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EASTER

THE RESURRECTION
Theology of the Cross
by: Pastor Max Solbrekken

"Then delivered he Him therefore  unto them to be crucified.  And they took Jesus, and leg Him away.  And He bearing His cross went forth into a place called the place of a skull, which is called in the Hebrew Golgatha:  Where they crucified Him, and two other with Him, on either side one, and Jesus in the midst.  And Pilate wrote a title, and put it on the cross. And the writing was, Jesus of Nazareth the King of the Jews." (John 19:16-19)

St. Paul wrote, "the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are SAVED, it is the power of God." (I Cor. 1:18)

The irony is that mankind has - by and large - rejected the Gospel of Christ because of it s simplicity, and in its place substituted an alternate gospel which is powerless because it is not based in truth and righteousness.  The great apostle fully understood this.

He stated, "For the Jews require a sign, and the Greeks seek after wisdom, but we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumbling block, and unto the Greeks foolishness:

"But unto them which are called both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God." (1 Cor. 1:22-23) Again St. Paul declared, "For I determined not to know anything among you, save (except) Jesus Christ, and Him crucified." (1 Cor. 2:2)

PREACHING OF THE CROSS WAS CENTRAL 
TO ST. PAUL

To the Jews who were tempted to discard the simplicity of the gospel for "law-keeping" he writes, "Christ is become of no effect unto you, whosoever of you are justified by the law, ye are fallen from grace." 

"For we through the Spirit wait for the hope of righteousness by faith.  For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth anything, nor uncircumcision; but faith which worketh by love." (Ga. 5:4-6)

His argument was that if we trust in the works of the law - like circumcision - we have then made the "work of Christ on the cross of no effect" and, "Christ shall profit you nothing." He speaks of the "offense of the cross" which he had to suffer because of embracing the truth. (Gal. 5:11; 6:12) It cost Paul everything to serve Christ.

"But God forbid that I should glory, save *(except) in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by Whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world." (Gal. 6:14)

The bottom line is that rituals, ceremonies, keeping of laws and following traditions do not save souls or change lives.  The Bible says, "For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth anything, nor uncircumcision but a new creature." (Gal. 6:15)

The Bible says, "Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new." (2 Cor. 5:17)

St. Paul gloried in THE CROSS OF CHRIST, because only through His substitionary, all-atoning death for the sins of the world is there redemption for fallen man!  That is why the apostle declared, "For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to everyone that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek (heathen)." (Rom. 1:16)

The Bible says, "Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God: But made Himself of no reputation, and took upon Him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men:  And being found in fashion as a man, He humbled Himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross."

"Where for God also hath highly exalted Him, and given Him a name which is above every name: That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth; And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father." (Phil. 2:5-11)

In this treatise, I wish to share the teaching of God about the cross and the blood of Jesus.  I will answer the question, "What does God say about the cross and what does the Cross of Christ teach us"?  The Cross of Christ teaches us five things:

  • What does God think about our sins?

  • How much God loves us

  • The doctrine of substitution

  • Christ's victor over Satan

  • The Value of an eternal soul

#1 - The Cross Teaches Us What God Thinks of Our Sins

The Bible warns: "The soul that sinneth, it shall die." (Ezek. 18:4,20)

God had warned Adam and Eve about the sin of disobedience and the awful consequences of such an act.  He stated unequivocally, "...of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat:  But of the tree of knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eaat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die." (lit. heb. - in dying thou shalt die). (Genesis 2:16-17)

God's command was definite and irrevocable - "You can enjoy this beautiful garden forever, providing you obey My commands and keep them.  If you do not, you will begin to die and eventually return to the ground out of which you came."

Please note: Ever since that fateful day, every baby has been born with death in their mortal bodies.

When our first parents sinned, they threw the entire human race into turmoil and jeopardy.  Human kind was cascaded into physical as well as eternal death.

In His great mercy, God came searching for Adam and Eve in order to redeem them.  He asked Adam & Eve the big question - 'WHY?'  Then He passed judgment upon them and the earth, because of their rebellion and sin.

"And the Lord God said unto the woman, "What is this that thou hast done?"  And the woman said, "The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat."  And the Lord God said unto the serpent, "Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life:

"And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.  Unto the woman He said, I will gratly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be thy husband, and he shall rule over thee."

"And unto Adam He said, "Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow thou shalt eat of it all the days of thy life; Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field; In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, til thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return." (Genesis 3:13-19)

GOD PRONOUNCED A CURE UPON THE SERPENT. It  would lose its ability to walk and would have to crawl and eat dust.  Scientists now believe that at one time serpents walked upright.  He would put enmity between the human race and serpents.  In a USA survey it states that 98% of Americans hate snakes more than any other animal.

That enmity was a type of pre-picture of the battle pitting Satan and his minions against God and His children.

Then God dropped a bombshell.  He revealed a great truth hidden from before the foundations of the world.  He would send a redeemer!

This was the first mention of the Coming Messiah!  His own Son would be incarnated (become a man) in order to suffer, bleed and die to save us.  He would redeem the human race through the sacrificial death of His Son, on the Cross.  As a type of that ultimate sacrifice, God killed an innocent animal shedding its blood, to atone for Adam and Eve's sins.  And from the skins, He made clothes to cover them;

GOD PRONOUNCED A CURSE UPON THE WOMAN 

And unto the woman He said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception: in sorrow shalt thou bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband and he shall rule over thee."

During my world travels, I have observed how men treat their wives.  In most pagan cultures, wives are like a piece of property.  They are inferior to men and cannot even eat with their husbands or sons.  And females are often aborted before birth, due to their little value!  Ungodly, chauvinistic, over sexed men often marry four wives or more. (I once met a Muslim man in Kenya who had 65 wives.) Often such a man is able to accuse his wife - rightly or wrongly and have her put to death on false charges.  Or divorce her on the spot!

It is not uncommon for mothers to choke their young daughters to death, because of the unjust Hindu caste system which would bankrupt a poor family with several daughters.

Only Jesus Christ gives women liberty through the glorious gospel which was purchased by His shed blood.  Only the gospel sets women free.

Among all the world's religions, only Christianity treats women with respect and honor, as a special creation of God, through the New Birth!

"For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus.  For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ. There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male or female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus." (Gal. 3:26-28)

GOD PRONOUNCED A CURSE UPON THE GROUND

"And unto Adam He said, "Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life; Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field;" (Genesis  3:17-18)

Because of Adam's sin, there would be a curse upon the ground.  Man would not enjoy the fruit of his work.  Thorns and thistles would come forth to plague him as he tilled the earth to eke out a living.  "In sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life."

THEN GOD PRONOUNCED A CURSE UPON MAN

"In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, til thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return." (Gen. 3: 17-19)

Man,  who was created for immortality would die and return to the dust.  God drove Adam and Eve out of the Garden of Eden and kept its gates guarded with a flaming cherubim, lest man would enter the Garden and eat the fruit of the TREE OF LIFE and live forever in their sins.  Thus, He salvaged the human race from being lost forever with the same fate as Satan, the liar.

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