The Cross is the Center of Our Faith

“For the word of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. For it is written, 'I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and the cleverness of the clever I will set aside.' Where is the wise man? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world? For since in the wisdom of God the world through its wisdom did not come to know God, God was well-pleased through the foolishness of the message preached to save those who believe. For indeed Jews ask for signs and Greeks search for wisdom; but we preach Christ crucified, to Jews a stumbling block and to Gentiles foolishness, but to those who are the called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God. Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men.” 1 Corinthians 1:18-25

Modern man scorns the contemporary relevance of the cross, assailing its intellectual virtue. Despite man’s skepticism and ridicule, the very core of the Christian faith is the cross of the Lord Jesus Christ. A large part of the four Gospels pertains to the events leading to Christ’s crucifixion.

The cross is the central truth of both Christian doctrine and experience. In the words of Paul, the crucified Christ is both “the power of God and the wisdom of God” (1 Cor. 1:24). The cross is God’s power and wisdom because it is the only means by which sinful man can be reconciled to holy God. Because God became flesh, He could die as our substitute, bearing the divinely decreed penalty of sin.

Through the cross, the wrath of God the Father was spent on His Son. Through the cross, the love of God is freely extended to repentant men and women who, embracing Christ and His work, may receive the gift of eternal life, that is, Jesus.

Is the cross of Christ the center of your faith? There is no other way to God except through the cross.

“...having made peace through the blood of His cross...” Colossians 1:20