Good News

"The Cross is the cornerstone of our faith. It is the source of our healing and our hope. Through the Cross God has provided all we need for the life of godliness.
In fact, the Apostle Paul stated,'I determined not to know anything among you except Jesus Christ and Him crucified."
---Dr. Charles Stanley


I could even extend what Stanley is alluding to even more, as Apostle Paul would also remind us later in this same chapter of 1 Corinthians 2:

",that your faith should not be in the wisdom of men but in the power of God."

The Cross represents a love and power that nothing else in history will ever compare.
Such a simple message: Jesus died on the Cross for your sins and rose again on the third day. There is power and victory in the Cross!

Aside from the biblical story surrounding the Cross, another story on the Cross that always comes to my mind this time of year is a story I have heard countless of times from a friend:

The gentleman and his family spent several years attending an old neighborhood church which was about to be torn down and rebuilt. They were having an auction or sale on some of the items in the church. The gentleman had a rare fondness for many years of a four foot cross that was hand carved in wood that hung on one of the walls. This Cross resembled that of a crucifix.

When the gentleman brought it home he removed the figurine of Jesus off of the Cross,and hung the now empty yet still eloquent Cross in his family room. He exclaimed it was the most beautiful Cross he had ever seen. And his explanation for taking Jesus off of the Cross:

"Jesus isn't on the Cross. HE AROSE! AND HE LIVES INSIDE OF ME!"

Whenever he would share that story his eyes would tear up. This gentleman knew the love and the power that resurrected from the Cross.

"For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God." (1Cor.1;18)

We must not just embrace the Cross this coming week, but share that love and Good News with others. The love of God is worthy to be praised and to be shared!