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There are crosses everywhere.
You don’t have to look hard to find one.
They are perched high atop churches.
They are on billboards.
They are on t-shirts.
They are around people’s necks.
They’re even tattooed on people’s bodies.
For most, the cross is so common, that they have never stopped to think about what the cross means and why so many people have paid whatever cost to make sure it was on full display.
The Greek word cross is a verb.
Over 46 times, the word cross appears in the NT.
It is woven into the fabric of NT theology.
It’s Marks place of transaction.
Jesus paid for all of humanity’s sins on the cross.
It’s Matthews place of transformation.
Jesus provided a place of transition where we can walk in the newness of life.
It’s John’s transportation.
Jesus’ life pointed God in every move He made.
Even on the cross He was making things happen.
Transacting spiritual business.
Transforming lives.
And transporting people to heavenly places.
Cross means action.
Every time you see a cross, you ought to see some action.
I’ve seen enough action to know that when there’s action, there’s sound.
You can hear action.
When there’s action, there’s power.
You can feel action.
Every time I read about the cross and what took place there, I can see, hear and feel Jesus’ action.
He was hung between two guilty thieves.
One thief talked trash, the other thief was forgiven.
“Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom.
Jesus said, this day you will be with ME in Paradise.”
Action.
While hanging on the cross, Jesus took a break from dying to deal with distress.
He looked at His mom and John standing near the cross.
He said to his mother, “Woman, behold your son!” Then He said to the disciple, “Behold, your mother!”
And from that hour the disciple took her to his own home.
Action.
Listen.
You have to do something with the cross because the cross did so much for you.
What Jesus did on the cross changed the course of human history!
Shout ACTION!
Despite the agony, He hung in there.
Despite the pain, He hung in there.
Despite the humiliation, He hung in there.
Despite the disappointment, He hung in there.
He hung in there to teach us how to hang in there when things get tough and the going gets rough.
ACTION!
He wasn’t dying fast enough.
Roman soldiers were going to break his legs to speed up his death.
But before they could touch Him, He said, “it is finished.”
He bowed His head and gave up His Spirit.
No one takes my life.
I lay it down that I may pick it up again.
I have authority to lay it down, and I have authority to take it up again.
ACTION!
He was on the cross for one reason and one reason only.
He set us free!
Sin had us bound like criminals.
Jesus went to the cross to set us free.
Peter put it this way.
He Himself bore our sins in His body on the tree.
He bore the sins of the world.
It wasn’t just his body weight hanging on that cross.
He had the weight of all of our sins piled on Him.
Don’t miss His strength.
He was strong enough to handle the sins of the world.
He was strong enough to handle the shortcomings of the world.
He was strong enough to handle everything we couldn’t handle.
I hear you Paul.
When I’m weak He is strong!
Satan gave Paul a thorn in his side.
It was making him weak.
It was wearing him out. 2 Cor 12:10.
God will you remove my thorn.
It’s making me weak.
It’s wearing me out.
God said, “No.”
My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in your weakness.
Go Paul! Therefore I will boast all the more gladly in my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may REST on me.
That is why, for the sake of Christ, I delight in weaknesses, insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties.
For when I am weak, then I am strong!”
He Himself BORE our sins.
BORE.
That word grabbed me.
Originally, BORE was used to describe moving something from a low place to a high place.
In essence, when Jesus went to the cross, He lifted our sins high enough so we could get from under them.
I don’t care what your sins are.
Jesus is able to lift them high enough so you can get from under them.
I don’t care how much you curse, Jesus can lift that cursing spirit high enough for you to get from under it.
I don’t care how depressed you are, Jesus can lift that depressed spirit high enough for you to get from under it.
I don’t care how broke you are, Jesus can lift that poverty spirit high enough for you to get from under it.
Your life is lighter because Jesus did the lifting!
Lift hatred.
Lift sexual exploitation.
Lift unforgiveness.
Lift wickedness.
Lift drunkenness.
Lift brokenness.
Lift deception.
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