The Cross

Sunday, our pastor shared the following written by his wife.  He said he wanted her to give testimony to the “power and preciousness of the cross”.  This is what she wrote:

“The power of the cross…to speak of it in detail would be an endeavor into eternity, I couldn’t do it.  If I were to talk about the preciousness of the cross, well I’m incapable of putting words together to do the slightest bit of justice worthy of the One Who declared me just before God, because of His work on my behalf.  The power of the cross enables our escape from hell and the preciousness of it escorts us into the presence of God.  The power of the cross gives us life and the preciousness of the cross allows us to live life abundantly.  The power of the cross is what the cross does: it destroys the destroyer; it cancels our unpayable debt; it robs the grave and gives life to the dead.  Through the power of the cross, what should be incinerated is instead redeemed.  The power of the cross is undeniable, it is unstoppable and it is irreversible.  The preciousness of the cross is the humiliation of the One for the exaltation of the many.  The preciousness of the cross is in its single, sinless sacrifice for the guilt-ridden masses.  The preciousness of the cross is in its success.  The preciousness of the cross is its effective result for all the defective alternatives.  The power of the cross is that it is God’s answer to our biggest problem.  The power and the preciousness of the cross enables me to share in, both with Him and for His cross the ability to take it up and die daily to myself so that I can live for Him and for them.”