The Cross: Our Glory, Victory, and Deliverance

The cross is the biggest thing in the whole universe there's no end to it that's one of the reasons why the Apostle does glory in it. I reminded you a few Sunday nights back how Isaac Watts puts it in his hymn "When I Survey the Wondrous Cross" as you've got to look at it and you can stand all around it look at it from different aspects and angles and every time you do so you'll see some fresh glory you'll see a new aspect of truth you'll see something that you've never seen before there's no end to this cross that's why he glories in it. [00:06:00]

The cross is a great victory, the cross as the final move as it were here on Earth in a great battle, a great conflict, a great crusade. I call your attention therefore tonight to the cross as it displays to us the Lord Jesus Christ as a victor, as a conqueror. We've just been singing that hymn "O Jesus King Most Wonderful, Thou Conqueror Renowned." That aspect, I wonder how often we've considered it in that way. [00:07:24]

The cross as this marvelous exposition of the triumph of the Son of God over the devil and all his forces and powers. Now then, let's look at it like this: this subject, you see, follows on very logically and indeed quite inevitably for those who believe the Bible from the matter that we were considering together last Sunday night. The Apostle says that he glories in the cross because it is by the cross that the world is been crucified to him and him to the world. [00:09:46]

The world is as it is because of the outlook and the mind of the world, the mind of men as he is by nature and before God deals with him through the Lord Jesus Christ by the Holy Spirit. But you see, we still haven't finished, and that's an important thing in itself. I'm quite sure the trouble with most of us is this: is that we've never seen the greatness of the cross. We've never seen this glory as we ought. [00:05:23]

The devil's power is tremendous, but it is ultimately a usurped power. The cross is the means by which we are delivered from the tyranny of sin and Satan. Through the cross, we are reconciled to God and empowered to live free from the devil's influence. The Apostle Paul sums it all up by saying all have sinned and come short of the glory of God. There is none righteous, no, not one. [00:28:37]

The cross is the ultimate demonstration of God's love and power. It is the means by which we are transferred from the kingdom of darkness into the kingdom of light. The victory of the cross is not just a future hope but a present reality for those who are in Christ. The Apostle Paul puts it like this in the first epistle to the Colossians: "Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness and has translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son." [00:48:41]

The cross is the central fact of the Christian faith, representing both the greatest tragedy and the greatest victory. It is through the cross that we are saved and delivered from the world. The cross is not a symbol of defeat but of glory and triumph. The Apostle glories in it, and we've been considering why he does, and that's what we're going to continue doing tonight. [00:04:13]

The world often fails to recognize the spiritual forces at play, attempting to solve problems through human means. The Bible provides the true explanation: the world is under the influence of the devil, and it is only through the cross that this power is broken. The cross is the ultimate demonstration of God's love and power, and it is the means by which we are transferred from the kingdom of darkness into the kingdom of light. [00:12:54]

The cross separates us from the world and its values, delivering us from the power of the devil. It is through the cross that we see the full glory of Christ and God the Father. The cross is the means by which we are reconciled to God. The Apostle Paul says that he glories in the cross because it is by the cross that the world is crucified to him and him to the world. [00:05:20]

The cross is the means by which we are saved, delivered from the world. It is the thing in which, as we've been seeing, one rarely sees fully the person and the glory of the Lord Jesus Christ. It is also the place, the thing in which one sees the glory of God the Father, the truth concerning the Father. So we glory in the cross as we look at it, as we see it showing these various aspects of the truth to us. [00:04:58]

The cross is the ultimate demonstration of God's love and power. It is the means by which we are transferred from the kingdom of darkness into the kingdom of light. The victory of the cross is not just a future hope but a present reality for those who are in Christ. The Apostle Paul puts it like this in the first epistle to the Colossians: "Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness and has translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son." [00:48:41]

The cross is the means by which we are saved, delivered from the world. It is the thing in which, as we've been seeing, one rarely sees fully the person and the glory of the Lord Jesus Christ. It is also the place, the thing in which one sees the glory of God the Father, the truth concerning the Father. So we glory in the cross as we look at it, as we see it showing these various aspects of the truth to us. [00:04:58]