is a poor substitute for the Cross.
Paul even went so far as to say to the
church at Corinth,
When I came to
you, brothers, I did not come with eloquence or wisdom as I proclaimed to you
the testimony about God. For I decided to know nothing while I was with you
except Jesus Christ and Him crucified. (1 Corinthians 2:1-2)
The Cross is our only hope to enter the
Holy of Holies because without that sacrifice God has declared it impossible.
Reject the Cross and you reject your only hope. For with or without the Cross
you and I still face a just God. And without the Cross the only justice
possible is punishment.
JimR_/
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