REDEMPTIVE CROSS

REDEMPTIVE CROSS

Dear children of God, today we are going to mediate the CROSS ‘which is folly to those who are perish, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. Once a teacher asked the student about the CROSS, suddenly a girl answered that the CROSS is an emblem of addition. When Christ died on the CROSS, the relation between God and man, man and man, added and reconciled. People use Cross as an emblem. Whenever they start a work they put an emblem of CROSS. We often forget the important message of salvation received through the CROSS and the teaching about its uniqueness, and the invitation to bear the CROSS in our day today life. We always satisfied with usage of CROSS as our emblem. How pitiable condition is it? We often hide the high spiritual values by draw a CROSS emblem. Our cross emblem should become an experienced cross. Ugly, ashamed and cursed cross became a beautiful one to beautify the Christians by wearing it. Cruel sinners were punished on the cross by crucified on it. How and when the ugly and ashamed crosses become a beautiful one? Blameless SON OF GOD CURCIFIED ON THE CROSS” and he poured out his soul to death and were numbered with the transgressors. Because of that sacrifice on the cross, that ashamed cross became beautiful for his children. We the sinners have to crucify for our sins and transgressions on the cross, but Jesus Christ bore our sins and transgressions and died on the cross to give salvation and redemption.  

IS THE CROSS FOLLY? If we do things wontedly then it will please us; at the same time it is forced to do it then it will seem to be a folly one. Jesus invited us to carry cross for his sake. This invitation or call is not forced, but we have to come forward to accept his invitation or call willingly. If anyone would come after me, let him or her denies him or herself and takes up the cross and follows me. We did misunderstand this Jesus’s statement. We take every suffering and every hardship and every problem as our cross. Jesus did not point out this. Every suffering, every shame and every affliction; comes because of Christ’s name shake and preaching of Gospel. Whoever faithfully follows Christ will suffer and go through the hardship; because the world did not accept Jesus as their saviour and Lord. So we should not under estimate the cross as folly; but we need to be encouraged by Jesus’s words; in this world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world. If the suffering forced on us to bear the cross for the Christ’s sake; it is not folly, but let us bear the cross willingly to bear witness. It has been granted to us that for the sake of Christ we should not only believe in him but also suffer for his sake.

There was a challenge has come to Jesus while he was hanging and crucified on the cross. Those who stood around and under the cross, asked to him to come down from the cross, then they will believe and accept him as their saviour; because the crucified on the cross was folly for them. He should have proved and come down from the cross, they should have believed on him as SON OF GOD’. But he did not do that because he had a steadfast love for us to carry our sins to blot out and forgive our sins. He was on the cross as a propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the sins of the whole world. He did it for our redemption. But we are not willing to carry the cross, instead we try to avoid and run away from the cross; because it looks folly.

We are not ready to suffer for his cause; when we go through the suffering for the cause of Christ; the world will say that they are strong believers but now they are going through problems and suffering and where there is God to help them. That kind of situation makes us to bear the cross as folly; so we try to run away from the cross. Paul says that whatever gain I had, I counted as loss for the sake of Christ. Indeed I count everything as loss because of surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. Again he says that I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now lives in the flesh I live by faith in the SON OF GOD, who loved me and gave himself for me on the cross.

 

REDEMPTIVE CROSS: - once upon the time, cross was an ashamed emblem; because for the culprits the cross was a cruel punishment, even for the two culprits crucified with Christ. The cross was seemed as killer tree. Those who redeemed by Christ will witness and say cross is redemptive. Christ died on the cross as a propitiation for our sins, not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world. We should have hanged on this cruel cursed cross, but Christ took our sins and died on the cruel cursed cross, the cross became redemptive and holy emblem.

When Jesus was sentenced to die on the cross, there was a freedom for Barabbas. He was freed from the jail. Barabbas released who had been thrown into prison for insurrection and murder. The tradition says that he found out the redemption and redemptive cross and saviour. One of the criminals said that do you not fear God, since you are under the same the sentence of condemnation? And we indeed justly, for we are receiving the due reward of our deeds; but this man has done nothing wrong. And he said, Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom. And Jesus said to him, truly, I say to you, today you will be with me in paradise. One of the criminals found out the redemptive cross and the saviour. When the centurion saw what had taken place, he praised God, saying, certainly this man was innocent! The centurion found out the redemptive cross and the saviour. And many more found out the redemptive cross and the saviour under the cross.

 Dear friends, all the crowds that had assembled for this spectacle, when they saw what had taken place, returned home without found the redemptive cross and saviour, beating their breast. Are we in those crowds? Sure, If we find out the redemptive cross and saviour. Then we should not keep quiet to tell the good news of redemptive cross and saviour. Today, many more people did not find out the redemptive cross and the saviour of the world. It is our responsibility to share the good news of redemptive cross and the Jesus Christ the saviour of the world.  Let us not ashamed to boast about the redemptive cross and the saviour. Let us live the redemptive life to bear the cross and saviour Jesus Christ. If you are blessed by this redemptive cross, kindly share with others and send a word to my emailID.revsjc@gmail.com, revsjc12@hotmail.com, johnchelliah857@yahoo.com.