“I determined not to know anything among you
except Jesus Christ and Him crucified.”
-1 CORINTHIANS 2:2
We
can quote
these teachings of Jesus, seek to imitate Him as our Example, strive to
walk the narrow Way, and even accomplish many good deeds in His Name.
But apart from the Cross these activities are wood, hay and stubble.
In
calling us to come back to the Cross, God is asking us to lay down our
lives and embrace the Wisdom of death, burial, resurrection, and
ascension in order to live as sons and daughters within the Kingdom of
God. Apart from the Cross we can neither enter the Kingdom nor live in
the Spirit, no matter how great the desire. For apart from the Cross, we
do not know what it is to turn the other cheek, to go the extra mile,
to love our enemies, to pray for those who persecute us. Apart from the
Cross, we do not know what it is to submit to the will of God, accept
suffering, and cast ourselves upon Him. Apart from the Cross, we do not
know what Resurrection is.
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