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What is the meaning or message of the word cross in these verses?
1 Corinthians 1:17-18 17For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel, not with wisdom of words, lest the CROSS of Christ should be made of no effect. 18 For the message of the CROSS is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.
Ephesians 2:16 and that He might reconcile them both to God in one body through the CROSS, thereby putting to death the enmity.
By the mere context of these verses the word Cross does not mean a wooded structure but has a meaning that represents something else. What is that message or meaning?
The message of the Cross is neither smart nor sophisticated. It is a place of execution, humiliation and suffering. However to those who hear it and believe, the Cross speaks of forgiveness, wisdom and freedom. Paul says that his message was Christ Crucified – that’s like saying a dead lifeguard- a contradiction in terms. Nevertheless at Jesus’ weakest moment, He achieved what philosophy can’t lead to, that is forgiveness and peace with God.
Christ became a curse, but not for anything He had done, but FOR US, as our Substitute, bearing the curse we deserved. Galatians 3:13 tells us, “Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us—for it is written, “Cursed is everyone who is hanged on a tree.”
The prophet Isaiah, 700 years before the time of Christ had predicted this when he wrote, “…yet we esteemed him stricken, smitten by God, and afflicted. But he was wounded for our transgressions; he was crushed for our iniquities; upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace, and with his stripes we are healed” (53:4, 5).
The message of the cross is salvation, forgiveness, reconciliation, and life to us.
1 Corinthians 1:22-24 gives us futher insight when it says, “For indeed Jews ask for signs and Greeks search for wisdom; but we preach Christ crucified, to Jews a stumbling block and to Gentiles foolishness, but to those who are the called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God.”
The cross is actually foolishness to Gentiles and a stumbling block to Jews. When Gentiles hear the message that the answer to the problems of this world is a man dying on a Roman cross thousands of years ago, thousands of miles away – they have a category for that – “nuts”, “crazy” or “foolishness.”
Jews on the other hand, have a different problem. They see the cross as a stumbling block because their own Scriptures (in Deut. 21:23) tell them that anyone hanging on a tree is under the curse of God (and they would understand a cross to be simply a cut down tree).
‘…but we preach Christ crucified’……. Better that men be offended, than the One who has called us to preach Christ and Him crucified.
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