On Holy Ground
© 1999 by Charles Stanley
APRIL 1
The Wonder of the Cross
SCRIPTURE READING: Colossians 2:6–15
KEY VERSE: Acts 26:18
To open their eyes, in order to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith in Me.
The wonder of the Cross is that it displayed both the love and the holiness of God. In one moment in time, God’s hatred of sin and His unfailing compassion for sinners blended together in the blood of His Son, Jesus Christ.
The Cross was necessary because man could not save himself from sin, and holy God could not condone sin. God’s holiness, however, was matched by His love, which sent Christ to die in our stead, bearing our guilt, dying our death. In his book The Cross of Christ, John R. W. Stott discussed the significance of sin’s gravity and God’s amazing love:
All inadequate doctrines of the atonement are due to the inadequate doctrines of God and man. If we bring God down to our level and raise ourselves to His, then, of course, we see no need for a radical salvation, let alone for a radical atonement to secure it.
When on the one hand, we have glimpsed the blinding glory of the holiness of God and have been so convicted of our sin by the Holy Spirit that we tremble before God and acknowledge what we are, namely “hell-deserving sinners,” then—and only then—does the necessity of the cross appear so obvious.
Dear heavenly Father, as I journey to the cross during this coming month, reveal its true meaning. Help me understand its wonder. Make it real to me.
© 1999 by Charles Stanley
APRIL 1
The Wonder of the Cross
SCRIPTURE READING: Colossians 2:6–15
KEY VERSE: Acts 26:18
To open their eyes, in order to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith in Me.
The wonder of the Cross is that it displayed both the love and the holiness of God. In one moment in time, God’s hatred of sin and His unfailing compassion for sinners blended together in the blood of His Son, Jesus Christ.
The Cross was necessary because man could not save himself from sin, and holy God could not condone sin. God’s holiness, however, was matched by His love, which sent Christ to die in our stead, bearing our guilt, dying our death. In his book The Cross of Christ, John R. W. Stott discussed the significance of sin’s gravity and God’s amazing love:
All inadequate doctrines of the atonement are due to the inadequate doctrines of God and man. If we bring God down to our level and raise ourselves to His, then, of course, we see no need for a radical salvation, let alone for a radical atonement to secure it.
When on the one hand, we have glimpsed the blinding glory of the holiness of God and have been so convicted of our sin by the Holy Spirit that we tremble before God and acknowledge what we are, namely “hell-deserving sinners,” then—and only then—does the necessity of the cross appear so obvious.
Dear heavenly Father, as I journey to the cross during this coming month, reveal its true meaning. Help me understand its wonder. Make it real to me.
On Holy Ground
© 1999 by Charles Stanley
APRIL 1
The Wonder of the Cross
SCRIPTURE READING: Colossians 2:6–15
KEY VERSE: Acts 26:18
To open their eyes, in order to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith in Me.
The wonder of the Cross is that it displayed both the love and the holiness of God. In one moment in time, God’s hatred of sin and His unfailing compassion for sinners blended together in the blood of His Son, Jesus Christ.
The Cross was necessary because man could not save himself from sin, and holy God could not condone sin. God’s holiness, however, was matched by His love, which sent Christ to die in our stead, bearing our guilt, dying our death. In his book The Cross of Christ, John R. W. Stott discussed the significance of sin’s gravity and God’s amazing love:
All inadequate doctrines of the atonement are due to the inadequate doctrines of God and man. If we bring God down to our level and raise ourselves to His, then, of course, we see no need for a radical salvation, let alone for a radical atonement to secure it.
When on the one hand, we have glimpsed the blinding glory of the holiness of God and have been so convicted of our sin by the Holy Spirit that we tremble before God and acknowledge what we are, namely “hell-deserving sinners,” then—and only then—does the necessity of the cross appear so obvious.
Dear heavenly Father, as I journey to the cross during this coming month, reveal its true meaning. Help me understand its wonder. Make it real to me.
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