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THE DIVINE PARADOX

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The life and ministry of Jesus Christ here on earth is a Divine Paradox. This thought emerges from this part of Christ’s suffering on the Cross, that He is human as well as divine. On the Cross we see God and man in Jesus. The two natures were blended in perfection, all of God in His divine nature, all of man (apart from sin) in His human nature – a unique Being, no other like Him nor ever will be.     It is unfathomable for one to comprehend the love that brought Christ from heaven to this dark earth of ours.   On this, J.B. Nicholson wrote, “He came out from God. Descending from the throne high and lifted up, He laid aside the garments of His majesty. The train of that robe filled the heavenly sanctuary with its radiance, stepping down from the infinities of uncreated light He passed through wondering angels, taking nothing of them. Still down ward He came to one of the billions of His galaxies. There His destination hung, a speck of sunlit star dust, so ins...
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The Cross

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  THE MEANING OF THE CROSS For a better understanding of what the cross means, I advise that you sing the song below if you know it. The song is titled “The OLD Rugged Cross”. 1.         On a hill far away stood an old rugged Cross, the emblem of suffering and shame; and I love that old Cross, where the dearest and best, for a world of lost sinners was slain. CHORUS: So I’ll cherish the Old rugged Cross till my trophies at last I lay down; I will cling to the Old rugged Cross and exchange it some day for a Crown. 2.        Oh, the Old rugged Cross, so despised by the world, has a wondrous attraction for me, for the dear Lamb of God left His glory above to bear it to dark Calvary. 3.        In the Old rugged Cross, stained with blood so divine, a wondrous beauty I see; for it was on that Old Cross, Jesus suffered and died, to pardon and sanctify me. 4.      ...
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