Rambling about the cross during Holy Week:
- Yes, the cross portrays brutality. Hard to get around that. So why would God do that?
- The brutality of the cross speaks to the weight and seriousness of human sin.
- If it took the cross to make atonement with God for the sin of mankind, that should tell us about the terror and dread of our sin.
- In the midst of such dread, the cross tells us a story of hope.
- The cross says God cares about humans, even those who have offended him by their sin.
- The cross shows the love of God, his love for us which allowed His Son (HIS SON!) to suffer in our place.
- Further, God allowed Jesus to suffer knowing some would reject the offer.
- Jesus’ opposition thought the cross won their victory.
- Instead, the cross won the victory for all who believe: victory over sin, then eventually leading to the resurrection which brings victory over death!
- Romans 5:8: “but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.”