Cross Of Christ

Satan (adversary) is the arch-antagonist in God’s story. Satan is his common title, but his proper name is Lucifer (morning star) from Isaiah 14:12, not to be confused with the true star of the morning, Jesus Christ (2 Pet 1:19). Lucifer is a false light. …

There is a cosmic battle that rages, from Genesis to Revelation. It is played out on the canvas of human history, from the day God created man and angels to the last Day of the Lord (Mt 24:29–31). …

All that we are as Christians, and all that we have, has come to us through the mediation of our Lord Jesus Christ (1 Tim 2:5). The supply of every good, sourced in God, that reaches His people, by grace, finds Jesus Christ as the conduit (Jas 1:17). God supplies…

Christians boast in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ because of the wisdom and power of God displayed in it (1 Cor 1:24; Gal 6:14). To speak of the light and life the cross gives to those who receive Christ, delights the believer and draws the ire of the…

Religion invariably sets up a performance scheme for worshipers to rate how devoted they are to their established idols. It is Satan’s enticement for people to focus on themselves. For this reason, religion is never a threat to the devil. …

It has long been a scheme of deception by Satan and an ambitious endeavor by the sons of Adam to make heaven on earth. The quest is to conceive then construct the ideal utopia…without God. It is not as if people are atheists in reality. …

Jesus Christ is foolishness to the reprobate, unredeemed, unregenerate, unbeliever (1 Cor 1:18). The reason for natural man’s disdain, for a Savior sent from heaven, is that God has made His wisdom to be foolishness to fallen men (1 Cor 1:25). He will not allow men to boast in His…

Most Christians understand the forgiveness of their sins is by the cross of Calvary, where our Lord Jesus Christ shed His precious blood (Mt 26:28; Acts 5:31; 10:43; 13:38; Eph 1:7; Col 1:14; 1 Pet 1:19). When contemplation is extended, we think of the propitiation for sins (Rom 3:25; Heb…

Jesus Christ died on the cross of Calvary some two thousand years ago. He died a criminal’s death (Is 53:12; Mt 15:28), yet He was the only man who never sinned (Heb 4:15). What must we know of His death? Why is Christ’s death so important? All people sin against…