The Finality of the Cross

The Finality of the Cross [Excerpts]

The Cross lays bare for all eternity the awful truth that beneath the polite facade of culture and education the heart of man is "deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked" (Jer:17:9The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?
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At the same time that the Cross lays bare the evil in man, however, it also reveals the goodness, mercy and love of God as nothing else could. In the face of such unspeakable evil, such diabolical hatred vented against Him, the Lord of glory who could destroy this earth and all upon it with a word, allowed Himself to be mocked and falsely accused and scourged and nailed to that cross! Christ "humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross" (Phil:2:8And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.
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