On Holy Ground
© 1999 by Charles Stanley
APRIL 16
Christ Is What His Cross Is
SCRIPTURE READING: John 1:19–29
KEY VERSE: Revelation 5:9
They sang a new song, saying: “You are worthy to take the scroll, and to open its seals; for You were slain, and have redeemed us to God by Your blood out of every tribe and tongue and people and nation.”
Something about the sight of blood strikes a sober chord in man. Whether it’s media images of bloodstained clothing or an accident with badly wounded victims, the visual aspect of spilled blood graphically reminds us of death’s reality.
When the Bible speaks of Christ’s poured-out blood, it is invariably linked with His sacrificial death on Calvary for our sins. The writer of Hebrews went to great lengths to portray Christ as God’s all-sufficient sacrifice. Apart from Christ’s shed blood, there is no gospel, no forgiveness, no justification, no sanctification. The blood of Christ, His death, satisfies God’s justice and provides the means for reconciliation between sinful man and holy God.
P. T. Forsyth, a Scottish clergyman, wrote in the Cruciality of the Cross: “Christ is to us just what His cross is. All that Christ was in heaven or on earth was put into what He did there.
Christ, I repeat, is to us just what His cross is. You do not understand Christ till you understand His cross.”
The cross of Christ is His death. His death is His shed blood. His shed blood is the only acceptable payment for sin and the only way of access to holy God.
Lord Jesus, Your blood is the only acceptable payment for sin. It is the only access I have to a holy God. I come Your way.
© 1999 by Charles Stanley
APRIL 16
Christ Is What His Cross Is
SCRIPTURE READING: John 1:19–29
KEY VERSE: Revelation 5:9
They sang a new song, saying: “You are worthy to take the scroll, and to open its seals; for You were slain, and have redeemed us to God by Your blood out of every tribe and tongue and people and nation.”
Something about the sight of blood strikes a sober chord in man. Whether it’s media images of bloodstained clothing or an accident with badly wounded victims, the visual aspect of spilled blood graphically reminds us of death’s reality.
When the Bible speaks of Christ’s poured-out blood, it is invariably linked with His sacrificial death on Calvary for our sins. The writer of Hebrews went to great lengths to portray Christ as God’s all-sufficient sacrifice. Apart from Christ’s shed blood, there is no gospel, no forgiveness, no justification, no sanctification. The blood of Christ, His death, satisfies God’s justice and provides the means for reconciliation between sinful man and holy God.
P. T. Forsyth, a Scottish clergyman, wrote in the Cruciality of the Cross: “Christ is to us just what His cross is. All that Christ was in heaven or on earth was put into what He did there.
Christ, I repeat, is to us just what His cross is. You do not understand Christ till you understand His cross.”
The cross of Christ is His death. His death is His shed blood. His shed blood is the only acceptable payment for sin and the only way of access to holy God.
Lord Jesus, Your blood is the only acceptable payment for sin. It is the only access I have to a holy God. I come Your way.
On Holy Ground
© 1999 by Charles Stanley
APRIL 16
Christ Is What His Cross Is
SCRIPTURE READING: John 1:19–29
KEY VERSE: Revelation 5:9
They sang a new song, saying: “You are worthy to take the scroll, and to open its seals; for You were slain, and have redeemed us to God by Your blood out of every tribe and tongue and people and nation.”
Something about the sight of blood strikes a sober chord in man. Whether it’s media images of bloodstained clothing or an accident with badly wounded victims, the visual aspect of spilled blood graphically reminds us of death’s reality.
When the Bible speaks of Christ’s poured-out blood, it is invariably linked with His sacrificial death on Calvary for our sins. The writer of Hebrews went to great lengths to portray Christ as God’s all-sufficient sacrifice. Apart from Christ’s shed blood, there is no gospel, no forgiveness, no justification, no sanctification. The blood of Christ, His death, satisfies God’s justice and provides the means for reconciliation between sinful man and holy God.
P. T. Forsyth, a Scottish clergyman, wrote in the Cruciality of the Cross: “Christ is to us just what His cross is. All that Christ was in heaven or on earth was put into what He did there.
Christ, I repeat, is to us just what His cross is. You do not understand Christ till you understand His cross.”
The cross of Christ is His death. His death is His shed blood. His shed blood is the only acceptable payment for sin and the only way of access to holy God.
Lord Jesus, Your blood is the only acceptable payment for sin. It is the only access I have to a holy God. I come Your way.
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