Tuesday, March 12, 2002
Tuesday, March 12, 2002
May I never boast of anything except the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Is there something wrong with this picture? Only twenty per cent felt the cross made a
difference in how they lived and what they believed? How sad. The cross is at the very center
of Christian faith. The late R.G. Lee once noted that Christ's crucifixion is mentioned in every
book of the New Testament except Philemon, 2 John, and 3 John. That is a statement about
the centrality of the cross in the New Testament. The cross is the symbol of our salvation. It is
a constant reminder of what God has done in our behalf.
(Galatians 6.14
NRSV)
A pastor once surveyed a hundred members of various churches about the significance of the
cross. This is the question he asked: "Would it make any difference in your life if Christ had not
died on the cross?" Remember now, he asked this question of church members. Here are the
results:
45 said they didn't think it would make any difference.
25 said they thought so, but when asked what the difference would be, they weren't sure.
20 said it made all the difference in how they lived and believed.
10 said they didn't know, because they didn't understand what the cross was all about.
God of the cross, help me to not take for granted the cross of Jesus Christ and its impact on
my life. Amen.
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