"His Voice Today"
September 23
🔸️ The Cross that separating sin and the World! 🔸️
Only a few of us have a clear understanding of the "true purpose of carrying the Cross." But the majority among us compare the "burdens of life" to their Crosses. Still others see their "physical ailments" as Crosses. Still others simulate "his wife" who is not submissive, "their husbands who are unloving" or their "children" who are disobedient.
The meaning of the Cross is not in the gold dollar! The Cross is not in the inscriptions! .... Similarly, not all that people consider as of the above is the Cross! That is, the Cross that Jesus referred to as "let him take up his Cross", is none of these!
As churches today hold the Cross of Christ as a religious symbol, they have a false interpretation of the Cross instead of what Jesus actually said on the Cross.
During the period when Jesus lived on this Earth, the Cross was considered "a weapon of death and a weapon of great shame"! If you had lived in Jerusalem in those days, when you saw a man carrying the Cross on that street, you would have known without doubt where he was going surrounded by Roman soldiers! Yes, he is going to the place of death! He is saying "goodbye" to all his relatives, friends and from sin and he is going on a path that would never come again!! He says "good-bye" to this world and is going to leave this World forever. He will never see any of the possessions he had in this World again! Not only that, but the way he leaves the World is a path of great contempt and shame. The death of the Cross is a death of open public disgrace! These include the Cross that Jesus once told a rich young man to follow! (Mark 10:17-22).
The 'meaning of following' is to follow Jesus' footsteps who walked on the roads of Jerusalem for crucifixion!
Prayer:
Our heavenly Father! May the "Cross" separates us permanently from sin and the World; may the "Cross" that gives us the Eternal life be the daily part of our lives! In the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, Amen.
Author:
Brother Zac Poonen
Translated version of the Tamil "Family Meditation Book".
From:-
https://t.me/hisvoicetoday
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