I want to continue with the message of the Cross from "My Utmost For His Highest" by Oswald Chambers today:
The Collision Of God And Sin
Who
His own self bore our sins in His own body on the tree. — 1 Peter 2:24
The Cross of Jesus is the
revelation of God’s judgment on sin. Never tolerate the idea of martyrdom about
the Cross of Jesus Christ. The Cross was a superb triumph in which the
foundations of hell were shaken. There is nothing more certain in Time or
Eternity than what Jesus Christ did on the Cross: He switched the whole of the
human race back into a right relationship with God. He made Redemption the
basis of human life, that is, He made a way for every son of man to get into communion
with God.
The Cross did not happen to
Jesus: He came on purpose for it. He is “the Lamb slain from the foundation of
the world.” The whole meaning of the Incarnation is the Cross. Beware of
separating God
manifest in the flesh from the
Son becoming sin. The
Incarnation was for the purpose of Redemption. God became incarnate for the
purpose of putting away sin; not for the purpose of Self-realization. The Cross
is the centre of Time and of Eternity, the answer to the enigmas of both.
The Cross is not the cross of a man but the Cross of God, and
the Cross of God can never be realized in human experience. The Cross is the
exhibition of the nature of God, the gateway whereby any individual of the
human race can enter into union with God. When we get to the Cross, we do not
go through it; we abide in the life to which the Cross is the gateway.
The centre of salvation is the Cross of Jesus, and the reason it
is so easy to obtain salvation is because it cost God so much. The Cross is the
point where God and sinful man merge with a crash and the way to life is opened
— but the crash is on the heart of God.
I hope that the last couple of days on this blog have aided in your understanding and appreciation of all that JESUS has done for us! In celebration of the great joy that this understanding brings, I want to share all of Psalm 96 from our Spoken Word Bible Reading Plan for today! Remember that THEY were looking forward in faith for what was to come! WE get to look BACK on what God HAS done! Let's sing this to Him and make it our song for today! Not Hillsong or any other group or person. Make it OUR song! Make it YOUR song! AMEN!
1 O sing to the Lord a new song; sing to the Lord, all the earth! 2 Sing to the Lord, bless (affectionately praise) His name; show forth His salvation from day to day. 3 Declare His glory among the nations, His marvelous works among all the peoples. 4 For great is the Lord and greatly to be praised; He is to be reverently feared and worshiped above all [so-called] gods. 5 For all the gods of the nations are [lifeless] idols, but the Lord made the heavens. 6 Honor and majesty are before Him; strength and beauty are in His sanctuary. 7 Ascribe to the Lord, O you families of the peoples, ascribe to the Lord glory and strength. 8 Give to the Lord the glory due His name; bring an offering and come [before Him] into His courts. 9 O worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness; tremble before and reverently fear Him, all the earth. 10 Say among the nations that the Lord reigns; the world also is established, so that it cannot be moved; He shall judge and rule the people righteously and with justice. 11 Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice; let the sea roar, and all the things which fill it; 12 Let the field be exultant, and all that is in it! Then shall all the trees of the wood sing for joy 13 Before the Lord, for He comes, for He comes to judge and govern the earth! He shall judge the world with righteousness and justice and the peoples with His faithfulness and truth.
Shalom in him!
