Day 16

The Cross of Christ is a triumph for us..!
The Cross of Christ is the revealed truth of God’s judgment on sin..
The Cross was the place where God and sinful man merged with a tremendous collision and where the way to life was opened. But all the cost and pain of the collision was absorbed by the heart of God..
Never associate the idea of martyrdom with the Cross of Christ. It was the supreme triumph, and it shook the very foundations of hell..
There is nothing in time or eternity more absolutely certain and irrefutable (undeniable) than what Jesus Christ accomplished on the Cross— He made it possible for the entire human race to be brought back into a right-standing relationship with God..
He made redemption the foundation of human life; that is, He made a way for every person to have fellowship with God..
The Cross was not something that happened to Jesus— He came to die; the Cross was His purpose in coming. He is “the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world” (Rev. 13:8)..
The incarnation of Christ would have no meaning without the Cross..
Beware of separating “God was manifested in the flesh…” from “…He made Him…to be sin for us…” (1 Tim 3:16 ; 2 Cor 5:21)..
The purpose of the incarnation was redemption. God came in the flesh to take sin away, not to accomplish something for Himself..
The Cross is God exhibiting His nature. It is the gate through which any and every individual can enter into oneness with God..
The reason salvation is so easy to obtain is that it cost God so much..
His agony was the basis for the simplicity of our salvation..
“Christ suffered for our sins once for all time. He never sinned, but He died for sinners to bring you safely home to God. He suffered physical death, but He was raised to life in the Spirit….”(1 Peter 3:18)