THE CROSS

1Corinthians 1:18
“For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God.”
The power in deliverance, healing, and wholeness to sin sickness in the human life is the message in the cross. It is not the cross itself, rather, it is the act of love given to us on the cross. The cross in biblical times was just two pieces of wood put together as a tool to bring justice to an offender of Roman laws. The love of God on the cross for lost humanity took the pain and grief concerning our offence and bore the penalty of the cross to heal everything in us surrounding sin. Unto those who are perishing willfully with sinful lives the message of the cross is foolish and unnecessary; unto those who have embraced the cross and its message have received a power beyond themselves to face their sins and to conquer the power and influence sin has over their lives.
This is why the cross becomes to humanity it’s confrontations to sin; the cross becomes confrontation to our lifestyles refusing to walk in relationship with God. Sin is the distance between us and God, and the cross is the bridge closing that gap between us and God (we are made nigh by His blood, Ephesians 2:13).
Jesus death on the cross saves us; the cross we die on breaks the power of sin over our lives and settles the issues in our will surrounding our sins. For us who are saved the cross is the power of God in us; the cross is the ability to side against ourselves till sin is dealt with and willed out of our lives. Sin is willed into our living; the cross is the ability (power of God) to will sin out of our living.
Matthew 16:24-25 (KJV)
“Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it.”