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The Beauty of The Cross

The Beauty of The Cross. James R. Davis. Galatians 6:14. But God forbid that I should boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world. 1 Corinthians 1:22-25.

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The Beauty of The Cross

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  1. The Beauty of The Cross James R. Davis

  2. Galatians 6:14 But God forbid that I should boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.

  3. 1 Corinthians 1:22-25 For Jews request a sign, and Greeks seek after wisdom; but we preach Christ crucified, to the Jews a stumbling block and to the Greeks foolishness, but to those who are 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.

  4. Late 2nd Century Anti Christian Graffiti

  5. Ugliness of Sin reveals the beauty of the cross MURDER NEGLECT ABANDONMENT

  6. You do not understand Christ till you understand his cross. —P. T. Forsyth, The Cruciality of the Cross

  7. The cross is a denial that self-assertiveness can ever be a satisfying way.

  8. The sad, violent, and destructive history of the world tells the story of human strength gone bad.

  9. Sin is the second greatest force in the world. • The love of God is the only force that is stronger.

  10. The cross is designed to tear down the dividing wall of hostility (Ephesians 2:14)

  11. Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

  12. Suffering of Cross Reveals Its Beauty

  13. 1 Peter 2:24 Who Himself bore our sins in His own body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live for righteousness-- by whose stripes you were healed.

  14. Galatians 2:20 I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me.

  15. The beauty of the cross is not in wearing it around our necks, using it as a bookmark, or chiseling it on our tombstones.

  16. The beauty of the cross is… It opened a door

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