Sunday, June 03, 2018
THE WORD OF THE CROSS
Duration:41 mins 2 secs
THE WORD OF THE CROSS
I CORINTHIANS 1:17-25
IN THE ROMAN WORLD THE CROSS WAS THE WORST WAY TO DIE …
OF THE CROSS, JOSEPHUS SAID, IT WAS “THE MOST WRETCHED OF DEATHS.”
CICERO, WANTED ROMAN CITIZENS SHELTERED FROM THE CROSS, HE SAID, “THE IDEA OF A CROSS SHOULD NEVER COME NEAR THE BODIES OF ROMANS … NEVER PASS THROUGH THEIR THOUGHTS, OR EYES, OR EARS.”
C.S. LEWIS, “THE CRUCIFIXION DID NOT BECOME COMMON IN ART UNTIL ALL WHO HAD SEEN A REAL ONE DIED OFF.”
WISDOM VS. FOOLISHNESS, Vv.17-18
“FOOLISHNESS” OR MORONIC
THE JEWS STUMBLE OVER IT …
THE GREEKS SEE AS SCANDALOUS
PERISHING VS. POWER, Vv.18
WHAT IS THE WORD OF THE CROSS THAT PEOPLE DISMISS AS FOOLISHNESS?
CHRIST WAS CONDEMNED TO DIE …
CHRIST WAS WILLING TO DIE …
WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO “PERISH”, AND WHAT DOES PAUL MEAN BY “BEING SAVED”?
PERISHING … RUINED OR DESTROYED
BEING SAVED … 3 TENSES;
I AM SAVED – JUSTIFICATION
I AM BEING SAVED – SANCTIFICATION
I WILL BE SAVED – GLORIFICATION
APPLICATION, Vv.24
IS GOD CALLING YOU TO HIMSELF?