The Message of the Cross

CHRIST CRUCIFIED

There is no doctrine in Christianity as important as the Doctrine of Christ Crucified. There is none in which the Devil tries so hard to destroy. There is none which is so needful for our own peace to understand.

Christ Crucified

By “Christ Crucified,” I mean the doctrine that Christ suffered death on the cross to make atonement for our sins, that by His Death He made a full, perfect, and complete satisfaction to God for the ungodly, and that through the merits of that death all who believe in Him are forgiven all their sins, however, many, great, entirely, and forever. About this blessed Doctrine let me say a few words. The Doctrine of Christ Crucified is the grand peculiarity of Christianity. Other religions have laws and moral precepts, forms and ceremonies, rewards and punishments; but other religions cannot tell us of a dying Saviour: they cannot show us the cross. This is the crown and glory of the Gospel; this is the special comfort which belongs to it alone. Miserable indeed is that religious teaching which calls itself Christianity, and yet contains nothing of the cross. A man who teaches in this way might as well profess to explain the solar system, and yet tell his audience nothing about the sun. The Doctrine of Christ Crucified is the strength of a minister. I for one would not be without it for all the world. I should feel like a soldier without arms, like an artist without his pencil, like a pilot without his compass, like a labourer without his tools. Let others, if they will, preach the law and morality; let others hold forth the terrors of Hell, and the joys of Heaven; let others dwell on the sacraments and the Church; give me the Cross of Christ (Not the wooden or plastic, lifeless artefacts we see almost everywhere but, the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of His suffering). This is the only lever which has ever turned the world upside down hitherto, and made men forsake their sins: and if this will not, nothing will. A man may

Bruised for our iniquities

begin preaching with a perfect knowledge of Latin, Greek, and Hebrew; but he will do little or no good among his congregation unless he knows something of the Cross. Never was there a minister who did much for the conversion of souls who did not dwell much on Christ Crucified. Luther, Rutherford, Whitfield, M’Cheyne, were all most eminently preachers of the Cross. This is the preaching that the Holy Ghost delights to bless: He loves to honour those who honour the Cross. The Doctrine of Christ Crucified is the secret of all missionary success. Nothing but this has ever moved the hearts of the heathen. Just according as this has been lifted up, missions have prospered. This is the weapon that has won victories over hearts of every kind, in every quarter of the globe: Greenlanders, Africans, South Sea Islanders, Hindus, and Chinese, all have alike felt its power. You can feel it too if only you believe in the power of Christ and Him Crucified. Most Christians of today are becoming so religious and it’s one of the dangerous and most subtle move of the enemy towards the Christendom and it will only take the power of Christ and Him Crucified to overcome the enemy entirely; “And they overcame him by the blood of the lamb and by the words of their testimony, and they did not love their lives to the death – Rev 12:11 (NKJV)” The blood was spilt on the cross and on the cross only was it spilt – “Carry your cross and follow Him”. Give your life to Jesus if you have not, He will cleanse you, establish you and then bless you with abundant life and prosperity beyond measure.

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