Saturday, April 7, 2012

The Cross...it is foolishness to many. The Cross...it's a cultural symbol
to some. But for those of us who have been saved...it is the very power of God!
(I Corinthians 1:18)

The crowd that had only days before celebrated the victorious entry of their new "King" into Jerusalem, now turned their hearts away and shouted "Crucify Him"! He had not delivered...not met expectations. He had trampled on the traditions and blasphemed God. He had pushed them too far to think that God's intention of the law was actually life! It was heresy to think that God valued the sinner...if not more than the saint. His words threatened to radically alter their comfortable view of God.

He had become dangerous...and His teachings...foolishness.

In their blindness...they totally missed the point. And in so doing...crucified God! Missing the point...it's what we do! And today - those who miss the most are closest to the cross. It has become relevant only when we choose and it's power available when we decide.

Yet that...in itself is heresy!

When all was said and done...only a handful stood peering upward at the body
of the crucified Lamb of God. Only one man offered to bury Him...and everyone had abandoned hope. Jesus' words had fallen silent and the crowd had returned to their comfortable life of the here and now.
And for all their knowledge, education, success...they were in fact...deceived!

When Jesus bruised the head of the serpent...when He destroyed the kingdom
of Hell and dismantled the trap of death there were no crowds celebrating His
triumph.
When the stone rolled away...He was greeted by the kiss of sunlight and the
breeze of new life.

Had He not said: "Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be delivered to the chief priests and the scribes; and they will condemn Him to death and will hand Him over to the Gentiles. They will mock Him and spit on Him, and scourge Him and kill Him, and three days later He will rise again". (Mark 10:33-34)

Yet...those who had heard had already forgotten...all too soon.

But the love of Jesus far exceeds our understanding...and His forgiveness
plows away our shortcomings.

As Jesus, in a resurrected body, spoke to His disciples...He glanced our way.
He told them about me and you...and in so doing He gave an extra special offering: You believe because you have SEEN me. BLESSED are those who haven't seen me and BELIEVE anyhow. (John 20:29)

Believe? Oh yes!
Seen? In color!
Coming again? Any day!
Sold Out? Nothing can compare to my Jesus!
Worship? Ain't nothing gonna stop me!

He is Risen...Alive...Victorious...Worthy...Lamb of God!

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