The Cross - Where Your Victory was Won

“For whatever is born of God overcomes the world; and this is the victory that has overcome the world—our faith. Who is the one who overcomes the world, but he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?”  1 John 5:4-5

Jesus Christ’s crucifixion was not the end - it was the beginning of God’s great redemptive plan, which He offers by grace to all humanity. Your salvation could never be a reality apart from Christ’s death. That event was a necessary part of the plan of salvation. His death was the sacrificial, substitutionary, all-sufficient payment for sin.

We sing songs such as “There is Power in the Blood” and “Victory in Jesus,” but how often do believers find themselves confessing that they are living in anything but power and victory? How does Christ’s cross translate into power for daily living?

The truth is that, as a believer, you and I take part in Christ’s victorious death and resurrection because in the eyes of God, when He died - we died; when He arose - we arose. His death is our death to the power of sin and the flesh, and His resurrection is our resurrection to new life, a new way of thinking and new desires.

That’s the issue as viewed from God’s perspective. In turn, we are by faith to accept this truth - even though it may be beyond our ability to comprehend its magnitude. This truth shines light into our souls as we “grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ” (2 Peter 3:18).