"He died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for Him who died for them and was raised again."
- 2 Corinthians 5:14-21

"THE MEANING OF HISTORY.
 
All great events of history have been misunderstood. The Cross is no exception. Why has this pouring of the world's sorrows on one Head held so many people these many years? Is it because suffering is a language that all can understand or Is it the terrible fascination of the triumph of evil, Is it a momentary glimpse into the hidden heroism of the soul of man which, embodied in its best and fairest, can reach heights of unselfishness unconquered by those whose only destiny is the dust? Some have said these things and have lost the fullness of the Cross in its splinters. There is no need to explain the Cross. God has explained it over and over again so that . . .

"He died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for Him who died for them and was raised again."
- 2 Corinthians 5:14-21

"THE MEANING OF HISTORY.
 
All great events of history have been misunderstood. The Cross is no exception. Why has this pouring of the world's sorrows on one Head held so many people these many years? Is it because suffering is a language that all can understand or Is it the terrible fascination of the triumph of evil, Is it a momentary glimpse into the hidden heroism of the soul of man which, embodied in its best and fairest, can reach heights of unselfishness unconquered by those whose only destiny is the dust? Some have said these things and have lost the fullness of the Cross in its splinters. There is no need to explain the Cross. God has explained it over and over again so that none might misunderstand, but perhaps most clearly and finally in the twenty-five words which we know as John 3:16.
 
Christian friends, the Cross is eternally silent unless it speaks, now and for all times, of the reality of sin, the sureness of judgment, and the conquering love which forgives sin and removes judgment by the atoning death of Him Who became the everlasting chalice for all the tenderness of God and all the broken hopes of mankind.
 
This the story of the Savior,
Through the Cross He reached the Throne,
And like Him our path to glory,
Ever leads through death alone.
 
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY - The curse of the cross was changed by Christ into a blessing for us.