Lord's SupperCross -vs- Electric Chair
Philippians 2:8
How many people here tonight are wearing crosses. Think about it for a few minutes. Crosses are very attractive as jewelry. I believe that a gold or silver cross does not project an accurate image of its Christian symbol. Crosses fashioned by craftsman, by jewelers can be stunning to behold.
The cross of Calvary was anything but beautiful. In twenty centuries since the crucifixion, this symbol of suffering and sacrifice has been recast into an object of adornment.
Imagine, if technology had permitted Pilate to use electrocution; and he sentenced Jesus to die in the electric chair. Would we wear little tiny electric chairs on our wrists, around our necks, and in our ears? Would we hang thirty foot replicas of these high voltage killers above our alters?
We wouldn't. We would not because we know the horror associated with this instrument of death. We have glamorized the rough sawed wood on which Jesus gave His life on.
The cross that we are to remember is not one of polished gold created by a jewelry designer. It's value is made precious not by the hands of humans but by the blood of Christ.
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