The cross, that deepest revelation of the glory of God is the great weapon which breaks down the heart's defenses! It is especially the love of Jesus shown in the cross, which turns and transforms the hearts of sinners. In the horrifying torture and crucifixion of Jesus, we see the highest proof of the highest love. His bleeding, makes our hearts bleed. His shame, makes us ashamed. In the cross we see the divine disgust at sin, which makes sin appalling in our eyes as well. But further, through the cross we see a love so unfathomable, that it pierces our apathy and overwhelms our desires for earthly trinkets.
At the cross our pride and sinfulness are mortified, our self-deifying efforts are destroyed, our wandering hearts are exposed, the beauty of Christ in His humility and holiness are held before us, and the glory of God shines brightest in all its transforming power. The atoning work of Jesus is the great gun of our battery. The cross is the mighty battering-ram with which to break in pieces the bronze gates of human prejudices and the iron bars of sinful obstinacy!
[Charles H. Spurgeon]
Galatians 6:14 … But God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world.
Hebrews 12:2 … Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.
Romans 5:11 … And not only so, but we also joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now received the atonement.❤
