A beautifully designed concrete
cross planted in the heart of the city of Mumbai was spared from demolition by
the BMC, reported the media recently. The said cross became the favourite
object of prayer and worship by Mumbaikers who queued up to access the cross.
Biblically, the Cross does not
have any supernatural virtues so as to grant the prayers and petitions of its
devotees. The Holy Bible is very clear on this. But the prayers and praises of
Christ’s followers are acceptable to God through Christ’s intercession; only
through Christ’s intercession and not by any other means and method that our
depraved minds design. The Lord Jesus Christ pleads the cause of those who
penitently put their trust in the Saviour.
The Cross of Christ represents
Christ’s crucifixion for the sake of mankind and through which salvation has
been procured. The Cross speaks about the sufferings of Christ. Jesus died on
the cursed cross on behalf of the sinners, every man or woman born upon this
earth, that whosoever calls upon His name shall receive salvation.
The cross of Christ was the most
important focal point in the whole of the activity of the Sovereign God in the
salvation of sinners like you and me and everyone. The Cross therefore has
become the symbol of salvation. The message of the Gospel of Christ is the
message of the Cross of Christ (1 Cor. 1: 17-18; Gal. 3:1; 6:12, 14).
Praying and worshipping the cross
irrespective of whether it is silver or gold, wood or cement or any material
not only does not please God, but brings God’s wrath, for God is a zealous God
and He does not share His glory with the work of man’s hands. Trusting in the
Saviour who died on the cross for the forgiveness of our sins, yours and mine,
and everyone else’s sins could please God indeed and procure salvation. The
Bible says, whosoever believes in the Son, the Lord Jesus Christ, has eternal
life, but whoever rejects the Son will not see life, but God’s wrath remains on
him.
Dear reader, has the Cross of
Christ been meaningful to you, the way the Holy Scripture teaches? If not
receive the message of the Cross right now and be saved right here!
- by Kumar N.
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