Boasting Only In The Cross

-January 30, 2022-

Good morning, happy Lord’s Day,

“But God forbid that I should boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.”

(Galatians 6:14).

From the moment Paul met Jesus and was saved, his whole desire was to live for Him and serve Him. Paul was a learned man with many great accomplishments in Judaism, yet he wrote in Philippians 3:7-8, “But what things were gain to me, these things I have counted loss for Christ. Yet indeed I also count all things loss for the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them as rubbish, that I may gain Christ.” Paul knew what really counted in life that Jesus died on the cross to save sinners.

We as believers have nothing to boast about except in the cross of Christ. None of us deserve to be saved, forgiven, and be on our way to an eternity in heaven with our Lord and Savior. Everything we have is from the Lord, we can’t boast; everything we accomplish is through Him, we can’t boast in those things either. All glory and praise to our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.

The hymn writer Isaac Watts wrote, “When I survey the wondrous cross on which the Lord of glory died, my richest gain I count but loss, and pour contempt on all my pride. Forbid it, Lord, that I should boast, save in the cross of Christ, my God; All the vain things that charm me most, I sacrifice them to His blood.”

Peter felt his unworthiness and said, “Depart from me, for I am a sinful man, O Lord” (Luke 5:8). Paul said in Romans 7:18, “For I know that in me (that in me, that is in my flesh) nothing good dwells; for to will is present with me, but how to perform what is good I do not find.” Let us remember the Lord today for His sacrificial death on the cross for us. May we boast only in the cross, not in ourselves.

Have a blessed day praising and thanking the Lord for His death, burial, and resurrection. We have nothing to boast in except the cross of Christ. Stay safe and healthy.

In His amazing love,

Dean