The Cross of Christ

I will begin this blog by humbly acknowledging that I in no way have even began to understand the Cross of Christ and all it's meanings. But I will say that my salvation, sanctification, hope, future, peace, love, and all the other benefits of being regenerate begin at the Cross of Jesus Christ. Though I am not excited to write this nor can I even begin to explain, I must also say that my suffering (not for my sin but for my obedience) begins at the Cross.

I have recently been reading through the first couple chapters of John R.W. Stott's book called "The Cross of Christ." In the first chapter Stott looks at the Cross from Jesus' perspective. He gives three reason why Jesus' death on the Cross was inevitable. Stott says, "The opposition of the hierarchy and the predictions of Scripture, however, do not in themselves explain the inevitability of Jesus' death. The third and most important reason why He knew He would die was because of His own deliberate choice. He was determined to fulfill what was written of the Messiah, however painful it would be. This was neither fatalism nor a martyr complex. It was quiet simply that He believed Old Testament Scripture to be His Father's revelation and that He was totally resolved to do His Father's will and finish His Father's work."

How wonderful is God's love. God's love is lavished upon us through the painful sacrifice His Son was willing to pay for our sin.