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The Cross is the Crux of the Matter

The Cross is the Crux of the Matter. The Cross is at the crossroads. If we encounter the Cross when we are at the point of making important decisions, there is the wonderful certainty of everything changing for the better. For you, what is the Cross?. is it ornamental?

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The Cross is the Crux of the Matter

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  1. The Cross • is the • Crux of the Matter

  2. The Cross is at the crossroads. If we encounter the Cross when we are at the point of making important decisions, there is the wonderful certainty of everything changing for the better.

  3. For you, what is the Cross? • is it ornamental? • a magical article connected to superstition? • a badge for identification? • a symbol of controversy?

  4. At the place where Jesus was crucified, what would we see?

  5. At the Cross • a hill called Golgotha just outside the city, near a well-traveled road • a discarded, now dried up piece of sponge • a few large, square, crudely hammered iron nails • crown of thorns

  6. At the Cross • the "stipes", a rough hewn beam permanently set in the ground • a small piece of wood protruding from the vertical beam • a cross bar called the "patibulem" • a sign above where the head of the victim

  7. When one encounters the Cross at the crossroads, life changes.

  8. At the Cross Road • Relationships change both with God and with man. • Morals and ethics change • Our behavior becomes more loving and helpful rather than selfish and destructive. • What comes out of our mouths gets cleaned up. • How we deal with death and dying gets changed at the cross.

  9. Paul once claimed, • "I resolved to know nothing while I was with you except Jesus Christ and him crucified." (I Corinthians 2:2)

  10. Life is complex with a great many facets, all of which come into relationship with Christ and the will of God. • But there's a center-piece to it all, there's a reference point, and it's the Cross.

  11. The Cross is to the spirit what the heart is to the body. • If the heart is well and strong, the body can take a great deal of stress and even trauma. • In the same way, if we embrace the cross, a lot can go wrong in our lives, and we'll still be all right.

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