I believe in the cross
But far be it from me to glory [in anything or anyone] except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ. Galatians 6:14 AMP
I believe that in the cross of Jesus Christ I can know the depth and power of God’s love for me. I believe the cross is God’s altar where He sent His Son to be sacrificed and make atonement for my sins. I believe that on the cross, “He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for (me), that (I) might become the righteousness of God in Him” (2 Corinthians 5:21).
I believe that in His death on the cross Jesus completely identified Himself with me and my need. He not only died for me, but He also died as me. When Jesus died, I died (Romans 6:8). When Jesus was buried, I was buried (Romans 6:4). When Jesus rose from the dead, I was raised with Him (Colossians 3:1-3). When Jesus ascended and was seated at the right hand of the Father, I was seated with Him. (Ephesians 2:6).
I believe Jesus did all this for me so that I might fully live for Him, through Him, and in Him (Galatians 2:20). I died to the law so I wouldn’t be under its judgment, I died to sin so I wouldn’t be under its bondage, I died to the world so I wouldn’t be under its influence.
I believe the cross is my liberator and emancipator. I believe that it is through the work of the cross that I can be completely set free to live free. Through the cross—I have died to my rights, so I can live as His servant; I have died to my plans, so I walk in His will; I have died to my rebellion, so I can abide in His peace; I have died to my opinions, so I can know His truth, I have died to my selfishness, so I can walk in His love.
I believe the cross of Jesus Christ frees from everything that is wrong to everything that is right, from everything that is mixed to everything that is pure, from everything that brings death, to everything that brings life, from everything that is of the darkness to everything that is of the light, from everything that is about “me” to everything that is about “Him.”
Roy Lessin
