What do you think and feel about the cross of Christ? You live in a
Christian land. You probably attend the worship of a Christian Church.
You have perhaps been baptized in the name of Christ. You profess and
call yourself a Christian. All this is well. It is more than can be
said of millions in the world, But all this is no answer to my question,
“_What do you think and feel about the cross of Christ_?”
I want to tell you what the greatest Christian that ever lived thought of
the cross of Christ. He has written down his opinion. He has given his
judgment in words that cannot be mistaken. The man I mean is the Apostle
Paul. The place where you will find his opinion, is in the letter which
the Holy Ghost inspired him to write to the Galatians. And the words in
which his judgment is set down, are these, “God forbid that I should
glory save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ.”
Now what did Paul mean by saying this? He meant to declare strongly,
that he trusted in nothing but Jesus Christ crucified for the pardon of
his sins and the salvation of his soul. Let others, if they would, look
elsewhere for salvation. Let others, if they were so disposed, trust in
other things for pardon and peace. For his part the apostle was
determined to rest on nothing, lean on nothing, build his hope on
nothing, place confidence in nothing, glory in nothing, except “the cross
of Jesus Christ.”
Reader, let me talk to you about this subject. Believe me it is one of
the deepest importance. This is no mere question of controversy. This
is not one of those points on which men may agree to differ, and feel
that differences will not shut them out of heaven. A man must be right
on this subject, or he is lost for ever. Heaven or hell, happiness or
misery, life or death, blessing or cursing in the last day,—all hinges on
the answer to this question, “What do you think about the cross of
Christ?”