NAILED TO THE CROSS

NAILED TO THE CROSS

Nothing was accidental about the cross of Christ. The Son of God was not suddenly overcome by the wickedness of man and nailed to a cross. Quite the contrary, the cross was the means by which the Son of God overcame the wickedness of man. To secure the keys to the house of David and open the door of salvation to all who would enter, God drove His Son like a nail in a sure place. A firm place. An enduring place.

As horrendous as the pounding hammer sounds to our spiritual ears, Colossians 2:13–14 says that while we were dead in our sins, God made us alive with Christ. He “canceled the written code, with its regulations, that was against us and that stood opposed to us; he took it away, nailing it to the cross.”

   My sin—oh, the bliss of this glorious tho’t:

   My sin not in part, but the whole

   Is nailed to the cross and I bear it no more,

   Praise the Lord, praise the Lord, O my soul!

BETH MOORE