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The Purpose Of The Cross

Updated: Apr 19

The Death Of Christ


The cross of Christ was necessary to restore sinful man back to God’s original design. To understand the cross, we must understand the beginning.


Stages of growth - Children, Young men, Fathers - 1 John 2:12-14


Many Christians are just happy their sins are forgiven, that they have been saved from hell.

  • Children, are happy their sins are forgiven

  • Young men, likewise are experiencing victory over sin. This is also good, but not the whole truth.

  • Fathers, meanwhile, are not just content with forgiveness of sins or victory over debilitating sinful patterns, but they see the big picture. They see and know the One who is eternal, who is the beginning and the end of all things.

This is a vivid picture of how Christians should mature in their understanding of Jesus’ death and resurrection.


GOD (His original design for man)                                                                                   

  • Submission, location, vocation - Genesis 2:15

  • All things created by and for Christ - Colossians 1:16

  • Created all things for His pleasure - Revelation 4:11

  • For whom and by whom are all things - Hebrews 2:10

  • From, to, and through Him are all things - Romans 11:36


MAN

  • Rebelled - Isaiah 53:6; Romans 3:23

  • What’s in it for me?

  • What did Jesus do for me? (rational mindset and reasoning when faced with the truth)


CHRIST

  • Gave Himself wholly to re-establish lordship over our lives - Romans 14:7-9

  • Deliver us from this present evil age and restore relationship with God - Titus 2:14

  • No longer live selfishly but for Christ - 2 Corinthians 5:15

  • Satisfied in men that were purchased for Himself - Revelation 5:9


RESPONSE

  • Glorify God in your body - 1 Corinthians 6:19-20

  • Is Jesus Christ Lord over your life or just Saviour for your sins?


    The Purpose Of The Cross
    The Purpose Of The Cross

PITFALLS

  • Drifting, slipping - Hebrews 2:1

  • Neglect (you may not have rejected salvation, but have you neglected it? ) - Hebrews 2:3

  • Forecasting and making life plans independent of God - James 4:13

 

PATTERNS OF THOSE WHO LIVE INDEPENDENT OF GOD

  • Foolish presumptions

  • Forgotten perspectives

  • Neglected priorities

Rather, ‘humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and He shall lift you up.” (James 4:10)



The Purpose Of The Cross - Pitfalls
The Purpose Of The Cross - Pitfalls

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