The Way of the Cross

-February 26, 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).

There is one way to heaven and it through the cross. Yesterday, we discussed how important it is for us to bear our cross. Today we will look at the cross of Jesus as a bridge to heaven. Everyone who comes to Christ must come to the cross and through the blood of His cross. He died for us as our Substitute, our sin bearer, our Savior, and our Redeemer. Through Christ’s death and resurrection, we have eternal life, salvation, and the forgiveness of our sins.

We once stood on one side of the bridge where there was sin, death, self will, darkness, and separation; on the other side there is heaven, eternal life, and joy forevermore. Each person must cross the bridge of the cross. It is a sturdy and safe bridge to pass over. There is no toll charged to us, for Jesus paid the price. Paul gloried in the cross and recognized the world had been crucified to him, and him to the world. He was in the world but not of the world.

There is a beautiful hymn written by Jessie Brown Pounds, entitled, “The Way of the Cross Leads Home.” She wrote, “I must needs go home by the way of the cross, there’s no other way but this; I shall ne’er get sight of the gates of light, if the way of the cross I miss. I must needs go on in the blood sprinkled way, the path that the Savior trod, if I ever climb to the heights sublime, where the soul is at home with God. Then I bid farewell to the way of the world, to walk it nevermore; For the Lord says, ‘Come,’ and I seek my home, where He waits at the open door.” The chorus says, “The way of the cross leads home, leads home; the way of the cross leads home, leads home; it is sweet to know as I onward go, the way of the cross leads home.”

Let us worship the Lord today at the cross and see the One who bore our loss, and gaze on His pain, our blessed, eternal, and joyful gain. Stay safe and healthy.

Living by the way of the cross,

Dean