Why All Men Will Give Answer

To the Cross of Jesus Christ

De: Don Pirozok

Narrado por: Virtual Voice

The cross of Jesus Christ is central because it is where God dealt with sin, revealed His love, defeated Satan’s claim, and opened the way for sinners to be reconciled to Himself.
The cross shows the seriousness of sin. Sin is not a small flaw or weakness. It is rebellion against a holy God, and its wages are death. Scripture says, “the wages of sin is death” and “without shedding of blood is no remission” (Romans 6:23; Hebrews 9:22). The death of Christ shows that forgiveness is not cheap. God did not overlook sin; He judged it in the sacrifice of His Son.
The cross also reveals the love of God in the clearest way possible. Jesus did not die for the righteous, but for sinners. “God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us” (Romans 5:8). At the cross, justice and mercy meet. God remains righteous, yet He makes a way to justify the ungodly through faith in Christ.
Jesus bore our sins as our substitute. He was sinless, yet He stood in the place of the guilty. “Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree” (1 Peter 2:24). “He hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him” (2 Corinthians 5:21). This means the cross was not merely an example of suffering. It was an atoning death. Christ took the judgment we deserved.
The cross is also where Satan’s power was broken. Colossians 2:14–15 says Christ blotted out the handwriting of ordinances against us and “having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a shew of them openly, triumphing over them in it.” What looked like defeat was actually victory. Through death, Jesus destroyed him who had the power of death, that is, the devil (Hebrews 2:14).
The cross opens the way to forgiveness, peace with God, and new life. We are not saved by our works, religious efforts, or moral improvement. We are saved through faith in the crucified and risen Christ. “For by grace are ye saved through faith” (Ephesians 2:8). The blood of Jesus cleanses the conscience, brings redemption, and gives boldness to come near to God (Hebrews 10:19–22).
The cross also calls the believer to discipleship. Jesus not only died for us, but tells us to take up our cross and follow Him (Luke 9:23). That means death to self, death to pride, and a life yielded to God. The cross is both the ground of salvation and the pattern of the Christian life.
So why the cross of Jesus Christ? Because nothing else could save us. No animal sacrifice, no human effort, no philosophy, and no religion could remove sin. Only the Son of God could stand in our place. At the cross, Jesus satisfied divine justice, displayed divine love, purchased eternal redemption, and made peace through the blood of His cross.